good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good afternoon public transit is a net when it comes to the accessibility for many of us we struggle with the cost of transportation i don't think it's working. >> use the other microphone the cost of the muni pass is now $23 a month it may not sound high but with a senior every nickel and dime counts only seniors can afford to buy one muni pass or share the muni passes if we can alleviate some of this it will greatly improve the quality of life where the cost of living is too much the city is getting increasingly hard for san franciscans if we want san francisco to be a transit first city we need to prioritize the need of our community we demand the free muni be approval today so we can remain mobile in our city thank you very much thank you. next speaker. >> (calling names) are any of those folks here repeating. >> good afternoon. >> hi i have a video i'd like to share. >> video. >> video is it okay. >> who wants a video. >> about 4 minutes but only the last two minutes on u s c. >> i think you can plug it in there

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 over

we shouldn't let it dominate our public transit conversation. we can get the buses going quicker. we can get priority treatment as i know you've covered on some of our major corridors. we can do a better job at letting people know when they arrive that they have covered and protected shelter when they get to the stop. the bottom line is to grow all parts of our transportation system have to be more efficient. >> trying to get in as many questions as i can. i know time is limited with you. the football team here, you've been vocal about trying to bring them back to the city. >> we're a sports town aren't we? i told you we would stay focused on keeping d.c. united right here in d.c. i'm very proud to say that i moved as a council member to make sure we have d.c. united that we keep our reeves center. i was very active in another important sports conversation about how we win the 2024 olympic games and went out with our team to california to make the final pitch. we all have our fingers crossed for what the games could mean for washington. and i feel also strongly that for our washin

no publicizing among workers at the facility of which i work has been done or witnessed first hand, the da accelerated the start of the tdm's plans and transit subsidy to make an immediate obligation and to require them to publicize it, they have it backwards and the earlier does not modify the later da. and at a hearing before the board of supervisors, land use committee in february of this year. the 2 to 5 year delay was never mentioned, in fact, supervisor yee said that the six months lost should be added on to the back end of the ten year requirement, and specifically discussed and it was never discussed that there would be a two to five year delay. and the city staff presentation, dated june 17, 2013, california, pacific medical center rebuild to the board of supervisor's land use and economic development committee, the development agreement was reviewed. and under the transportation section, cpmc will pay $6.5 million to them in lieu of the tdf. push and these have already been done. and however, this and the stimulation that cpmc will encourage all of the employees to purchase a cliper card and will share the cost equally with the emp

and cofounder says in a city with ordcrowded public transit, little to know -- with over crowded publicno parking, it works. >> it started out as a class propblg stphaoebgt we were looking for a -- class project. >> we did not want to walk. we wanted to get there quickly as possible. >> people would stop, take their sun glasses off. people wanted to buy it. that is when it was a 2x4 with wheels on it. >> reporter: then it took off, so did the board's popularity. thousands have been sold in dozens of countries. >> amazing to see the boards out there. we say in the wild. people we don't know and don't know we are behind it. we will see them riding down the street. when you see it in real life it is a different thing. >> reporter: and just to think it started because he wanted a better way to get to class. back to you. >> they just released the second generation board today after raising four times its crowd-funding goal. >> good for them. mechanical engineering is great. my stepfather got a degree in that. good for him. i would go to cal-poly, i like to two to the best, myself. [ laughter

public transit will increase staff accordingly. >> the protestors locked themselves together to block the entrances of downtown oakland's federal building. those demonstrators used pvc pipe to link up and started about 5:30 this morning. chopper 5 was over that protest, it lasted until about noon. signs in the crowd read, third world for black power. >>> the former manager of a san bruno gas station is busted for a lottery scratcher scam. 27-year-old [ non-english language ] pled no contest for computer access fraud. prosecutors say he kept winning california lottery scratchers for himself and sold customers losing ones. he is accused of selling altered tickets to undercover investigators at the rolling wood chevron gas station. it's a scam known as pinning where a p.i.n. is used to uncover a code and entered into the lottery computer to see if the scratcher is the winner. prosecutors said he kept $300 worth of winning scratchers. he is on probation for 18 months. >>> police in milpitas are looking for the people who robbed the t-mobile store at the mccarthy ranch this morning. it app

