i think it's very important that mta be evaluating the ripple effects of that. i suspect there are dust caned t kinds of ripple effects. the friday night opening of chase center, i trade to catch an outbound k at vanesse at 11:30 at night and there was an hour wait and the water for the el was 40 minutes. i looked at the system map in the station and not a single train was running in the direction of balboa park from sunnydale to balboa park. so was that kind of extreme clustering an extreme gap in service because of the chase center or just another incident unfortunately too frequent of there being large gaps in late-night service on muni metro, thank you. >> kat carter and that's the last person who has turned in a speaker card on this topic. >> good afternoon. i'm the acting executive director of san francisco transit riders. i just wanted to say briefly that i support everything that director of transit is doing and i'm looking forward to the changes in january. i particularly ride the 12 and the expanded capacity on the 7 is certainly welcome. i really appr

i'm wearing my blue mta pin and prides herself on inclusive on values important to the way the mta does business and i can tell you she responses to emails and texts 24/7 and she's a terrific partner. while she's a technical expert in almost every aspect of communications, they're full of experts like transit and engineering, she's brings a perspective to the team, and that's something we need to hear working tirelessly on your strategic priorities. her idea of how our actions will be received and we'll miss that. i hope you'll join me in thanking her and wishing her well at the university of california. (applause). >> we'll say a few nice things but maybe first we'll let you have the floor since you're the communication's expert. [ laughter ] >> thank you. i'm director of the communications and marketing and it's almost hard to approach the podium and speak today but i have been deeply honoured to have had the opportunity these last six and a half years as role in communications and i remember the day that i stood before this board to be introduced all those years ago and i think i sai

this led the mta to considerable research and decide on policy that the public stop should only be forhical location only. therefore, the name should be rejected. number two, the board of supervisors adopted chinatown rose pack resolution without community input nor knowledge of the above mta policy. number three, widespread support of over 10,000 signatures have been at selected from around san francisco to support chinatown the board of super tight visors and mta have been led to believe this is only one segregated group, this is not true. also, the largest chinatown organization, in chinatown, supports chinatown only. perjured herself in order to acquire abm unit, this is an two a legal offense. i repeat, there was never a community meeting and on this issue. ask of the and individuals. you will see for yourselves, most, if not all of them, want chinatown only. i want you to know, mta had a meeting and all of the merchants that i surveyed, rose her hand and said chinatown only. a lot of them work seven days a week, they don't have time to come to this meeting. thank you. >> next spe

he said on tuesday he is planning on introducing a resolution, urging the sf mta to reconsider how many scooters are allowed in the city. >>> a new bill designed to help programs that provide medical marijuana for people who are critically ill is now one step away from becoming the law. this morning compassionate care advocates and leaders in the cannabis industry joined the senator to urge gavin newsom to sign sb 34. the rally was held in san francisco, they said not for profit donation programs are now being forced to pay taxes on the free marijuana they provide because of an oversight in prop 64. advocates say the taxes are forcing these charity programs to shut down, since they have no revenue.>> these compassion programs, are giving away free medical cannabis to low income people who cannot afford it otherwise. they have played such a critical role in san francisco, in making sure in particular that people living with hiv have access to their medicine.>> the bill would give tax relief to those compassionate care programs. sb 34 is modeled after a similar bill that senator weiner in

madrid: san francisco mta? >> no, we do not approve or deny curb cuts.that goes through the planning department when they're doing project level approvals. >> mr. madrid: okay. so when do you go through the flag bus stops, and there is no curb cuts, do you guys notify the curb cut department? or how does that work? >> with the flag stops, we would have to work with the residents or businesses that are fronting where the flag stop is, because we would have to remove the parking or whatever is currently occupying the curb space. and they would have an opportunity to weigh in on if they wanted that parking or whatever happened to be there removed. >> mr. madrid: and then, if someone -- if the place has no curb cuts, do you guys notify the department? >> yes. so we would have to work with public works, because they're the ones that physically construct any changes to the sidewalk, including curb cuts. >> mr. madrid: thank you. >> ms. sassouni: yes. i am a bicyclist and i see a whole lot of problems with the curbs, especially with the bike lanes with double p

