street button put a flower we need to draw the bicycle lane and we use bicycle on freeway go into the - it is fantastic a romantic human beings the green light used to right across in front of of the polk street the employee died because he didn't, look you have to look your eyes you look at townsend street, however, i how many muni buses they get paid hourly who care about they get money the cab driver the >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) the last person on the item. >> i'm a board member of the bicycle coalition a long time san francisco resident i moved here from detroit more years ago than i want to count my father worked for ford. >> a cyclist in san francisco i used to work at the exploratorium and used my bicycle a huge improvement to what is a alcoholic street and the amount of traffic that makes left turns and right turns role creates a situation as a very experienced criminalists don't do i'll not bring anyone that i thought was not a expert cyclists i thank you for the polk community has felt tloend or tlaendz by increasing the amount sprat

the u.s. have protected bike lanes there's an a boom in commerce and reduction in accidents the kerosene asterisk into a safe calm corridor will allow it to thrive but your current plan to help a one way protected bike lane will not courage people to ride on it it condemns bicycle safety to play a russian route of people sending them to the hospital and morgue every year help us separate the bicyclists from traffic thank you. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon. >> i'm thomas on all sides of that i own a park and office building i bicycle to work this is a complex meter from the heights association what is the cost benefit it is lives it is my life and my fellow bicyclists lives we can't trade that off 3 years ago my wife got a major concussion almost every other week i see incident of having a close call this morning i was almost hit and a press us the driver was super nice off i'm so sorry you don't i did not mean to do that when you bike everyday there are two major moments that cars don't think about you when they get stuck in a box they swerve i

two camps you're going to open the doors for people that point nothing removed and the people the bike lanes unfortunately, this board harassed an opportunity now to make the right decision and move forward and do something cobra to the neighborhood if we don't do this woeshg to be fighting over this for years to come. >> thank you tech sf. >> (calling names) (calling names). >> i'm amy the founder of the embarcadero i'm going to introduce a lot of new term i'm a popping will i transportationism i ride my bike 70 percent of the time and ride muni and bart and walk and sometimes borrow a car in from my housemate and get driven around if i had more disposal income i'd be taking cabs i was thinking about this issue i take into consideration all the different sides if you want to see my focus on poly i didn't transportationism you can look at the neighbors visiting xhaeshg on tv i shared the widen and how kinds of the need to work with pedestrians and drivers as well so i'll committed to that there wish a few factors that situated me towards a protected bike lane the whole route the 85 pictures

this means with regard to setting the policy and with regard to the policy of the lanes and the use of funds we want to make sure that san francisco, california weigh in property as a true partner to the region as we develop the facilities on our part of the network in the east bay and south bay their lanes authorized and developing those with a counterpart agencies we want to make sure our experience improves on that we're to demand tradeoffs and next month we'll come to the board with a initially policy paper for the lane network typed we'll seek our enforcement to engage the conversations with the development of the lanes and if you wish to proceed in that direction we'll carry that forward. >> that will be helpful what's the response of m t c staff. >> they are committed to developing the future networks in the city and county and the cooperation they've not agreed to the language yet. >> thank you supervisor mar. >> yeah. mr. watts i have a question about the senate bill i'm supportive of the position on sb 564 i i'd like to take this opportunity to ask about the bi

to the green bike lane to the unpainted bike lane and share a protected bike infrastructure would be great to have on polk street thank you. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) julie is she here (calling names) is is many chin here. >> yep. >> (calling names) >> good afternoon ms. chin. >> i'm ami i didn't i live in the marina i ride polk street about three to four time a week i'll come from the ballot one thing i've noticed it is getting worse late at night the issue of double parking i'm stavnt having to dodge people that are looking at their phones or trying to pick up a fair their innovate paying attention the only way to protect is with the, if you will if he protected bike way i side it in middle and upper and lower polk so wanted to say i fully support the bike lane for the entire length of the >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> hi fellow karen i'm mary moore resign living in san francisco over 20 years i'm a mother and homeowner and i also vote one years ago i sold my car and bought on electric biefl bi

with the 101 and 280 we have h o v lanes. >> we have one that's it no other facility on that on ramps. >> that will give us the discretion to increase the number of - >> yee correct the nuance is this is a new approach to managing froidz ochltd it requires a strong partnership between the state and sclts that owns the facility and the designated operator to operator and the local government both our agency sfmta and others will be heavily involved with a new concept for the public to understand. >> this is important i think with all the growth with employment and residential we're seeing the congestion impacts on the south of market to having that capacity to implement more of those on the 101 and 280. >> you know who our representatives m t c i'll suggest we have further dialog with our counterparts with san mateo and st. clair are interested in seeing we have a facility and stakeholder outreach to the business community and the employers and residents are seeing strong demand for the express lane development as well. >> thank you for t

