public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise

pell i has designed the transit tower and will highlight the importance of public transit to the regionnd state of california. as you know, the pros -- proceeds of the sale will help construct the transit center and allow us to keep thousands of jobs to our disadvantaged communities and veterans and women and also allow us to keep our mentor ship for our youth. that's what the transit project center is doing. the development of the tower, has committed to build i am improvements with the transit center and you will see mission square which will serve as the primary entrance to the square. it will allow public access and providing a meeting and resting place for travelers and workers and residents in the area. the workers in the tower will have direct access to the rooftop that will allow benefits to work in the neighborhood. we congratulate them to the project and welcome them to our community. [ applause ] i would now like to introduce the man who has been essential and continues to be vital to the project, ed lee, our mayor of san francisco. mayor lee firmly believed and supported the

you know, the public service or public safety, rather, radio replacement, 800 megahertz, is voice, as i've said. bay web is data. mta is a specialized transit. and the public service is voice. the only one of these systems that is a life safety system at this point is the 800 megahertz. again, you know, at some point when devices are created that can be pushed to talk on the bay web network, that could become life safety as well, but right now it's the 800 megahertz. >> actually, if i could just interject there, my understanding is the sfmta system includes data and voice and a public safety radio system, that we can actually, if we have the capacity to do all that. >> i'm sorry, can you repeat the question? >> isn't it true that sfmta prn system is transit data and voice and a public safety grade, p-25 voice radio system? >> the sfmta system consists of two systems, 800 megahertz system and 700 megahertz system. i know the 800 megahertz system does have some limited data capabilities. my understanding is bay web is nowhere near the capability of the bay web system based on lte technology. 700 megahertz, from memory, i'm not sure whether 70

public transportation would be good. >> public transit is fabulous. >> uh-huh. >> we have outdoor space. we tripled the size overall, indoors and outdoors. we have a whole number of new galleries, most exciting, we can do exhibits outdoors that are about the environment. >> is that one we were looking at there? >> yeah. >> and so here we are looking again from the water. >> that's correct. >> and you have a lot of can'ts there, obviously. you have grown -- a lot of exhibits there, obviously. you have grown. what is the hottest exhibit now? >> the hottest single exhibit. if i was going to bring a kid in who said i don't want to do this. if you don't like the first one, where would you take them to? >> the giant mirror. >> the giant mirror? >> it's used in the space industry and you walk up to it. you will see an image of yourself quadruple the size, if you walk to the perfect spot. and it's chance, it epchants everyone. >> really? a -- enchants everyone. >> really? the exploratorium is more than a museum, right in. >> more than a museum. >> and sometimes people who lived there all of the

to something that, we have suspended all service on the mbta our public transit service until we think it's safe to open all or some of that. we're asking people to shelter in place. in other words, to stay indoors with their doors locked and not to open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer and that applies here in watertown where we are right now. also, cambridge, waltham, newton, belmont, and at this point all of boston. all of boston. this is a serious situation. we're taking it seriously. we're asking the public to take it seriously, as well. and with this law enforcement, by following those simple instructions, we have every asset that we can possibly muster on the ground right now. they are doing a terrific job and working in concert with each other, but we are going to need the public to help us help them stay safe. where are you, commissioner? >> right behind you. thank you, governor. as the governor said, this is a rapidly developing situation. within the last half hour, we received information that i have communicated to mayor menino th

if you use public transport -- transit you save $4,000 per year. karen massey and she said it is going to save huge amounts of money because we spend so much time sitting on the highways. public transportation obviously benefits the environment and daily lives of common citizen. there is one mode of public transportation that could save the country immensely. take of the united states currently plans to develop a national high-speed rail system in order to sustain a community and compete with other nations. to be high-speed rail economically feasible, you have to have high demand, which does not exist now. they are saying we cannot build it, because there is not enough demand. demand and less to build and provide a good service. alsogh-speed rail will yield economic benefits. >> we want to look at where clients could be coming in easily. good airports, good rail service. >> massachusetts senator john kerry has a similar perspective on the issue. railss discussion of comes at a critical time for the economy. i believe and have believed for a long tim

the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. afte

all public transit has been close has been shut down in the state of massachusetts. police telling residents not to leave their houses until they feel the threat is over. or until they have either caught or killed the second suspect. all this has been developing over the last 78 hours of the boston area. of course, we continue to follow the latest in the investigation. hundreds are still recovering from the initial bombing on monday. this video from that explosion. the first and second explosion. three people killed and one under 70 injured in these attacks. 14 were injured still in critical condition this morning. >> we will have continuing coverage of the latest of boston's second by second as new information comes in. we will break into our program to update you on what we're learning as the manhunt is underway our comcast channel 193. o247 hour 24/7 channel is also a good source to. >> but us take a look at our weather and see what we have planned. good morning erica. >> we have changes to talk about. it will be warmer for those of you in one. as of now a clear s

we have to realize the way to grow in the future is to accommodate jobs so people can use public transit, walking and bicycling to get around. a new and large part of what it's all about is this new transit center, public amenities and private buildings expect to generate at least 25,000 job years of construction employment alone. when complete, this new district will accommodate at least 27,000 permanent jobs here in our city. the office space provided for this plan will help ensure san francisco remains the knowledge economy center for the region, if not nationally. this new downtown district will accommodate 6 million square foot of new office space, new housing, 12 hundred affordable new house, 100,000 square foot of new retail space and of course a network of new and walkable streets. it's an important part of how we are paying for the critical infrastructure. many of you were hurt when agencies were limited in the state. but here in this center, this plan em ploys the majority of the streets and parks and affordable housing by the value of private investment and using the power of

