the transportation security agency gave a demonstration on how to declare a gun. they showed w to pack a gun. it cannot be in your carry-on. the number of guns detected at airports in our area alone doubled in the pasyear. >> the right way to travel with firearms is that you make sure first that they're unloaded. you pack them in a hard sided case. if you have nionti y put it in its original box nex to the firearm. you shut the case, hard sided case, and you lock it. steve: tsa officials say the best way i check with your airline on any special firearm restrictions before you travel or, better yet, leave it at home. dari: while you were sleeping, volunteers fanned out to count the city's homeless population. worst time of year to get an accurate picture of how many people are living on the streets. dan bowens is live in downtown brooklyn with why they don't think last night was the best time to do it. >> reporter: it was cold last night. the federal government requires this particular count of the

he has been a vocal critic of bart accusing the transportation agency of mismanaging funds and not being transparent with the public. >> we are not powerless we have the right to say no and an entire transit system to reinvest. we will not give them billions in new taxes to waste it on irresponsible actions. >> the bart board is considering asking voters for anywhere from $2.5 to $4.5 billion to replace rails and replace crumbling tunnels. it cannot be spent on new train cars. >> broncos rookie ryan murphy is home after being sent home over investigation of a prostitution ring. a woman was followed from a room at a hotel 6 in san jose to a waiting car where murphy and his where were sitting. he was detained and questioned and released. the brother was cited for trafficking. the coach said it would be hard to prepare without him. >> i dealt with it yesterday and obviously disappointed for the young man, but, we are focused on what we have to do football-wise and going for work and getting interest our routine. we moved on. >> several process constitution stings have take were place becaus

public the first slide lays out the prop k and the suggestion management agency and established a vision zero committee of supervisors at the transportation authority board and we also manage the fund for clean air the evaluate registration fee tdr has designated a couple of years actress a management agency for the transportation this year highlight of the work program the bus rapid transit and the draft report this is was a major milestone on the part of the sfmta and ourselves over the years working with the many, many communities along the 5 mile corridor public comments and sdooilg solutions for the feedback this project is on track to come before you to approve and have the environmental approvals this summer we continued the bus rapid transit the east west corridor that connects the shedding hunters point shipyard community all the way to the west side intersect ceqa with the balboa station something we're looking at at with sfmta upgrade and the issue to the bus racheting i want to present the neighborhood transportation if i could have the slides neighborhood transportation plans and neighborhood transportation improvement progra

. >> thank you and colleagues over the past year the transportation authority has clocked collaborated with our agency and community partners to achieve a number of milestones for the transportation including including the wins and federal, state, and local let me thank you vice chair malia cohen and thank caging for the program committee and commissioner avalos for chairing the finance committee about all of you and the staff with the board and executive director tilly chang and her staff we got a lot done in 2015 thank you colleagues for giving me the honor of harry this we successfully advocated for the multi federal participation bill of 2005 the 5 year fixing american transportation act will bring stability to the programs in the coming years cap & trade fund continue to generate fund for the transit like the expansion of muni and rail fleet and the development of high speed rail that connects our region and city locally our sales tax and other transportation authority managed fund played a key role inform attracting the funding and in 2015 the transportation authority celebrated the new presidio

the transportation agency in san francisco is considering charging $17 more for residential parking permitsroved all the new rates would go into effect in two years. >> today the board is going to consider fining adults and young people the same amount for not give up the seats to elderly or handicapped passenger. teens now pay more than double for the same offense. >> forget the red wagon or ten speed, tesla has a dream ride for any five-year-old. this is the model "s" if kids $500, and it is fully electric. the "s" comes with working headlights and is sound system and three color options. does it not go too fast. about six miles per hour. too much. >> a change from the barbie dream car. >> and i never got win of those. >> meteorologist mike nicco still get around in the barbie dream car. >> remind me of "toy store monterey is nearly 90 and palm springs, and 60 in lake tahoe, and 69 in yosemite, just short of record highs. starting at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, a winter storm watch, for lake tahoe and the western slope. the western slope will get 1-2' above 6,000'. if you are going to lake t

