you can see there is a driveway just passed the ramp and we couldn't have the ramp extend into that driveway because then there wouldn't be the turning raise for someone to enter into driveway with their vehicle and we were able to make a turn within the ramp so the wheelchair using is coming up from the intersection and make the switch back up to the ramp. so these are just some examples to show you how kind of innovative you have to be of trying to figure out the geometry to fit these platforms into an environment that is really built back in the early 1900s. this is another example at ucsf and we were able to bold out the sidewalks to the car. in many cases that the not possible because you build the traffic lane too much and the traffic lane becomes too small but we were fortunate to be able to do that in this location and this is obviously an important stop because many people go to use it. this last one is something we don't want to repeat. on market street there was a few locations because of bart and munis we did not have a ramp. we don't expect this to do this in the future because

oha's ramp taxi medallion. in other words they blocked mr. oha from making corrections and now seeks to hold both medallion holder and taxi company liable for ongoing violations related to mr. oha's medallion. we respectfully urge the commission to reverse those revocations and i'm available to answer questions. . >> counselor, your brief did not address one of the points made by the department related to where they disqualified some of the waybills based upon the odometer readings. do you have a response to that? >> i really don't simply because -- oh, are you talking about in the 2010 or which year are you talking about, sir? >> it was a couple of years. >> because i know for 2010 it's my understanding that the waybills were discredited by the hearing officer for the reason that -- 2010 -- that was -- for the reason that they examined his parking control officer schedule, but they actually examined a typical parking control officer schedule and apparently that parking control officer schedule did not apply to mr. oha and so they didn't look

leggings our has provided ramp taxi services for decades. the challenges are significant and we'll do our best to make it work. thank you >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please . >> (calling names). >> mr. lawrence. >> nothing like getting two minutes on something that needs more time. i've spoken before this committee i'm a medallion taxi holder. i drive a taxi i know exactly what's going on for ramp taxis. all the rules are based on fines not anatomy rational you pick up. we pick up any wheelchair whether it's a paratransit or not but the fact is m b mobile and san francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they get 58 a piece of for them. two we can't find drivers that refuse to drive the ramp taxis because they can't pay the tax. and sometimes the ramp taxi no longer goes out because they're not certified because they can't make any money our repair bills are high. and it's a number one commercial vehicle used for commercial purposes. 3 engines in 3 and a half years and rear act ills. this is a vehicle that can pickup

leggings our has provided ramp taxi services for decades. the challenges are significant and we'll do our best to make it work. thank you >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please . >> (calling names). >> mr. lawrence. >> nothing like getting two minutes on something that needs more time. i've spoken before this committee i'm a medallion taxi holder. i drive a taxi i know exactly what's going on for ramp taxis. all the rules are based on fines not anatomy rational you pick up. we pick up any wheelchair whether it's a paratransit or not but

leggings our has provided ramp taxi services for decades. the challenges are significant

leggings our has provided ramp taxi services for decades. the challenges are significant and we'll do our best to make it work. thank you >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please . >> (calling names). >> mr. lawrence. >> nothing like getting two minutes on something that needs more time. i've spoken before this committee i'm a medallion taxi holder. i

parkway, that ramp to 193. crews are just head out there right now. i'll have more information on the roadways coming up. guys, back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> we have no major school system closures today, but we do have a few delays to tell you about. in virginia king george county schools and spots sylvania schools are closed and shenandoah county schools delay ited one hour. >> maryland, calvertton school is delayed two hours and the only delay in d.c. right now is the jefferson academy. they're delayed two hours and, of course, you can always head to our website, defensenewstv.com for a complete -- wusa9 tv.com for delays and closings. >>> many states are dealing with wicked winter weather and issued states of emergency. we didn't get quite as good morning, delia. >>reporter: good morning, jess, andrea. you know, this dusting that we did get is quite pretty, light, fluffy snow, easily just falls off your hands. can't quite make a snowball, but some great snow angels if the kids want to come out and play a little later before school. easy t