there's a serious accident, five, six years ago and why has it taken mta so long to upgrade the signals there. every time i talk to the engineer, he gives me a different story. i could write a book with all of the different stories they tells me and they're still not going to fix the problem. you should read this book here by john massingale. he has radical ideas saying the people should run the streets. seattle did away with their red book, their engineering book. also, mta, the same old streets need to be reorganized like the planning department, where you have teams in each section of the city. i realize downtown, the eastern need more engineer and planners, but still, each area should have their own planner and engineer, so we know who to talk to and be responsible for doing things in our neighborhood. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is jodie maderas. i'm here with a message from our members and some of them you'll hear today. the message is thank you, thank you for pushing the sfmta staff to do more, faster, quicker, else on our most dangerous streets

should have an e estimatef that cost. >> the first one was the estimate of non-tutor costs which are mta plus our programme manager consultants and those are, again, order of magnitude, $20 million. >> to completion? >> to completion. >> ok. >> the second part -- >> and if you could put the slide up, the one i was keeping track of the numbers, slide number six. >> so that remaining contingency is insufficient even to cover the staff cost, correct. >> that's correct. >> which is why -- and then whatever we negotiate with tutor and the subs is gobbing just how deep in the hole will we go? do you have a number on the order of magnitude of $50 million. >> 5-0? >> 5-0. >> is that inclusive? >> it is not. >> so we had tha add that to thd we've got 70 and we have 15 to apply to the 70. >> so now we have 55? >> right. order of magnitude. >> that's the math. the estimate you have on delay, it's good to see that it has a contingency of three months? do you know the estimate behind that contingency? >> it's actually on us because if the contractor delays, he's l irklibel for liquidates damag. so th

pacific islander community rely on the 8 and so the service to be disrupted, diverted, reduced, however mtaerm it is a problem> (justine) the s-f-m-t-a has responded and says the buses were diverted because of an operator shortage. however supervisor walton calls their response an excuse. (anchor) taking a live look outside... at san francisco's embarcadero. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. a california family gets trapped on a hike -- stranded in the wilderness... the ordinary item they had --- that helped rescuers zero in on their location.. a man from san luis obispo county is telling his story tonight... after he and his family got trapped while on a weekend backpacking trip. (grant) as dave alley reports now... the family wrote an s-o-s message, put that message in a water bottle, and threw it over a waterfall. curtis whitson / (grant) that was dave alley reporting. two men found the bottle with the message, and hiked a couple of miles to the campground to alert the host there.(justine) whitson says he'd like to find those men and t

i know every mta board meeting focuses on issues critical for us to realize vision zero and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. with that, i know tom mcgwire has closing remarks. >> just to wrap this up, because i think the two-subject matter experts have covered it in great detail, the two observations i would add is that we are fighting headwinds not just here in san francisco but nation wide. nation wide, not just population of jobs are growing but vehicle miles are growing faster than population and jobs and we're losing ground in certain areas. these trends are going up in many cities including san francisco. we're not alone here. also, the issue of people experiencing homelessness being directly affected as victims of traffic fatalities it's a huge concern of d.o.t. nation wide and one of our five fatalities victims are homeless and that is on the rise nation wide as well. in that sense, we're trying to achieve and drive down traffic fatalities to zero at a time when the factor is they contribute to fatalities are working against us. that said, we're absolutely committ

. >> reporter: the mta says their plan to handle the operator shortage last night meant there was no noticeable impact on city commuters. >> we're talking about ten runs, but that's across the city, where we see 1,500 runs throughout the day. >> reporter: still, supervisor walton calls the decrease in bus service unacceptable and with nearly 200 events a year at chase center, he vows to keep fighting. >> we can never sacrifice service in our communities for events at the chase center, and i'm going to fight that vigorously. >> reporter: supervisor walton met with the mta to discuss these transportation issues and we're told it's still a work in progress. this arena still very new, as for tonight, you can see people gathering for the concert behind me. we're told things should be running smoothly tonight because all of the buses that were out last night are back tonight. reporting live from the chase center, ali wolf, nbc bay area news. >>> days of cancellations at sfo, this is our live airport cam. 286 flights were delayed, and 82 cancelled all together. it's all because of one of th