the transportation agency is refunding millions it received in overpaid and duplicate payments. if you want to know if you are owed some cash, there is a list on the exand we have a link to it at abc7news.com. >> remember the sweet old are lady in burlingame would was kicked out of the home she had lived in for 60 years? the community is now rallying and her. 97-year-old woman was told she and her 8235-- 85-year-old had to move out and her friend said she owned the cottage that she never had to leave and the new property own are said there is a trust requiring him to sell the cottage this year. >> the gofundme account was set up for hatch and two days people donated more than $28,000. it is still going. we will keep you posted on what happens. >> remarkable. you will not need the rain jacket today. you will need the sunglasses. >> another day full of warm sunshine but the high wind advisory until 9:00, the swells up do 14' and sneaker waves. you think it has been dry? how about 12 percent of average and san jose at 9 percent of what is one of our wetter months. low-to-mid 70s thr

we'll continue checking in with the transportation agencies throughout our area.ust check in with new jersey department of transportation. their website saying really just urging drivers to use caution once that winter weather starts falling. and as of right now, though, it's still dry. head out now while you can. live in lansdowne, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> thank you, matt. stay on top of today's winter storm with the nbc 10 app. it will keep you updated all day long about how the storm can impact your presidents' day plans. the app has the first alert weather radar an a customized forecast for your specific neighborhood. >>> just about 5:36 and 17 degrees in philadelphia. volunteers will gather in a few hours to search for a missing delaware airman. senior airman keifer huhman was last seen on super bowl sunday. didn't report for duty on dover air force base on monday and state police found his truck on a bridge over the chesapeake in delaware canal. volunteers today will search along the sides of the delaware canal at nearby st. george's bridge in new cast

but, the transportation agency owes him $176 in overpaid parking tickets. and if that is not claimed, i guess it goes back into the agency's operating budget. but, it's kind of funny. the late apple founder, is owed almost $200 in parking tickets. >> i'm sure it's okay if it stays. >> yeah, keep it. >> you are both carpeting since you are going to love this new story. take a look at this, this is a $2.6 billion, i'm not going to call it a car, because if you call it a car, it's just, i don't know, a machine. >> that is a jet fighter on wheels. yes, this w16 is like to v-8 engines intertwined, produces 1180 pound feet of torque, 0 to 62 in 2.5 seconds. limited top speed of 261 miles per hour, and the speedometer goes up, but they limited the speed. it left off the ground at -- get this, 747 slips off the ground at 180 miles per hour. and, it's covered in gemstone. there is a german auto system, the exterior is fashioned from carbon fiber. that is spectacular. that's the starting price, the base model, $2.6 million. >> think about how quickly you could get bac

. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and came to san francisco and started to work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited in english, she had to do a service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care

are trying to decide on weather or not to raise the gas tax to fund the repairs to roads and how to reform the agency. transportation leaders say they need more money if they want to fix the broken roads. the agency said the current greatest area of needs are paving interstates, dealing with bridges and congestion points. senator tom davis, and nikki sattler also shared concerns after hearing from the agency. >> what really struck me was the frock admission by the chairman of the commissioners, saying that sure, he takes time and gives a deference i will can take care of the concerns they expressed per that goes right to the heart at what all of us have been saying in regards to a lack of a statewide transportation system. >> i'm concerned about the rankings within the department heads to the type -- the criteria they use and the lack of waiting of economic development. i think they need to deal with what the safety of the people of south carolina, what drives economic development, what drives jobs and fixing our current roads >> the state transportation department will continue their presentation tomorrow morning a

some of the transportation agencies in the region were concerned about the freezing temperatures and refreezing and things leak that so there are some snow crews out and about on the roadways including the beltway applying salt and i saw a few on my way in early this morning. and in some locations you see a light coating of snow on the ground and others on the grassy areas they're covered with sno snow. many early risers saw a dusting of snow on the cars. it's not. it it's not bad out here. it's one of those mornings to get around without issue if you take it easy and know there are slick spots out. there back to you in the studi studio. >> and all right. thank you, annie, braking news at 5:02 news from fairfax country they're investigating an overnight shooting at res tin hospital center. details are unclear. we don't know if there's injured victims or with the hospital shooting occurred. we'll share updates as soon as we get them. holl. >> it looks like we're in an exciting presidential race. a record number of vote are came ow placing trump and sapders both party outsiders ahead o