off ramps. several accidents reported in the northbound direction and as a result of one of those accidents one of the parties to the north bound crash tried to flee the same period jumped across the center divider was struck and killed by one of the softball vehicles. all lanes of interstate 280 here are shutdown north of the john daly off ramp. john daly boulevard is actually right over here and this is as you can see and the curve of the southbound direction were the tunnels are there. what you are going to do is use san jose off ramp the mission street off ramp from southbound interstate 280, you can use that to get all the way over to 19th avenue and you can rejoin interstate 280 in the southbound direction. the biggest back up is on the northbound side because that's where most of the traffic is this morning and there are two lanes blocked in the northbound direction in order to accommodate the incident there. the eye and is that we may have some live video from the scene here's what switc

detectable ramps. they are all detectable.n below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are on the books

sometimes when we come up on places where i might go down a curb ramp and there's no curb ramp on the other side, so we're at risk because we may be in the roadway longer looking for another curb ramp or looking for a driveway but there isn't another curb ramp. sometimes we're in the street longer because it takes us longer to get across the street. maybe there's somebody else standing on the curb ramp so we have to get them to move out the wait to proceed out of the roadway. thank you for your time and i really appreciate this hearing. >> thank you mr. mendosa and thank you for the reminder of including this community in this discussion. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is derrick and i'm president of the san francisco cab driver's association. i like to point out an important factor of this pedestrian vehicle collisions which has not been addressed and is being overlooked. it's an unflux of thousands of personal vehicles with local transportation for hire. this kind of on demand transportation necessitate these drivers driving around and congesting the roadways. i'd like to poin

again, wires on the road there, shuts down the ramp. we'll head down now to d.c. 295 for folks trying to head northbound there. it is shut down between exit one and exit 3 because of an accident. also there's ice on the roadway. in addition to clearing that crash, they're also waiting for salt truck. i'm back in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> as tom mentioned, the flakes are already tapering off in parts of the region making for a slick commute for some drivers. news4's melissa mollet is live on the streets with road conditions there. >> reporter: good morning. right now we're on route 5 ukraine highway, of course, in charles county. we're headed toward waldorf. going to hit route 228. we did hear from one of our co-workers that the area is nasty. if you look at in front of the truck, the drive camera at a red light. we have seen a couple of blues. nobody treating the roads. that was done overnight. you see it sort of a wet mess. a little bit slushy. no big deal except you can see in the median a little snow there. i can te

in lake shore avenue on-ramp on interstate 580, a sig-alert has been canceled and the on-ramp is backpen but it was shut down after 2:30 this afternoon following the fatal accident. investigators say car overturned on the roof trapping a person under the car. >>> new year's begins with a tragedy: in fremont what began as an agent between sisters resulted in one getting killed and a baby seriously injured weapon the vehicle hit the three last night. amy hollyfield is on the scene at paseo padre parkway and mowry. >> this is a major intersection in fremont, paseo padre parkway and mowry. police say they are not in the crosswalk when it happened, the victims were crossing the street on paseo padre parkway. they were hit by a truck driver who is 64-year-old. a man. three victims. the 17-year-old girl, her 19-year-old sister and the 19-year-old baby boy she was holding. the 19-year-old was killed and the baby was badly injured in the hospital with life threatening injuries. the driver is cooperating and it doesn't look like alcohol is a factor. >> there are no charges. we are still investi

he built a ramp, they had a rescue team on hand.e rider attempt this where the chute opens milliseconds before impact and he crashes on this mountain side and rolls down. injuries described fractures and cuts. we have new video from this. we have helmet cam from the rider as he's attempting this jump. >> i don't know that i want to see this. >> we saw it the first time and we're like is he going fast enough? and this is even more prove that he i don't think he had enough speed. down he goes. and the first part is the thud. >> it's actually the thud after thud after thud that gets you. >> one of the guys is joining us. what we want to know, what went wrong here? >> there wasn't a lot of preparation that went into it. but the three things that seem most obvious that went wrong, he didn't leave the ramp with enough speed. he comes around the little corner before he jumps off the ramp and slip. that contributed to the fact that he goes off quite fast to the right. the idea was he was going to hit the middle of the ramp and sail more str

this is at the park the ramp to westbound 580. and police couldn't know what caused the crash but the woman lost control of her suv and crashed. she died at the scene. and police have not released her name. >>> if you are using bart you will have to pay little bit more. the hike will average an extra 19 cents per ride. it will pay for improvements that will support future exexpansion to the south bay. the last fare increase was july of 2012. visitor passes and the price for each will go up 1 dollar starting today: out with the old and in with the new. and hundreds of laws from expanding transgender rights and the paparzzi wrong. in 2013. and the legislators passed more than 800 new laws and some of them could affect you. >> the one getting attention is the minimum wage. it is going up in san francisco and in the rest of the state in july. other workers will see the benefits and rights expand starting tomorrow. housekeepers, maids must get time and a half if they work more than # hours in a day or more than 45 hours in a week. and