the first is the mobility permit harmonization process that is being led by mta. that is looking to make sure we are strategically looking at how we are permitting devices on our public right-of-way especially mobility scooters. there will be more coming forward about that, but the mta has asked the council to participate and provide feedback in this process. for your information we will be following up about that. another item that i wanted to announce today, this past friday, july 12, the san francisco hazards and climb resilience plan workshop for community leaders who work for community-based organizations was held on friday july 122 really start to look at how our long long-term hazards and resiliency plan is addressing the needs of many populations including people with disabilities. i just wanted to highlight that one of the items of concern that was addressed, in that meeting, was the public safety power plant that is coming forward from pg&e. i know this directly impacts, along with many hazard and climate concerns, but especially power degeneration impac

mta is an example. they may need to inspect their systems so all of the infrastructure functions correctly. one of the things we also recognized, determining the perceived diminished quality of life in san francisco. san francisco is a wonderful place that people love to come to because of its reputation worldwide. we don't want to people to think, i don't want to go to san francisco because this is an issue. we want them to know this is temporary and we're taking steps to mitigate the impact. what we found out is that few agencies -- and this is throughout the region -- they also don't have continuity of operations plans. you can see one key thing is how important it is. fuel will also be a critical issue. if san francisco is without power, because we're getting our power from somewhere else, they're also likely affected with some type of power shut jouf. so it's not just -- shutoff. it not just san francisco impacted, it's likely a larger area, so how will we work with the state to get the different r

also, mta, the same old streets need to be reorganized like the planning department, where you have teams in each section of the city. i realize downtown, the eastern need more engineer and planners, but still, each area should have their own planner and engineer, so we know who to talk to and be responsible for doing things in our neighborhood. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is jodie maderas. i'm here with a message from our members and some of them you'll hear today. the message is thank you, thank you for pushing the sfmta staff to do more, faster, quicker, else on our most dangerous streets in asking the right questions. don't stop pushing. we are counting on all of you. time and time again, we're hearing the devastating, angry messages about the precious lives we're losing and it's feeling disheartening that we're getting further and further away from our zero vision goal and fatal crashes by 2024. that's because we're in a state of emergency. we've lost as many pedestrians this year as we have in all of 201. 2018. we believe that vision zero is achiev

a supervisor is crying foul over the way mta kept traffic flowing during last night's concert at chase that coming up at 6:00. >>> get your ballot ready for the toy hall of fame. they are ready to induct new toys. i might recognize some favorites. the 12 finalists include care bears, jenga, a smartphone. that doesn't count. vote online for your favorite toy. the three toys with the most vo votes will be in the finals. >> monopoly. >> no. i think some are already in the hall of fame. g.i. joe, duyou know what's notn here? cabbage patch doll. >> you are offended? >> yes. >> those were huge. >> i can give you my old one. >> we have to get the smartphone out. that's cheating. >> that's going to do it for us. lester holt is next with nightly news. we leave you with the closing shot, a live look in new york city on this anniversary of september 11th. >>> breaking news tonight, the major new ban on vaping. president trump announcing the fda under growing pressure is moving to pull the popular flavored e-cigarettes off the market new illnesses reported, hundreds now in 42 states, the deadly to

mta wants to herman as a problem. >>however, sfmta says it was operator shortage in a statement spokesperson erica kato says we did not divert any buses that were assigned to any lines. we were unable to fill what we call a run on lines such as the 8 that were already missing bus runs due to operate or availability while in calls their response an excuse. >>i said don't you last couple of months we went over. but the plan was for the chase center. we were promised increased service we talk about service will not be affected. and not one time did operate shorts coming up in our conversations. >>now we were at the chase center in oracle park on tuesday night both venues have events going on at the same time and we were there to monitor traffic people said surprisingly that traffic went smoothly in walton believes he was in part at the expense of his district. he says moving forward he will continue to follow up with community in san francisco taylor bus aqi kron 4 news. >>well to the east bay now people will soon be abl

mta says fewer buses in the bayview are not tied to the new chase center. instead citing a shortage of operators. muni says while there is a shortage of buses, it was normal last night when eric clapton played at the chase center and the giants hosted pittsburgh. >>> to decision 2020 and another big night on tap for the race for president. tonight in houston the ten leading democratic contenders gather for the party's third debate. right now there's no real question about who is leading in the polls. the gap is wide between joe biden and the rest of the pack. when it comes to percentage points, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are the only two contenders tracking in the double digits. tonight's debate starts at 5:00 p.m. our time. >>> state lawmakers passed a bill on rent control everywhere. it is sitting on the governor's desk. it caps rent hikes at 5% annually everywhere. the historic bill will protect about 8 million renters. "today in the bay" will have reaction. >>> police say they have solved a hop side homicide of an elderly man. the arrests were