issues and the things that the transportation agency cso have done done for years our sistbrothers and sist across the bay have their own facilities it is needed it is needed for your employees and the workers within 9 sfmta these facilities provide a mountain of need you figure when training buses go out on the streets it immediately effects service immediately because now have you have training l r v if so closing the services and bus zones crowded and so forth we have to get on board the city has to invest everybody is talking about muni needs to be on time and muni needs to do this you approved the training for the new trains you guys did now i'll ask you look at other facilities in which a theirs having all those everything late and even their own buses new york and ac transit services any profession police and fire everyone goes through retraining you want us to be professional and curve our siaccidents we ne the consistent trainings and you come to the training facility in disrespect to anyone this is a joke this is a joke you have to see what they

behavior should not be rewarded with more taxes and has been a vocal critic of bart accusing the transportation agency of mismanaging funds and not being transparent with the public. the latest scandals with when bart was revealed to have fake cameras on trains, a problem now being fixed. today, the officials will join forces at the walnut creek bart station to officially oppose any new taxes for part including a multi-billion dollar bond proposal expected to go on the november ballot if they get their way. bart passengers say it is a tough decision but would support taxes for a smoother and better ride to and from work. for those who choose not to drive bart is the only way to get us in the certify this is dependable. >> he spoke to us this morning and he told us that even if the $3 billion to $4 billion bond passes not one cent would pay for the new train cars but, instead, the money would be used for repairs and upgrades at the bart station. a lot to be debated on where the money comes from. >> a bicyclist is in critical condition after a collision with a vehicle in berkeley at fulton street and ba

again, also pulling together all the transportation agencies, all the support personnel, you really haveo have a great team all working together. santa clara, san jose, oakland, san francisco, all the cities working to make this great and we're on the world stage now. it's exciting. >> sunrise behind you, it's looking so beautiful. people who are coming into town maybe for the first time, get to wake up to that. >> i had a number of emails and texting from people saying the city looks fantastic, super bowl city is off the charts. it makes the region look great with good weather on top of the great celebrations for super bowl 50. >> and good advertisement to not only bring people here but for the super bowl committee to say, hey, you know what? we might have to come back to san francisco. right? >> that's exactly right. we have the owners dinner last night at city hall, all 32 owners represented. and they had pretty happy faces. they were really impressed with san francisco. and the york family and what we put together to welcome them. the nfl couldn't be more pleased. we have two more da

another run of negotiations brown down between the transportation agency and the rail worker union. now, fox's dan bowen has been talking with commuters about how they're bracing for a possible strike. >> if they go on strike, then it is like okay, well, how am i supposed to get to work? >> inconvenience, because it will take more time for me to get home. >> you will have to think about carpooling. >> with the possibility after rail shut-down just weeks away -- >> i'm just have to drive, which is a pain in the neck. >> some of the 295,000 daily commuters who rely on new jersey transit trans are making other plans. >> it would force people to go to the buses which are relatively full as they are now. >> it would be dramatic. >> and about buying a monthly pass this march? >> i'm going to hold off and see what happens. >> if we don't have trains, then i will have to work from home. >> negotiations between rail worker unions and njt sometime i had after weeks of talks, speaking point, the possibility of higher health insurance premiums and wage increases for workers? if the guys feel li

and the transportation agency could charm $17 more for residential parking permits. rates go interest affect in two years and today the board will also consider fining adults and young people the same amount for not give up their seats to elderly or handicap passengers. right now teens pay double for the same office tense. >> forget the red wagon tesla has something special for a five year old, a model "s" for kids at $500 is fully electric with working headlights and is sound system and three color options. it does future go too fast topping out at six miles per hour. we have come a long way. you would impress the other six-year-olds in the neighborhood if you have that. >> absolutely. hopefully you have solar panels to charge it. in october we were all above average and now we are from 72% to 94% with more of the free sunshine today. mid-to-upper 70s through the central valley and 90 in los angeles and palm springs and 60 if lake tahoe and look what has happened tomorrow, yes, 2:00 in the afternoon, through thursday at 4:00 in the afternoon, 12-20" of fresh proudtor