, the four lanes. no accidents at golden gate bridge. the napa area southbound 29 we have a car that spun out facing the wrong direction and possibly blocking a lane on the george butler bridge northbound and southbound 29 before 221 could affect the drive. elsewhere, road work in lanes northbound and southbound 880 between marina and davis should be pick up by 5:00 this morning. >> thank you. blackberry unveils a super secure tablet. >> could a flying car finally be in the works? here are tech bytes. >> in tech bytes blackberry is unveiling what it call as spy proof tablet. >> the company partners with samsung for the new tablet that comes loaded with bill people security -- with ibm security software with the then that is used by governments to stop eavesdropping. >> makers of a flying car say it goes on sale in 2017 with the first model will still cost a couple thousand and require a pile's license to upgrade. >> but the next protect is self-flying cars. >> the most popular person in the world on fac

we have the left lane open. northbound at connecticut avenue construction there. >>> new developments on the racism controversy at the oklahoma fraternity. this morning the new revelations that are prompts an investigation of several other frat houses around the country. >>> we've seen them and felt them. now we have a new way for you to get arou >>> new this morning we're hearing for the first time from the u.s. ambassador who was slashed in a knife attack in seoul, south korea. take a listen. >> all things considered, i mean it was obviously a scary incident but i'm walking, talking, holding my baby you know hugging my wife. so i just feel really good. >> u.s. ambassador to south korea there mark lip earthpert was released from the hospital. after he was cut on the face and wrist from an anti-u.s. activist. the alleged attacker could face murder charges. aaron? >> angie, thank you. >>> a developing story this morning. sigma alpha open sill lon is looking into the chapters around the country after it closed the

it is in the southbound travel lanes and the tractor-trailer is sitting completely across, blocking every lane of i-95. >> so that's a big deal. you said it will probably be several hours before it's cleaned up. were there other motorists in the area when the truck flipped? do we know how or why it flipped? >> that investigation will be handled by the police department. however, there were other motorists in the area. we did evaluate one other citizen who also refused treatment. we were very fortunate we didn't have more injuries. >> considering the level of traffic . /-95 south especially near the new intercounty connector, the fact that no other motorists were hurt, the driver of the tanker truck that flipped had minor injuries. it seems like the majority of this spill is being contained. any concerns moving forward as far as safety is concerned? >> certainly this part is slippy so we want to make sure we do a good job -- slippery so we want to make sure we do a good job of cleaning it up. the rain will make it much harder to clean up. >> is it raining there now? it doesn't appear to be

if there's a bike lane next to the lane for cars use the bike lane. that's what the lane is for. people like to have the right to the road and that's true. but if we try to get along a little more -- in the washington metro region we're impatient, we think our time is more valuable. we need to be patient. >> captain, you mentioned distracted driving we all know about, but distracted walkers out there. we see a lot more of this. >> absolutely. one of the things we learn in drivers education is you have to make eye contact. when you're listening to your walkman or talking on your cell phone, you're not going to do that. we've seen an increase in pedestrians getting involved in collisions because they're distracted on their cell phones and walking or they have headsets on. when you're crossing that street that's a danger zone you have to look left right, left again and make sure you make that eye contact. drivers, distracted driving is killing people and any -- no phone call is more important than a tragedy that will occur if you strike a pedestrian. we need people to pay more atten

first, she is partially blocking the bike lane, then slowly pulls in the bike lane to find a parking en after finally parking i guess she forgot to feed the meter. so here's her car a few minutes later getting a parking ticket. owe well. all i can see is respect the bike lane, avoid a ticket. in san francisco stanley roberts, kr0n four news. >>> can you show me where the pacific coast painting is? >> we'll show you the technology to show a bedridden man the country. plus a kl woman passes out behind the wheel while on the freeway. the incredible video showing how chp tried to wake her. we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter the sleep number bed. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing sleep only at a sleep number store. right now, you can save $600 on the number one-rated i8 bed. know better sle