the sf mta festivals could cause delays as well. in case you are driving keep this in mind. francisco street parking meter also be enforced even though it is a holiday. and another reminder if you are traveling through central contra costa county, b.a.r.t. and caltrans are working on major upgrades between orinda and walnut creek stations. that means two eastbound lanes of highway 24 are closed near the lafayette station. b.a.r.t. tracks are shut down between all three stations, with a bus bridge running in between, so it will just take you longer. for more similar weekend closures will happen between now and the end of october. >>> firefighters are recovering in the south bay this morning, this is after being air lifted from south monterey county. three firefighters suffered burns while fighting that fire in greenfield off highway 101. some of them were flown to san jose. 15 acres burned in that fire. it was marked under control by 5:00 last night. >>> this morning, comedian and actor kevin hart is still recovering after being in a serious crash, this happened over the week

the sf mta may have to center whether to pay for the final days of construction with funding made to fund other transit projects. >>> baseball time, the a's and the royals in oakland last night. the a's winning 2-1, with ten games remaining in the regular season, the team has a 1 1/2 lead for the top wild card spot. >> the a's started their game after the giants last night and finished three hours before. the giants were at fenway park in boss stone for a six-hour game, check out this morning giants mike yastrzemski hanging out with his hall of fame grandfather red sox legend carl yastrzemski. the younger yas hit a home run and the crowd went wild including his family in the stands. he's a local boy there. the game went into extra innings as well in the top of the 15th inning, score tied at 6-6. alex dickerson with the became winning hit. the giants beat the red sox 7-6, that was the home run i was talking about. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay" at 4:38, walmart giving customers a chance to get money back after shopping at the store, how customers can take advantage of the hi

thank you to the department of public works, to mta, all of the contractors, all of incredible workers who basically not only worked in this community but spent money at the restaurants and this was definitely a great effort and took time and here we are, a celebration of just really an amazing project that is going to change the quality of life for the residents who live here. so enjoy it and next up, i want to take the opportunity to introduce your supervisor, valley brown, who as you remember was out here on a regular basis working with you all to move this project forward. she drove me a little crazy because she was running out of patience with the city bureaucracy and trying to get it done. and now she gets to enjoy the fruits of her labor. ladies and gentlemen, your supervisor, valley brown! [cheers and applause] >> you know what they say what doesn't kill us makes us stronger and that's how i feel about this project. i want to say i'm sorry to everyone. it was her fault. she started it and then i had to come in and finish it, right? [ laughter ] >> yeah, i'm not going go over ev

i want you to know, mta had a meeting and all of the merchants that i surveyed, rose her hand and said chinatown only. a lot of them work seven days a week, they don't have time to come to this meeting. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you for making it to speak for chinatown. i've been living in chinatown for 30 years. [inaudible] for everybody, it is easy to understand it. if they come to chinatown, they see that chinatown station. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. i want to show you guys a video about the chinatown station. i want to show you guys a video about it. [♪ music playing ] >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm here to air the video given by a merchant, from easy travel. he cannot come to this meeting, he was too busy. >> i support chinatown station. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i am here on behalf of the owner of the chinatown hair salon. he cannot come today. [video playing] i support chinatown station only because it represents all chinese. this is what i want to say. >> thank you. >> this vide

mta, as well as rack and parker going through the process of filtering these responses and determining what the processes to evaluate which are the best proposals to move forward. basically, this represents a significant opportunity to geographically expand our public charging network. this is part three. what will the ordinance do? the ordinance will require commercial parking garages with over 100 spaces to set aside 10% of the parking spaces for level two vehicle charging. 40-kilowatt and below. the other way to comply with the ordinance would be to install direct current, fast charging station equivalent. the compliance is required by 2023. furthermore, this ordinance really tries to form a dialogue between parking garage owners, operators with the electrical vehicle charging station providers. we will require them to have a safe analysis financial and technical feasibility, and we realize that the electrical vehicle charging station providers, and the process could be complex. we really just want to stimulate a dialogue between these two parties and the permitting process as tied