you noticed this ramp is set up over the family backyard pool.o, here's wake's first attempt back in july. ♪ >> oh. >> and splash down. >> right in the pool. >> so close. doesn't quite make it. so, they try again throughout the day. by the end of the day, wake gets to the other side of this pool. and now it's september moving time, last chance to use this ramp for a jump. by the end of the summer in september look at what their kid's doing over the pool. he's not only clearing the pool, but he's pulling tricks over this pool. >> he ends up on the roof of the house! >> on the patio roof. >> he's got so much momentum, he goes up -- >> yeah, right! oh, oh, oh, oh. >> stops down at one point and even busts the roof. his dad is, like, don't worry about it. we're moving. >> who has a dad who says don't worry about busting through the roof? >> wake shepman and he joins us from new york. he's on tour with the nitro circus, guys.ut the summe. >> we wanted to have some fun and before we move we wanted to go out with a bang and i thought i'd do cool tricks.

pictures in the diagram there, the off-ramp in blue and the on-ramp in orange and as well as other improvements on the road associated with the tie-in to the new san francisco oakland bay bridge, separate and apart but independent with separate funding construction phase is funded with federal highway bridge program and proposition state one the seismic retrofit program to the tune of 77.5 million dollars. we have completed the plan specifications and estimates and certified the right-of-way for construction. we also received approval to construction funds in july of 2013, for 77.5 million. we have been working in partnership with tata for six years in developing this project and have executed all of the agreements that we need, and we have hired and retained a construction management firm back in july of 2013 to go ahead and be a representative in the field. and the to over see the activity and we are ready to administer the contract with the oversight with cal transand let's talk about the advertisement process. this is our item here today. you know, we issued an invitation for bids in septem

more than half of them have turned their ramp medallions back and have acquired a half medallion. so when we get those back through the legislation it allows the director of transportation to set the lawns. in addition we've allowed the discretion it issue the direct issuing to taxi drivers. there's 63 exceptional drivers who provide a lot of who ever. half of those have medallions and will not be likely to hold the half medallion and only a few of those people would actively be interested in holding the lease but because their especially we want to have that. we have substantially less what we charge for what companies have paid to rent medallions and that's to increase the operation costs of those vehicles. in addition, we have allowed the companies to use the ramp medallion in non-educational vehicles from 010 to 4:00 p.m. but it doesn't completely mirror the period of low demand. we were concerned about that but unless we make this period of time something that coordinates well, it is extremely difficult to implement. so we went for a full shift and said it has to 0 that privi

as they move towards shore, the waves start to pass over the underwater ramp.ater above the ramp starts to slow down and the water on the sides keeps traveling the same speed. that distorts the wave into a v or u shape and as it gets closer to shore the distortion become more intense until at this point the energy of the wave converges and explodes.. creating huge surf.. sometimes more than 40 feet tall. >> reporter:and that's where the mavericks surf competition is held. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: dramatic testimony today from bay bridge engineers who accused cal trans "higher ups" of ignoring cracked welds and shoddy work, and encouraging those below them not to talk about it so the new eastern span could be completed on schedule >> pam: the testimony came today during a hearing before the senate transportation and housing committee. state legislators heard from both cal trans employees, managers and outside inspectors caltrans director malcolm dougherty defended work on the eastern span saying quality was not compromised and he wo

and you see as we come off the ramp here, take a live look, the end of the ramp here not the greatest shape. as we're merging over into the lanes themselves, we are seeing improved conditions from what we saw early this morning. when we began at 4:00, these were really snow covered. you were seeing a lot more white than you were the black of the asphalt. at this point, we are seeing improvement. we are seeing slushy conditions rather than snow-covered conditions. earlier i was saying i would not recommend using the express lanes because they just were not in great shape. at this point i would say it's okay. just slow down and take it easy out there. slushy but improve d i still sa the main lanes are in wet conditions. the main lanes are probably the best bet if traffic allows. keep in mind at that secondary roads, neighborhood streets, many were not treated. they haven't gotten the multiple passes with the plows. so they are very, very slick out there sidewalks, if you're a pedestrian walking to work or it the bus, keep in mind a lot of sidewalks have not been shoveled. and you'll hav