the dps. the agency overseas the highway patrol, transport police, and bureau of protective services. smith took over the agency in 2011. he says he hopes to address concerns over low pay to help retain troopers. coming up...the clemson tigers remain on the bubble for this years ncaa tournament, needing a strong finish to the season to get in. see if the tigers could get another big conference win last night against boston college in rick henry's thursday sportswrap. break 1 this is resume building time for basketball team. they're trying to put themselves in the best position for acc tournament seeding and and a spot in a tonight the tigers hosted boston college...the eagles are winless in the a-c. first half...landry nnoko comes up with the loose ball....the tigers are off and running...donte grantham misses the layup....but nnoko is there to make it all good..... irmo's jordan roper hits an early three pointer...but that would be his only bucket of the game...he finishes with three points.... again tonight...jaron blossomgame leads the tigers with 23 points and eight rebounds..... c

. >> san francisco superviseers are jamming their head over a proposal according to the transportation agencythey want to rent a seven acre site to train bus drivers for nearly $2.5 million a year a 1600% increase from what they spent. it is located in south san francisco at south maple avenue. officials told supervisors the agency should spend more money on training facility because the agency overhauled the training system two years ago to improve service. the board said muni has not justified the cause. they will make the case to the committee on march 9. >> an alert if you own a nissan leaf electric car. they have disabled the mobile app after discovering it could be hacked. the flaw allows hackers to take over the temperature controls and look at the vehicle's driving record, potentially drain your car battery while you are away. >> now, time to and about rental lays if san francisco. >> here is "7 on your side" explaining what could happen if you move in with someone else. >> my question is about the leasing rights in san francisco. my boyfriend moved here before me and i moved in a pos

the area. transportation agencies urge residents to report problematic areas. and the snow and the rain has created a messy situation some area homeowners. take a look at this, larry and jacqueline whether it field sayy the front of their temple hillsm home often turns into a lake after bad weather. they say they've made severaly' calls to the county about fixing the drainage system in a that area to get rid of the water. however, the whether it fields say the problem has not benzolled. when it rains, heavy downpour, the water surrounds my house. not only what you see now, but up to the driveway to the garage door. the water runs down both sides of the house and it carries garbage with it. when it over turns trash cans. we have to do the policing and clean up. > the whether it fields sayer i they are concerned that theon water is going to eventually come into their house. the water is already creating erosion in their backyard. > president obama rapped up his visit where he held a summit with the leaders of the southeast nation.sout over the topics discussed,sse

the organization that provides that transportation? >> yes, the san francisco municipal transportation agency does operate muny. i believe you're talking about the free passes for seniors and persons -- is it free muny for -- >> can i ask, you can take this offline? after we work on this item? >> okay, great. >> thank you very much. any else wishes to publicly comment. public comment it closed. we have a budget analyst recommendation. >> through the chair, i'll make a motion to accept the budget analyst recommendations for the reduction and approved and send forward to the full board. >> we have a motion by supervisor tang >> touch eight hearing to consider the annual recover and adoption the proposed draft budge for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the board of supervisors of the clerk of the board and requesting the office to report. >> thank you very much. >> members of the committee. i'm angela, the clerk of the board. i'm join end by my budget manager. others in my office mr. lane and, mr. jason freed. to begin i'll provide a high level overview of the department's current budget and present several budgetary adju

caltrain is the only transportation agencies without a guaranteed force of tax revenue so they rely on the money people pay to ride trains but there is a boom in ridership in the past few years and it continues to grow. the price of day passes, eight ride tickets and monthly passes are also higher but if you have a clipper card you get 15% discount that went interest affect yesterday. report live in san jose for abc7 >> a mill valley homeowner is dealing with the aftermath of this, a large tree that fell right on to the home along lee avenue yesterday happening in the afternoon with firefighters saying no one was home when the tree suddenly collapsed. >> as far as we know older tree, possibly dead, with no wind or significant win or weather. we live in a for chest there is no way to avoid it other than early detection of a possible dead tree or hazardous tree. >> it is on top of the home and it has structural damage and manage manage has to turn off the gas and hurricane terrorist as a precaution -- gas and electricity as precaution. >> it is mild in san francisco at west port ad at 51