bart and public transit systems are on time and no problems if you are driving into san francisco.k with more of the morning news after this. >>> steve paulson is right there. >> thank you you two. i appreciate that. very good morning. we have fog. thick fog especially on the san mateo bridge. hayward is reporting fog. moffett. morning fog and then sunny. a week ahead dry. 60s the weekend. clouds cooler but it does not look like any rain for us. forecast models have been completely wiped it out. we'll see if they hold. there is areas of fog but there is also a little bit of an offshore breeze for some. 40s and 50s on your temps. a couple of upper 30s but not in the south bay. higher elevations warming up again. 40s and 50s not out ragous or anything. a little easterly breeze component southeast. there is a low dig into nevada. right there it is. and as it does high pressure building in on the backside of that. sends us an easterly breeze. 9 below in minneapolis. 21 below the coldest of the season so far. all this cold air not much active weather but the cold air is acting like a bi

more we talk about the issues the more to get to the ride the riders and better for muni and public transitsco. >> maybe it will top the list of complaints maybe it won't. ladies we are not entirely innocent. >> with packages i hate to say but a lot of women with. >>reporter: he's not the only person that tell us bag on seat are a problem. but back to men are a problem. but back to men. cut him some slack. >> i'll scoot in if somebody kochls in. but the idea that i'm preventing people from sitting down is somehow a nuisance is kind of ridiculous. >>reporter: if he's wrong riders you have got an educational campaign coming your way. in san francisco katie abc 7 news. >> jet blue encouraging better seat etiquette on flights. >> airline has posted over the top video on twitter ands facebook with title how not to take ap that. >> i keep my space. >> exactly. >> viola davis is one of hotel wad most demand actress right now. >> co-star in cyberthriller black hat and up for both zag and global award for tv how to get awhich were murder. >> comes to the character anna lee what can we expect here's

more we talk about the issues the more to get to the ride the riders and better for muni and public transitancisco. >> maybe it will top the list of complaints maybe it won't. ladies we are not entirely innocent. >> with packages i hate to say but a lot of women with. >>reporter: he's not the only person that tell us bag on seat are a problem. but back to men are a problem. but back to men. cut him some slack. >> i'll scoot in if somebody kochls in. but the idea that i'm preventing people from sitting down is somehow a nuisance is kind of ridiculous. >>reporter: if he's wrong riders you have got an educational campaign coming your way. in san francisco katie abc 7 news. >> jet blue encouraging better seat etiquette on flights. >> airline has posted over the top video on twitter ands facebook with title how not to take ap that. >> i keep my space. >> exactly. >> viola davis is one of hotel wad most demand actress right now. >> co-star in cyberthriller black hat and up for both zag and global award for tv how to get awhich were murder. >> comes to the character anna lee what can we expect her

more we talk about the issues the more to get to the ride the riders and better for muni and public transit in san francisco. >> maybe it will top the list of complaints maybe it won't. ladies we are not entirely innocent. >> with packages i hate to say but a lot of women with. >>reporter: he's not the only person that tell us bag on seat are a problem. but back to men are a problem. but back to men. cut him some slack. >> i'll scoot in if somebody kochls in. but the idea that i'm preventing people from sitting down is somehow a nuisance is kind of ridiculous. >>reporter: if he's wrong riders you have got an educational campaign coming your way. in san francisco katie abc 7 news. >> jet blue encouraging better seat etiquette on flights. >> airline has posted over the top video on twitter ands facebook with title how not to take ap that. >> i keep my space. >> exactly. >> viola davis is one of hotel wad most demand actress right now. >> co-star in cyberthriller black hat and up for both zag and global award for tv how to get awhich were murder. >> comes to the character anna lee what can we