and also, we will begin the stimulations for the bus ramp area and we are doing the bus ramp now and we are the first for the estimate and mentioned earlier, we will continue to update our risk area, according to this, and develop in the measures for them. and we will also

responsibility as the owner of the company to ensure that 50 percent of his fleet, which is his one ramp medallion is picking up the wheelchair customers is important and most important that it's his own medallion. it's not someone else's medallion. no one else received those fines and citations, mr. oha did. he can't pass this on anyone else. he did seek to move his medallion to another company, but he's moving it away from the company he is the owner of. he is the owner of best cab and essentially is saying i give up. i will not do anything to better the service on this taxi. i'm going to have someone else take responsibility, yet i want to maintain my name on the front of this company, in a company that my car's actually not at. he's going to be required to maintain his driving requirement, but he'd be happy to go to another company, so i, the owner of best cab will be driving somewhere else in order to maintain my requirement. it doesn't make any sense. beyond that, as we demonstrated in our brief, the issues we have regarding the operation of best cab also that are not necessarily r

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over to the ramp, accident here. this one, 197 taking the ramp to bw parkway.sas in ten minutes. back to you both. >>> the flu outbreak goes from bad to worse. coming up, the extra precautions this morning for hospitals in one state to keep more people from getting sick. >>> plus, purple line backlash. this time against one of the companies that wants to build. we'll explain why. a another by an intruderht by the reservoir... who forced his way in through her bedroom window... and for so many, traumatized again by facing the criminal in court. i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor i put violent offenders in prison. in the virginia senate, i'll fight just as hard against tea party republicans who would take away a woman's healthcare and her right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest. on election day, help me stand up for her. >>> on this martin luther king holiday, metro trains will run on a saturday schedule. the system will open at 5:00 a.m. and close at midnight. no track work is scheduled on any lines today. you can also park free at any of the met

the warning about on ramps and off ramps making that tight turn, watch it there. we'll look at oakland, there you see even though there is a light volume of traffic the parking lot at the bottom with the white light, on the other side you see the sheen on the road. be careful this morning. we'll track incidents. back to you. >> of course we'll continue to track the rain all morning long. we are on the air until 7:00 a.m. this morning. you can check our website nbcbayarea.com at any time. look for the weather tab in our interactive radar. >> this morning morgan hill police ask for help solving that sweent much a crime as woresome and suspicious. police say a suspect resem bleling the man in this sketch approached juan 5-year-old girl as she was walking home on monterey road saturday afternoon. the teenager says the man reached out toward her and said, quote, hey beautiful. he never touched her and the girl ran into a restaurant where she was able to call police. >> i'm happy she was able to find a place and i'm happy we were here and we can keep her safe. >> invest

it was blocking the ramp there. it was icy there. then take a look at the beltway on the north side of town. there was an accident on the outer loop, three vehicles involved after new hampshire avenue. that slowed things down through that stretch. that's beginning to improve. there's an accident on the north side of town as well on route 29 near the icc. i'm waiting for sky 9 to get there. as soon as they are, i will show it to you. yup, we have that shot southbound route 29 just before the icc. you're looking at it now with several lanes blocked. two lanes block. one lane getting through. it looks like it could be a pretty serious situation with an icy patch there as well. so keep that in mind coming in from the north. now let's go back to another live picture. this time we're taking a look at the american legion bridge. just wanted to give you some good news. this looks fine on the west side of town between 270 and tysons corner. let's take a look at our trafficland camera now actually on the beltway north of town at new hampshire

and also, we will begin the stimulations for the bus ramp area and we are doing the bus ramp now and we are the first for the estimate and mentioned earlier, we will continue to update our risk area, according to this, and develop in the measures for them. and we will also develop the community operation and explore it with the william's program, and for the pedestrian and bicycles in regard to the vehicle operators for the construction equipment and trucks. >> we will give it to dennis, construction? >> >> so i am continuing with that theme of a very busy 2014. and i am going to be completing all of the excavation and the great thing and the micro pile installations in a very short period of time in early of 2014 and all of the utility trade packages will be completed in this year and as you start going forward with the rest of the work, it becomes busy on the field all of the packages will all be coming on-line and it will get busy out there and it will kick the construction in high gear. the train box will really start to take shape, and the structural steel erection will begin th