>> reporter: aaron, this is affecting the northbound lanes the two right northbound lanes just past the beltway near ikea way. there are crews working to fix the road. the road is dry. there isn't any water flowing at this point but they are out here working to repair the road. until that's done you're going have the two right lanes blocked. traffic is getting by on the far left lane. it is down to one lane. traffic isn't busy right now so it's not causing too much of ab impact. it could be a problem wince traffic picks up. it's the northbound lanes of route 1 near beltway and ikea way. we'll keep you updated on the progress the road crews make today. reporting live in college park richard jordan. >>> we're working to find out which chemicals d.c. firefighters police and homeland security recovered in upper northwest washington. we're told a hazmat problem started last night when someone opened a 40-year-old safe in a house. there were containers with syrupy white substance inside. police shut the street down but didn't tell us the chemicals are. we're working to find out whether there'

two major moments that cars don't think about you when they get stuck in a box they swerve into the box lane and when someone is turning left and we don't want to wait behind the person and swerve into the bike line had there are the cherry rows the car swerve into the lanes when there are dedicated lanes it is previous aggressive but a hard solid lane keep poems minds on a bicyclist 3 could be in the lane we support that stuff i the last point i want to make i was driving in i realized that sorry biking in every business was closed if they're saying hey, you can't park here we want to have the access to the businesses let's suspend parking when we do the street sweeping to have clean lanes without taking away from parking thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm here on behalf of a woman that wrote this letter but to support our letters. >> i'm sorry are you maurice. >> hi, everybody i'm maurice (laughter). >> the woman that wrote this letter is john an i'm reading here letter points to make videotape made febru

and the possibility of bike lanes in the city change hang is a threat but has to be credential 0 we'll looking immediate interventions if he with look at the economics we have a lot of pedestrians and economic stuff to look at those things and do on analysis after the prelims of the first level of implementation what the books are maybe after the first level of the installations we have mission bay maybe everyone will say yes support that and maybe merchant feel differently senate small businesses have put together the data points to look at it they've submitted including the lethal of mcallister park and looking at the vacancies and store types and incomes and transportation and transportation behavior but we do have this i think it's important to look at it that's a balance we're vibrant and vital and places to go to make sure we protect that i don't think it's an either or this is for now it will only make things safety and better do we have a ways to go yes. >> thank you. >> director heinecke. >> we should probably take a break i have an awful lot to say i wanted to make su

there was a breakdown situation or something like that and that's why he was along the road there in the lane of traffic there. they're still trying to piece all of that together and they have not yet released the man's name. in terms of traffic, things are looking okay right now, but we're hearing about a new crash this morning that will affect some people. we'll send it over to melissa mollet for more on that. >> that's right, a new crash outer loop at dulles toll road. we'll try to get more information on this. a new accident there reported at least. in northwest 16th street over military road here you can see we still have late clearing road work. so one lane getting by right now in each direction there. overall, outer loop looking good. inner loop looking good. everything moving along pretty nicely. of course the exception a the dulles toll road area which we'll get more information on in a couple minutes. 295 inbound passing 50 a little slow. 95 in virginia slow northbound here in dale city. again, typical for this time of day especially as we're in the 6:00 hour now. and 66 here as you

these are the lanes of 76 eastbound. if you are familiar with this area, this is you exit on the left-hand side to get on the vine street expressway. you can see things are backing up due to this accident because the ramp is closed. several emergency vehicles are out there responding to that accident. and it is really slowing some things down out there. i want to get you updated on your drive times so you know what to expect. 95 southbound is also slowing down, that is just due to normal volume for this time of the day. 18 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. 76 here's the problem. 21 minutes from the blue route to the vine. take kelly drive to get around that exit on 30th street to avoid that area if you do need to get back onto the vine street expressway. so lower pots grove, we are seeing a problem on the route 42 bypass with an accident there to tell you about. and we have an accident on interstate 78. it's still causing problems. still shut down at exit 40. emergency crews are on the scene with

the northbound lanes were shut down for hours, but the southbound lanes where this happened were shut down until early this evening. check out this video of how bad it looked after the four vehicle crash. the tanker truck actually overturned. according to the maryland state police, chris rose of laurel was driving a ford focus when he abruptly changed lanes as he was merging onto 95 south, hitting a chevy malibu, starting the chain reaction. when we spoke with rose tonight, he said the reason he changed lane so fast was because he was hit from behind by a white van that after it started the chain reaction left the scene. >> a vehicle behind me hit me and forced me into the lane i was trying to merge into. which caused me to hit the vehicle that i hit, which caused everything else afterwards. i was not abruptly changing lanes, i got hit and pushed. the person who hit me cap going. tom: he said he was not able to get the license plate in the chaos of the crash of the van that drove away from the scene. the good news in all this, rose was ok, so was every other person involved in the acc