that in san francisco, you know, we will and i think that this will help to build, support for public transit, and we, at the 350 san francisco are very much putting that on our agenda as something that we want to push for support for public transit and also, we do have people coming through and i think that we do have a lot of fruit traffic of the people on vacation and this is something that they are not going to see this every day in their town but it will be something that they would take home with them from their travels and it is result in san francisco, right? and among a lot of other different things that they see her. so, just thank you very much, and you know, again, i work a lot on the trying to stop fossil fuel extraction, and there is always a push back and what about the consumer? what about the demand side and i think that this also gives us a talking point in our conversation there to say yes, we are in 350 in the city and the governments that are working on demand side as well as the supply. thank you. >> any more members of the public that wish to speak. if you want us to sp

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and i think public transit is a better option.if you were thunking of taking public transit golden gate ferry providing service and golden gate transit that has access. but if you are on 101 it will take down the east part of the bridge. let's take a look at some of the live cameras, the bay bridge right now, light conditions and the lights are off. yesterday we did not see backups between four and six in the afternoon. here is a look at the richmond sanerfeld bridge and looks good for fast track users and cash paying customers and this is westbound traffic at the toll plaza heading to morin county and we will continue to monitor this and you can take a look at traffic on kron4.com. as we focus on weather around the bay area. still have a dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 this morning. it is very hazy as we take a live look at the san mateo bridge. visibility right now probably the worse north of the golden gate bridge bridge. a mile-and-a-half visibility in the oakland bridge area. we have a spare the air alert today and n

ktvu's tom vacar tells us how competition is effecting prices. >> reporter: tonight public transit willp.m. to 2:00 a.m. muni is free. a.c. transit b shuttle will be free. b.a.r.t. is charging but it will run till 3:00 a.m. the real wars are in the private sector, after midnight uber goes to surge pricing where fares could be 10 times the usual fares but that will put more service on the streets. >> makes sure we have enough drivers on the road. >> we are offering folks a choice. >> reporter: beyond uber lyft will impose higher pricing. side car claims prices will remain unchanged. >> people are willing to wait. people are willing to miss flights to wait on these ride sharing companies. >> reporter: sf cabbies are fighting back by charging 10 bucks a ride within the city tonight. >> the difference is you can see where the customer is. >> advertisement to bring the business back. >> reporter: tonight and any night the alternative systems changed completely in terms of cost and availability. >> a lot of cab companies trying to keep up with the technology. >> competition is always good. bu

you know, public transit. mass transit. ic and private transportation will be a key. >> instead of staying 45 miles away, fans may want to rent a house. >> we are at events across the country. >> maybe bay area residents will consider renting out their homes, especially if they could get $100,000 for it. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that pool and jacuzzi nice. >> i don't think i will get $100,000 for my house. [ talking at the same time ] >> 80% booked. unbelievable. >>> our weather now. nice and dry outside. nice looking weekend shaping upenders the bay area. >> another one -- upenders the bay area. >> another one -- up around the bay area. >> another warm one. warmer than yesterday and warmer than average and doesn't feel -- feels like october. temperatures are above average. with winds tonight and tomorrow, the temperature will come up a little bit. breezy conditions in the hills tonight. off shore winds. no fog along the coast. it will keep the atmosphere clean and the air sinks. when it goes off short. sinks. si

capacity to project the weather. >> the travel bans that were put into effect in closing the public transit system kept the public safe. this could have been a historic storm and we could have had much worse results. having lived in the midwest, i can tell you this was the right call to make. there shouldn't be any criticism criticism. there should be a lot of people thankful we're not reporting a lot of dead bodyies tonight. tonight's question, did officials make the right call on the blizzard? text a for yes. text b for no. let me bring in paul douglas. paul, always great to have you with us. this has been a mixed bag because in some of the areas the snow is still coming down and coming down hard and there's still some really rough areas out there, but it didn't seem to be as widespread as some experts had predicted. did the forecasters do their job correctly? i'll start with that tonight. >> it's not a perfect situation, ed. and it never will be. the models are good and getting better. about 1% every year. they never will be perfect. the european model was predicting close to two feet of