that raised questions and asked the best practices to award the granted before the agency this provides the best opportunity for the transportation and the scheduled budget and funding plan further most agencies like the sfmta requires all fund be in place before the procurement process and modified their request for the budget as requested by the committee and at this time we're recommending approval of $475,000 as requested by the sfmta the allocation request form and finally golden gate buffered like lanes this expand the allocation for the road on golden gate avenue with a buffer between polk street and market street the project will confer the state r street under 2 to 3 lanes with the safety zones to insure the safety of the pedestrians with no parking lots with the proposed improvements the project emancipation proclamation we'll take any questions and mta staff here to answer question. >> thank you for your presentation i want you to talk about the procurement of the hybrid diesel buses the timeline shiftsd it a great thing but not sure the public is aware how we can do see. >> would sfmta want to comment or - >> i think

issue from the police department the police will enforce my frustration lies within the municipal transportation agency with who directs the improvement arm on the where to go and when to go it is just frustrating coming off the heaels of the super bow with tons of enforcement and others parts of city rains los angeles ish and now here we are still lavrn in a decision respect way and frustrating i want the public to know we invited the mta board president tom nolan and cheryl brinkman they're not here but they were sent open invitation on the mta commission supervisor wiener we know i cut you off any further questions. >> no a further comment and thank you for indulging any comments it is an important issue as you know better than me. >> i have a few questions to pose to you. >> i'll reserve my comments. >> any policy in place to present the new authorization of postings pro bono postings for over sized vehicle. >> it is a standard tool in the transportation code as you may know since 2007 prop a the mta board of directors has nonetheless inclusive authority. >> the other thing given that the mayor mad

so, in 2014 at the recommendation of the california state transportation agency the legislature passed a bill that authorized implementation of the pilot program by jen 21, 2017 to test a road u.s. charge to replace the current gas tax and funding transportation projects in california and established a road use charge technical advisory committee that will provide recommendations on what the program will look like. the gas tax is the it major funding mechanism at the state and federal level. it was set up as a prushy for road use, the idea being the more you drive on the streets the more gas tax you pay because the more gas you punchs. however, the gas tax has been decreasing and in recent years due to improvements in fuel efficiency and increase in hybrid and electric vehicles on the road. so the road use charge was recommended for study as a replacement to this user fee for transportation projects. it would charge a fee per mile oppose today per gallon as the gas tax is curbtly collected. this is made possible in pard due to a number of technology advancements we have seen in recent

issues and the things that the transportation agency cso have done done for years our sistbrothers and sist across the bay have their own facilities it is needed it is needed for your employees and the workers within 9 sfmta these facilities provide a mountain of need you figure when training buses go out on the streets it immediately effects service immediately because now have you have training l r v if so closing the services and bus zones crowded and so forth we have to get on board the city has to invest everybody is talking about muni needs to be on time and muni needs to do this you approved the training for the new trains you guys did now i'll ask you look at other facilities in which a theirs having all those everything late and even their own buses new york and ac transit services any profession police and fire everyone goes through retraining you want us to be professional and curve our siaccidents we ne the consistent trainings and you come to the training facility in disrespect to anyone this is a joke this is a joke you have to see what they

the dps. the agency overseas the highway patrol, transport police, and bureau of protective services. smith took over the agency in 2011. he says he hopes to address concerns over low pay to help retain troopers. president obama is expected to make a visit to cuba next month as the two countries continue efforts to normalize relations. the white house is expected to announce the trip as early as tomorrow. the trip will be the first time a sitting u.s. president has visited cuba in more than 8 decades. just yesterday, the two nations signed a deal restoring commercial air traffic. apple is vowing to take on uncle sam in a fight over a terrorist's iphone. a federal judge has ordered the company to help the fbi break into a locked phone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. but as brian mooar reports, apple says the order could endager phone privacy for hundreds of millions of other apple says it will fight a federal magistrate's order forcing the tech giant to help the fbi crack an iphone used by syed farook - one of the shooters in the december terror attack in san bernardino. the

so, in 2014 at the recommendation of the california state transportation agency the legislature passed a bill that authorized implementation of the pilot program by jen 21, 2017 to test a road u.s. charge to replace the current gas tax and funding transportation projects in california and established a road use charge technical advisory committee that will provide recommendations on what the program will look like. the gas tax is the it major funding mechanism at the state and federal level. it was set up as a prushy for road use, the idea being the more you drive on the streets the more gas tax you pay because the more gas you punchs. however, the gas tax has been decreasing and in recent years due to improvements in fuel efficiency and increase in hybrid and electric vehicles on the road. so the road use charge was recommended for study as a replacement to this user fee for transportation projects. it would charge a fee per mile oppose today per gallon as the gas tax is curbtly collected. this is made possible in pard due to a number of technology advancements we have seen in recent