and a car parked on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of the bw parkway. that car caught fire and we can confirm that police tell us one person was killed in that vehicle car fire. we know there are several vehicles involved. we know k-9s were out here searching in the northbound lanes of the bw parkway. initially we were hearing the reports of a weapon. make shots -- maybe shots fired but police are still trying to confirm that. for you as a commuter if you're driving through were p wash pais -- bw parkway this morning, avoid the northbound lanes if at all possible because right now it's completely blocked. you will not be able to get through. southbound lanes however are open open but just be aware that could change. but just be caution because it's a mess out here this morning. it's going to be closed for quite some time because it's a crime scene. for now back to you in the studio. >>> more this morning about a hit and run in prince george's county which left an officer injured and a person dead. officers pulled over a car around 9:00 last night near b

traffic is getting by on the far left lane. we are seeing some occasional backups when there's a rush of people that are coming off the beltway on to route 1. this is at times, the occasional backup. however, it does clear up once they get moving again. this could be a problem here for at least another hour, possibly longer. the work that is going on now to fix the water main as we speak. it is route 1 near ikea way, the northbound lanes impacted here. other problems you want to watch out for this morning, let's go to melissa for that. >> right now that is going to be one of our big issues this morning. 95 in virginia another problem. northbound at mine road. we have the two left lanes blocked. i've had several accidents here in this stretch of 95. be careful northbound or southbound. going to have some problems there this morning. brand new crash at veirs mill. sending chopper 4 to that. we'll have more in the next couple of minutes. wide look at things no major problems as you look at the beltway, at least prince george's coun

now the private company that runs the express lanes wants $10,000. because she can't pay, the state is threatening to take away her driver's license and vehicle registration. >> they say i owe it and i tried to pay. >> reporter: lisa commerce is about to lose her virginia driver's license over a $14 express lanes toll. >> how does $14 become $10,000? there's just no way. >> reporter: for every toll violation transurban adds a $100 administration fee, a $77 cost. the first violation carries a $50 civil penalty, the second 250, the third 500 every additional one is $1,000. >> why is the state enforcing a private for profit company's business? it just seem as to muddy of a -- seems too muddy of a water. >> reporter: but it's a different story in maryland where the state runs these express lanes and you don't even have to have an e-zpass. >> we send them a notice in the mail and our video toll rate is 1 1/2 times our standard toll rate. >> reporter: the only fine is a $50 civil penalty only charged after notification and 30 days of not paying the toll. bo

approach for 66 inside the beltway where the lanes would be tolled in both directions during peak period only. >> and for driver who is carry at least two passengers your ride's going to be free all the time. those tolls on i-66 are expected to begin in 2017. >>> a massive turnout today to honor a local officer who made the ultimate sacrifice trying to protect the community. tonight we know more about the path officer brennan rabain took to land his dream job. prince george's county bureau chief danny willett reports. >> celebrate jesus in this place. hallelujah! ♪ we love your name ♪ >> reporter: we got to know brennan rabain, who gave his life in the line of duty. >> i learned from his parents that he was brave that he was confident. >> he was a brother. >> i lost a teammate. it's not about me but i lost my whole team. that was my only brother. >> reporter: we learned he loved his mother. >> that we are honored to share him with you all. thank you. >> reporter: we learned his dad was his best friend and biggest cheerleader. >> every day i

another accident southbound 101 blocking the middle lane is we have very slow traffic coming out of the rohnert park area and southbound 880 at davis an early accident here out of lanes and traffic is stacked upcoming from oakland. give yourself extra time if you make director way to the oakland airport it continues to be bumper-to-bumper traffic beyond the coliseum. mike? >>> >> thank you sue. here is a look at our live doppler hd the radar is showing runs up to the north but so far nothing reaching the ground more than sprinkles outside of the mendocino national forest. fort bragg has nothing, and it could be wet through the afternoon hours. from the east bay hills camera you can see how beautiful and calm it is this morning. it will be mostly cloudy. thicker clouds in the in the bay, stray shower thinner headed to the south bay and you can see it on the temperatures cooler in the north bay and milder in the south bay. brighter and warmer for all of us tomorrow law thursday and spring starts on friday and temperatures full back but we will have to wait until possibly early next week f