the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned 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. a

to reinvent the wheel but backing take a birds eye approach as we we can further want to take public transit to the various locations i think this will be insightful for us we hope to gain a set of recommendations after this so it is not just study it is put aside but actual items to approve our transportation system thank you. >> thank you. i'm glad you went down that path it was hopeful helpful this was a bridged document taking the things we've done down sunset the transit unreliability calm as a concern and the works we've done through our san francisco transportation plan we have the goez graphic disparities and you have to keep in mind that people make rational choices and those are the occupant automobile trips reflect the liability and the quality of the caltrain transportation available to them so the way the san francisco board of directors sf toicht it's a 3 package document we have history in context that makes it capitulated by supervisor tang and quick digest of some of the quick development studies in the works and navigation to the sunset blue prints all questions will be loo

public transit is the way to go.s offering free rides and buses will run in to 5:00 a.m. you will need to pay for b.a.r.t. but trains will be extend theed on 3:00 and tipsy tow will offer rides to 3:00 a.m. an average ride could be more than $100. be aware of that. >> take advantage. do what you need to do. let's keep it safe out there. >> that's right, here is a look back at the biggest stories this year on abc 7 news.com. others made us cheer and others ss made us question. >> weather tonight, we are talking approximate about cool temperatures, and dry conditions. live doppler 7 hd will show you nothing but clear skies out there. the clear skies, a nice night. the rooftop camera. the crowds are gathering, less than 45 minutes away from the fireworks going off in the bay and less than 45 minutes in the year of 2014. take a look back at the rain we received here for the past 12 months. almost 25 inches of rain. beating the average of of 23.65 inches in nearly times as much rain this year than we saw last year. good n

a new executive director i think as we face challenges in transportation and working to make public transit especially more assessable through the effort of the free muni for the low income and middle-income seniors that kind of leadership is needed i'm proud to nominate chair supervisor avalos. >> so chair supervisor avalos is nominated seconded by supervisor mar thank you and are there any further noomsz for ta chair okay seeing no further noomsz the nominations are now closed and other comments we'll take public comment it is on for any must be member of the public that wants to comment seeing none, public comment is closed and we'll go to vote how would mr. stevens for the name. >> on the motion in favor of electing supervisor wiener for chair. >> would that be commissioner supervisor campos is it possible to call on the commissioner and that commissioner say the name of the person they're supporting? >> i'd like to propose that method so we'll each commissioner will vote on the commissioner they want to serve for chair. >> on the motion to elect the chair. >> supervisor avalos supervis

improved public transit the traffic study for the project has a number ten bus running at 98 capacity at rush hour before the 7 thousand neighbors arrive as the 22 we leader we get to keep it for 2 to 5 years to have it it rerouted after the projects traffic we have several intersections at potrero hill with that are another unacceptable levels our air quality is rapidly sdlain what happens when we add warriors stadium and pier 70 to the mix new parks we know we're deficient the potrero hill area promises 4 acres of new open space we're still waiting meantime jackson county park that is heavily used and didn't provide open space to the neighborhood will soon be severing not only seven hundred neighbors but more than 33 hundred new residents within 5 blocks of park we recognize the need for new housing we get that we're building luxury unit and this project must be considered in the context of other development and address the things we need like better public transportation and open space as well as housing for middle-income earners and, of course, the families thank you as the next s