the d-p-s. the agency oversees highway patrol, transport police, and the bureau of protective services. smith took over the agency in 2011. he says he hopes to address concerns over low pay to help retain troopers. iraq is searching for potentially deadly radioactive material that was stolen late last year. its disappearance has raised fears the material could fall into the hands of isis fighters who control parts of the country plus, president obama will soon be making a trip overseas next month. where and why he's making the trip is up next. break one iraq is searching for radioactive material th she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winning healthcare for 8 million children. benefits for families of reservists and the national guard. standing strong around the world for human rights and women's rights. hillary clinton. she'll raise the minimum wage. take on the drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs. and give everyone the opportunity to go to college without going into debt. for us. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. jeb bush's super pac con

issues and the things that the transportation agency cso have done done for years our sistbrothers and sist across the bay have their own facilities it is needed it is needed for your employees and the workers within 9 sfmta these facilities provide a mountain of need you figure when training buses go out on the streets it immediately effects service immediately because now have you have training l r v if so closing the services and bus zones crowded and so forth we have to get on board the city has to invest everybody is talking about muni needs to be on time and muni needs to do this you approved the training for the new trains you guys did now i'll ask you look at other facilities in which a theirs having all those everything late and even their own buses new york and ac transit services any profession police and fire everyone goes through retraining you want us to be professional and curve our siaccidents we ne the consistent trainings and you come to the training facility in disrespect to anyone this is a joke this is a joke you have to see what they

unfortunate council transportation committee last week chaired by monique and renewed interest on the part of people san franciscans on water transportation and meeting to the emergency water agency and we are also interested in lower carbon emissions and cost ferry services this is somethings we're keeping an eye on the hyper technology and the air district has been supportive of additional pilots and based on ferry services on the bay and keeping are tracking track of that lower emissions and lower cost cost effectiveness that he happy to work together to have our plans on treasure island thank you. >> thank you director changing at this time open up for public comment on the executive director report if you want to speak on public comment come up. >> today, i want to share one piece of work and thank you most that i know me here this is my comment about water and people if you look at the piece of art let me adjust if i did it on a boat see the boat there's the boat it hazard to be reduced i don't know how to do that at this time what this shows is like the knives their of a restaurant i used to trace it with this is a fine piece of art the bridges and it looks like a really f

of the -- that next phase is one of a $6 billion sales tax measure being developed by the valley transportation agency, they oversee all local transportation projects including roads and bikes. but the vta is concerned all the positive reviews it got for handling super bowl crowds may make voters think it does not need more resources when it does. >> the reports we get from local sales tax that can be levered down the road. it is proving successful when it comes to bart phase one, for example. >> reporter: today, they began to perform recommendations for the share of the vta money, if and when the vta passes. but the city council was supposed to consider its own quarter sales tax measure today for a june ballot, to address other needs such as public safety. but the issue was put off to conduct more voter polls because the mayor is worried about tax fatigue. >> it is important for me that we are very honest with our voters about what exactly they will get. if they're going to pay more they better get more. >> reporter: the silicon valley taxpayer's association says the agency should be worried especial

that raised questions and asked the best practices to award the granted before the agency this provides the best opportunity for the transportation and the scheduled budget and funding plan further most agencies like the sfmta requires all fund be in place before the procurement process and modified their request for the budget as requested by the committee and at this time we're recommending approval of $475,000 as requested by the sfmta the allocation request form and finally golden gate buffered like lanes this expand the allocation for the road on golden gate avenue with a buffer between polk street and market street the project will confer the state r street under 2 to 3 lanes with the safety zones to insure the safety of the pedestrians with no parking lots with the proposed improvements the project emancipation proclamation we'll take any questions and mta staff here to answer question. >> thank you for your presentation i want you to talk about the procurementthe hybrid diesel buses the timeline shiftsd it a great thing but not sure the public is aware how we can do see. >> would sfmta want to comment or - >> i think some

