in rotterdam, they have the same situation. there, they put bicycle boxes on the street.the people who do not have space to park their by -- park their bike in the house, they can put their plight on the lockable shelters on the streets. in the netherlands, they provide for this problem. >> the amount of space that a bicycle and needs versus the amount of space that a car needs. at the very least, we would require parking. if you think about bicycles being the mode of travel, you should require bicycle parking be more convenient. next question. >> going off the bicycle parking to all the mobile parking, i am with the san francisco bicycle coalition. we were talking last night in oakland about various cities and the congestion issues and congestion pricing versus perhaps parking pricing. i was wondering if he could tell us the politics of pricing automobile parking versus congestion parking. in at san francisco, one of the biggest challenges is car is going past you at 40 m.p.h. and getting cars to go slower and not be in the city as we were looking at on market street. a

i have 80,000 people and it rotterdam, population of 700,000. more than 10% are seriously affected by traffic. if i drive a car, i have to realize that i caused this problem with serious consequences. also, the climate effects. in the netherlands, people who come to work by bike are more regarded them by car. the people who use the car have to find excuses why they still use the car. they just come and say, i just want to go by car. and the fact is, more and more people -- for instance, in amsterdam, by having this past and so on, 9000 people per day choose not to have their car because there was no more accessibility by car but choose the alternatives. 15% of them stay with the alternatives. they had a car. when they experienced it, it was not so bad commuting by bike or public transport, then there were convinced also. -- then it they were convinced also. if you tell people who drive by cars, and i think american politicians are so afraid they might lose voters, but if you keep telling them the detriment of the effects of using their car every

. >>> in the netherlands, former bosnia general arrived to rotterdam today. >>> and in china, a severedrought has all but dried up rivers in a region famous for fishing. now the fishermen must drag their boats through the mud. farmers say it hasn't rained all year and usually they're worried about the river flooding during the spring. >>> the contra costa school board is set to take a second look at closing one of its middle schools. parents forecasted the vote to close shannon elementary to save $100,000 a year. but now its learned it will cost $1.2 million to set up portables at other schools to accommodate the students. the board will consider delaying the closure for a year while they try to find a way to save costs. >>> and today oakland police gathered to honor some of its police officers. anthony bats were on hand earlier today to honor 25 officers. the awardees were recognized for going above and beyond for their service to the public. >>> a new report on cell phones and cancer. we talked to one bay area family who's convinced there is a link. >>> and our chief meteorologist bi

. >>> in the netherlands, former bosnia general arrived to rotterdam today. >>> and in china, a severeought has all but dried up rivers in a region famous for fishing. now the fishermen must drag their boats through the mud. farmers say it hasn't rained all year and usually they're worried about the river flooding during the spring. >>> the contra costa school board is set to take a second look at closing one of its middle schools. parents forecasted the vote to close shannon elementary to save $100,000 a year. but now its learned it will cost $1.2 million to set up portables at other schools to accommodate the students. the board will consider delaying the closure for a year while they try to find a way to save costs. >>> and today oakland police gathered to honor some of its police officers. anthony bats were on hand earlier today to honor 25 officers. the awardees were recognized for going above and beyond for their service to the public. >>> a new report on cell phones and cancer. we talked to one bay area family who's convinced there is a link. >>> and our chief [ man ] i got this

. >> holman: hours after flying out of belgrade, mladic arrived in rotterdam.ouched down as evening fell, and a waiting convoy of police vehicles took him to the u.n. detention compound outside the hague. the u.s. supreme court has ruled that former attorney general john ashcroft cannot be sued over a post-9/11 arrest. the decision today was five to three in the case of abdullah al-kidd, an american muslim. al-kidd was arrested in 2003 and held for 16 days. he was repeatedly strip-searched and left naked in a jail cell, but he never was charged with a crime. the high court ruled ashcroft did not violate kidd's constitutional rights. president obama nominated john bryson to be secretary of commerce today. bryson is a former chairman and c.e.o. of edison international, an energy firm based in california. he also co-founded the natural resources defense council. the current commerce secretary, gary locke, has been tapped to become ambassador to china. wall street finished the month on a high note amid talk of a new financial bailout for greece. the dow jones indus