we will have detail on the closing and the detours and information on public transit options and a linkpp waz. to enough gate the detours which is free on apple app and google play. we would love to have you join the news group. >> next month a san lenadro city council will vote on whether to approve an armored truck. a meet was held at the senior community center. police from the region toll the city council it would be the only duel purpose medivac and s.w.a.t. vehicle in northern california abouting paramedics to help victims trapped in a crime scene. >> you cannot fool us. painting rescue on the side of an armored personnel carrier doesn't make it any less of a military vehicle. >> cities like san jose and berkeley have rejected the arm mored vehicle because of public outcry. a $200 homeland security grant would pay for the vehicle and fremont police and alameda fire share it. >> this afternoon a 25-year-old woman arrested in connection with arson at the house made famous in "mrs. doubtfire," will be arraigned. year the press charged the woman with several physical any charge -- fel

visit abc7news.com for details on closeures and detours along with information on public transit options. we also have a link for you to download the traffic app waves. it's free on the app store or google play and we'd love to have you join the abc 7 news waves group. >>> now to some developing news this morning. police in san francisco are investigating a shooting that left four people dead. it happened at around 10:00 last night on page street in the city's hayes valley neighborhood. police say four men were shot to death inside a vehicle. right now no suspects are in custody, but police were interviewing witnesses overnight. >> there were a the lot of shots fired. some went into dwellings. right now we're trying to find out and check on all the residents to make sure none of the residents were hit. there were a lot of shots fired. >> police say they're still looking into the motive for the shooting but say the area has been having issues with gang violence. >>> three it terror suspects in paris are dead while a fourth is still on the run. authorities are looking for this woman woman.

prop j thank you we also passed prop a to invest in our roads and bikes lanes and safety and public transit thank you supervisor tang and supervisor scott wiener for your leadership for the improvement off our roads and transportation systems on education we took unpredicted steps to secure and investments in our san franciscans families and children we passed prop c and public educations enrichment fund thank you supervisor jane kim, supervisor yee and supervisor avalos and constituting stating and hydra mendosa-mcdonnell as well as a coalition of organizations that carried us to overwhelming support and on a nonpriority for our city is the housing we overwhelmingly passed prop k and to rehab thirty house homes by 20 thirty a third below market rate and half affordable to our city's struggling middle-class and in one year we've already made measurable and dramatic progress tale of two cities those goals rehabilitating homes in san francisco friends that's double the hourlg in 2013 it's triple in 2012 and we'll do even better in the coming year. >> and we took bold steps to protect those we

opportunity for more people to feel comfortable walking down towards bart or any other form of public transit to get to the game. and then the special events opportunities here is great for the whole neighborhood i think. our biggest weekend ever were this last world series, this past fleet week and with america's cup last year. and i think this is an opportunity for those kind of events to bring greater impact into the neighborhood. i strongly support the plan and urge you to approve it. thank you. >> any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner murphy, i know you need to leave shortly, so, have you ask questions first. >> what is this escalation mean on this spreadsheet? 170,750? i know what it means in real estate terms, but -- >> is that the cpi you're referring to, the escalation? the minimum rent, the base rent, there is an escalation. it's every five years. we do a cpi. the minimum is 10%, the maximum adjustment would be 20%. >> and the hard cost? >> yes. >> sorry, it's confusing. it's in the cover of construction hard costs, you're referring to rental

we owe our residents a safe and reliable public transit system. >> the ntsb is having a news conference at 11:15 which we will bring to you live. roz plater, abc 7 news. >> as we mentioned, the woman who was on the metro train when it filled with smoke has died. dozens are in the hospital, including a d.c. firefighter. jay is live at george washington university hospital. any updates on the victims? >> yes, in the last out where received an update at george washington university hospital. patient conditions range from mild to moderately ill from smoke inhalation. one dead, two in critical. 25 patients are at medstar washington center, 40 at howard university and 34 at gw. the emergency vehicles echoed as dozens of victims were rushed to area hospitals. >> it was pretty serious. thought she was going to die, but she is going to be ok. >> they were headed to the airport when the train car abruptly stopped in filled with choking smoke. >> we all try to get down, but people passed out. >> they were transported to george washington hospital, treated for everything from smoke and elation, as