they're not using the public transit system, they're using those to transport police to be areas. >> in the air traffic below 3,000 ft. is out lot at the moment. they want to make it available for only police helicopters for their research. what ever they need to do to find this person. no problems at logan international but an. >> they're going door-to- door as they are hunting for this 19 year-old. there stopping all vehicles on the streets. you concede this, it is coming from watertown massachusetts. >> it is horrifying, this is my home. i come here all the time. i got my license here, this is my home. it's scary to think of your home as like all wars on almost. from people that i've heard in the neighborhood that are locked down, they heard gunshots and people coming in and searching the house, they are all horrified. >> here is video we did show you of police swat teams going into homes and searching them and escorting the residents out to make sure they are safe. they are following leads. one of the reasons they're asking people to stay off the streets is because people that ar

. >>> a letter calling for more security funding for public transit has been signed by 39 members of congress. they coordinated a letter that requests robust funding from the committee. it will go in an effort to keep passengers safe. mass transit systems are difficult to secure. there were more than 10.5 billion passengers on u.s. transit systems in 2012. >>> the san jose police officers association will go to court to challenge the city's pension reform plan. last june city voters passed measure b, which would increase the amount officers and other city workers have to pay towards their pensions. the measure has been cleared to go to the court. city attorney rick doyle said the attorney general's action was a procedure al one. he believes the city will still prevail in court. >>> a deadly earthquake rocked parts of asia. just ahead, the region that's deal being the most destruction. >> it's one of the most destructive school fires. the sentence handed down to one of the culprits. >> it's saturday morning. it's time to get out and do something this weekend. the weather will cooperat

public transit update for you because we have been tracking earlier problems are barred.they have been completely cleared up in there are no more delays. and looking at your ride on the traffic map we can see that we have picked up a little slowing in the southbound direction of 242. the drive time on highway 80 westbound has increased. if you are looking at 19 minutes. there's still some slowing 41 01. these are all normal commute patterns and the marin ride is still pretty delay free. 26 minutes from novato to the golden gate bridge. >> a very difficult night in the city of richmond. dozens of people showed up to remember the young man who was killed tuesday as he was training at a vocational school. 19 your all dimerea young is gunned down on a richmond street corner as he was jogging with others' training with the " rich man build " program. two other men who were also taking part in the agility test for also hit by gunre. one of them spoke about the shooting. >> i saw something that would traumatize me for the rest of my life. i had no idea what was going to happen.

and, yes i'm talking about our public transit system. i'm talking about all our transportation systems. and one day high-speed rail. i know it's frustrating to push your way onto a overcrowded bus. i know you were frustrated in the past to reach your jobs late. i'm proud to say there's changes on the way and the nation largest addition is once again focused on operations and inviting a maintenance system. this year new hybrid buses will hit the streets. 60 new trillion buses are on the way and 1 hundred and 50 the vehicles will be over hauled. we'll see more at the time of the accidents on our streets. last year the mta adopted a new budget for a state of new repair investments. and no fair increases. last year, we secured $940,000 to complete the system. and this year we'll be starting an underground project. we're wraping up a project to follow that longer than gary boulevard and people will be so happy to ride these bus or so. and as a job fair we must get the train to downtown and explore long term funding for back and forth extensio

we know the incidence with the chechens in the moscow theatre and the school and the public transit -- public transportation. is it political? as a religious? one thing i know that they want to know is where the older brother did wenturins six o the united states. er notes appr to be a strategic link to anything organized overseas, but it may be an ideological or operational peace. although you did not have to go overseas how to learn to build the bomb. it is pretty simple. it is not unusual. a lot of terrorists use family members to conduct activity. there is still much to be learned, and hopefully there are lessons to be applied to make our country safer and more secure. but we will never be immune from this kind of attack. their conduct, their exterior -- inside, they are entirely different people. we do not know how to deal with that, nor will we ever be able to confront it. >> and we still do not know what whit was domestic or international. tomidge, thank you for joining us. it is good to have you here. what a week it has been. you are watching bbc world news america. still to c

public transit including the convention center. the project is necessary and desirable and staff recommends the commission approves the project with conditions. thank you and i'm available for questions. >> project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president fong, members of the commission, director ram, i'm ruben, with juns and rose. i was here when the matter came up for hearing on january 17th. we continued at that time to do some additional outreach that we were requested to do. it took longer than we anticipated. we had four live meetings and e-mails and telephone calls and necessary communication. i understood our charge at that point to have meetings in good faith and am very comfortable to report to the commission that we did that. we did not end up with a resolution. you can see behind me that there is opposition here from those community groups. however, we do have a lot of support for this project and have had a lot of support along the way aside from your own staff. john and todd have been supportive and they will be speak ne

to assist that, we have suspended all service on the mbta, our public transit service and that will continue until we think it's safe to open all or some of that. we're asking people to shelter in place, in other words, to stay indoors with their doors locked and not to open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer and that applies here in watertown where we are right now, also cambridge, newton, belmont and at this point, all of boston. all of boston. this is the serious situation. we're taking it seriously, we're asking the public to take it seriously, as well and to assist law enforcement by following those simple instructions. we've got every asset that we can possibly muster on the ground right now. they are doing a terrific job and working in concert with each other but we are going to need the public to help us help them stay safe. >> where are you? >> right behind you. thank you. as the governor said this is a rapidly developing situation. we've received information i communicated to mayor menino. the mayor asked moo he to come here and tell you th