the off-ramps and the on ramps. it's bad. really bad. >> you don't like the snow? >> no. don't like it at all. >> why not? >> gets your floor and your car and your chews dirty. it's a mess. >> it stays there forever. you are into driving over a pile of snow for a month. there is not really anywhere else to put it. i am going to designate a corner. >> plenty of shoflg going on here. this is also a real test of your skills. it makes it difficult for us. a piece of cake coming down. a challenge to drive up for those who don't have the proper vehicle. news 4, midday. >> here is a live look at union station. if you are catching a train there, you need to make sure it's running on time. amtrak announced they are running a modified snow schedule all day. the change came after a flurry of delays and cancellations yesterday. a lot of travelers in places like this. philadelphia was stranded at the train station overnight. if you are traveling by train today, check to see if the train is running on schedule. today charles county opening up several warping centers. at least five will

you see how it ramps up and sticks to the roads. it piles up on cars. one lone car comes through and the tracks get filled then. you are getting a decent flow there and the tracks keep getting filled then. the chart tracks go away and soon, the dig out will begin. a pretty cool time lapse. >> kyle, thank you. youe asked for photos and can send us photos at wjla.com. that sums up the storm. youame pretty steady and will have to do some digging out. >> yeah, absolutely. that is the concern. it is a dry and how three snow. it will get compacted when other cars start moving over to pat down. it will become icy and that is the concern today. as temperatures are as cold -- clear to be plowed make good roads this morning. of negativefactor seven. like negative 12 in morningside. the windchill factor will be the big story throughout the day today and it will be cold the rest of the week. the big difference between our arctic blast is that we have snow and the cold that will last longer. around zero throughout the day and you will see little in terms of recovery

i'm most proud of driving a ramp taxi since the beginning of the program in 1994. [music] >> fred, you are the absolute best! thank you fred for providing transportation for me and opening up my social life, and taking care of medical appointments, taking care of my mother [music] >> hi, my name is ann bailey and i've driven for luxor for almost five years now. i drove for desoto cab for 10 years prior to that. i drove in 1976 for the old, old yellow cab. this is frances mecchi and i've been driving her for about 11 or 12 years to her alzheimer's day program, which we call the memory club. every day when we drive through the presidio she'll say, "oh goody, you're taking me through the enchanted forest." [music] >> my name amr a.mahmoud. i am like 49 years old. i have been driving cab more than 13 year in general. then i drove a ramp more than 3 years. this is my fourth now. i have been enjoying doing the job. i like every moment of it. >> thank you amr. [music} >> hi, my name is peter and i'm a paratransit driver for medsam, and this is north and south of market wh

their biggest issue last night was the bridges and the ramps. in fact they had to close off the hov lanes for quite some time on the southbound side yesterday. you'll need to give yourself that extra time. one last look at a graphic. want to let you know about metro plans. bus service no emergency routes. metro access begins at -- on snow emergency routes. metro access begins at noon. >>> there was plenty of snow to clear, especially where you were waking up this morning. we had 6 to 8 inches up in gaithersburg. i'm sure delia goncalves had a lot in her neighborhood which is a rather hilly neighborhood. she's live near union station this morning checking on the conditions and it's bitter cold. >> exactly. a concern for the homeless. >> reporter: especially the homeless. any given night there are about a thousand homeless neighbors who clues to stay out on the streets. a lot of folks we talked to don't want to go into the shelters so they stay out here on the streets and on a bitterly cold morning like this it's dangerous, even deadly for them to

oha been a regular driver in his vehicle, in his ramp medallion vehicles, he would have recognized very early on the issues that he was having regarding the wheelchair pick ups. it's something that many of our medallion holders make an attempt to try to rectify. they'll try to get in that car on their own and do the pick ups themselves. mr. oha is the final responsibility, he's the person i have to call to say hey, make sure you drivers do this. he's the medallion holder. we cannot subsidize that company any longer. it's merely some colors with a phone number that no one can possibly use. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, then you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> again, heidi, first i'd like to point out that this company was first conceived in 2006 and all taxi companies do have problems, they all have a certain level of violations, certain number of violations that come through their door and best cab has been addressing that over the years. sfmta's hearing officers findings were not based on a laundry list of violations. i want to point out too th