concern is very great, both from a reliability and safety perspective but also the ability of public transit to meet the needs of the region. >> reporter: leaders throughout the region say they're worried about the huge cost of routine maintenance as well as the new facilities with no clear idea where the extra money might be found. >> >> it's clear, however, that the state, the federal government the local government and indeed the private sector need to seriously consider how we're going to come up with more money. >> reporter: dave snyder of falls church has served on emergency committees and he says riders and citizens deserve better metro management whatever the funding. >> i think we all, as supporters of metro, have the right to demand management that is at the very least, providing accurate and full communications to riders in minor incidents and major incidents. that apparently has not happened on a repeated basis. >> reporter: in the district tom sherwood news4. >> metro accounts for 85% of all public transit in the washington region. coming up tonight on news4 at 6 officials tell

it's an issue of space people taking up too much of it on public transit.he movement to stop the so called man spreading. [ laughter ]. >> i think they're picking on us again. >> share the seat. >> personal bubble. >> in your space. >> he's man spreading. dangerous out there. a blast of winter hits much of the country, turning roads into sheets of ice. we'll get the latest from jamie yuccas and meteorologist eric fisher. two more new york city police officers have been shot, and michelle miller reports tensions are growing between the cops and the mayor. a billion dollar drone program is supposed to catch illegal immigrants, but today we learned how much it's costing taxpayers for each arrest. >> if you do the math on that, that's about $27,000 per apprehension.y: >> pelley: and john blackstone on the new target of hackers. how they're getting their hands on your fingerprints and what they plan to do with them. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

public transit is the way to go.s offering free rides and buses will run in to 5:00 a.m. you will need to pay for b.a.r.t. but trains will be extend theed on 3:00 and tipsy tow will offer rides to 3:00 a.m. an average ride could be more than $100. be aware of that. >> take advantage. do what you need to do. let's keep it safe out there. >> that's right, here is a look back at the biggest stories this year on abc 7 news.com. others made us cheer and others ss made us question. >> weather tonight, we are talking approximate about cool temperatures, and dry conditions. live doppler 7 hd will show you nothing but clear skies out there. the clear skies, a nice night. the rooftop camera. the crowds are gathering, less than 45 minutes away from the fireworks going off in the bay and less than 45 minutes in the year of 2014. take a look back at the rain we received here for the past 12 months. almost 25 inches of rain. beating the average of of 23.65 inches in nearly times as much rain this year than we saw last year. good n

public transit shutdown. only emergency vehicles allowed on the roads in so many places. airlines have canceled a lot of flights. close to 8,000 flights today and yesterday. hundreds more canceled for tomorrow. students most of you at home, snow days in most of the blizzard areas. public schools shutdown in new york city boston philadelphia. mayors and governors across the area warning people to stay off the roads and stay home. >> safety first. your life matters the most and your health and safety matters the most. so the smart thing is to stay back. any employer whose treating employees the wrong way will certainly have something to say about this. that is not a time for employers to be cheapskates. >> whiteout conditions and treacherous roads will make driving anywhere extremely dangerous. i can't stress this part enough. please stay off the roads. >> this has been going on for hours already. there are hours still to come. i want to bring in meteorologist derek van dam tracking this storm for us. derek, where are we? >> john the storm has eerie characteristics of a hur

can you discuss some of the negative effects if congress were to cut funding for public transit? >> well, absolutely i agree that we need to maintain resources for mass transit. it is vitally important, of course, in the state of new york, and many other parts of the country. there's also a very substantial rural transit program that we have that is also vital to many rural communities as well. if congress were to eliminate that funding, what would happen is that our roadways in high-use areas of the country would become inundated with traffic. and freight movements and commutes would actually stall. and that would be a disaster for the country. what we really need is a nation that moves for towards multi-modal movement, in which the users have choice. and the more choices they have, potentially you get more cars off the road. that enables more bandwidth for trucks and other commercial activities to occur. so i -- this is all symbiotic. and if we lose the transit piece, i think we end up creating other problems. >> superstorm sandy resulted in a whopping $8 million of physical dam