the metropolitan transportation agency is refunding millions of dollars it received in overpaid and duplicateayments. if you want to necessity if you are on the -- know if you you are often the list we have a link at abc7news.com. >> remember the sweet older later in burlingame being kicked out of home she lived in? the community now is rallying around her, and the 97-year-old was told she and her 825-year-old roommate had to move out by april. this was a surprise because her friend who owns the cottage said she never had to leave. the any property own are said the trust requires him to sell the cottage this year. the gofundme account is set up and in two days they have gotten $28,000 so we will keep you posted. >> a question you get a zillion answers to, what is the greatest city in the world? >> a new study finds the best cities are if quality life are pretty much everywhere but the united states. >> what? >> check this out, 2016 qualities of live, vienna, alwaysryia is tops for go, health, education, housing and so on. zurich, switzerland, new zealand , second, united states does not even

that we would ask the municipal transportation agency in collaboration with the san francisco county authority, which is essentially made up of members of this board, to explore different options for the system. the explanation doesn't mean that we in fact will do any of this, but it simply means due consideration of a hub system or other potentially more efficient model. we also are asking, or actually confirming, that we have pursued the maximum recovery of cost that's permitted under the law. we also are asking for additional funds necessary to have proper enforcement going forward,, that we restrict large vehicles from small neighborhood streets. we are also calling for cleaner vehicle emissions standards. we want a guarantee of labor-peace which is an important consideration i know for all my colleagues. we want better monitoring of air quality in the event there are significant increase in individual stocks and that we commissioned a study on the possible impacts that commuter shuttles have along with other factors on the grid displacement. we believe that san francisco has mad

issue from the police department the police will enforce my frustration lies within the municipal transportation agency with who directs the improvement arm on the where to go and when to go it is just frustrating coming off the heaels of the super bow with tons of enforcement and others parts of city rains los angeles ish and now here we are still lavrn in a decision respect way and frustrating i want the public to know we invited the mta board president tom nolan and cheryl brinkman they're not here but they were sent open invitation on the mta commission supervisor wiener we know i cut you off any further questions. >> no a further comment and thank you for indulging any comments it is an important issue as you know better than me. >> i have a few questions to pose to you. >> i'll reserve my comments. >> any policy in place to present the new authorization of postings pro bono postings for over sized vehicle. >> it is a standard tool in the transportation code as you may know since 2007 prop a the mta board of directors has nonetheless inclusive authority. >> the other thing given that the mayor mad

the san francisco transportation agency says this comes a day ahead of schedule. >> valentine's day, we mentioned it, just around the corner. and some penguins at a zoo in london celebrating early with a special treat. >> a species wide event here. they were given their favorite fish served in heart shaped blocks of ice. zookeepers say this is the best way to get the penguins in the right kind of mood at the start of breeding season. >>> it is 4:56 right now. coming up, a deadly hit and run in the south bay. now, investigators are trying to track down the driver. in this case, a very distinctive car involved in the crime. >>> as the memorials build, so do the emotions for a police community in mourning. how richmond police are remembering life of a fallen officer gus vegas. >>> got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. >>> we begin with breaking news in the south bay where a bicyclist is hit by a driver, but a pretty noteworthy deitscriptidei description of the car involved. i'm kris sanchez, we

that we would ask the municipal transportation agency in collaboration with the san francisco county authority, which is essentially made up of members of this board, to explore different options for the system. the explanation doesn't mean that we in fact will do any of this, but it simply means due consideration of a hub system or other potentially more efficient model. we also are asking, or actually confirming, that we have pursued the maximum recovery of cost that's permitted under the law. we also are asking for additional funds necessary to have proper enforcement going forward,, that we restrict large vehicles from small neighborhood streets. we are also calling for cleaner vehicle emissions standards. we want a guarantee of labor-peace which is an important consideration i know for all my colleagues. we want better monitoring of air quality in the event there are significant increase in individual stocks and that we commissioned a study on the possible impacts that commuter shuttles have along with other factors on the grid displacement. we believe that san francisco has mad

issue from the police department the police will enforce my frustration lies within the municipal transportation agencywho directs the improvement arm on the where to go and when to go it is just frustrating coming off the heaels of the super bow with tons of enforcement and others parts of city rains los angeles ish and now here we are still lavrn in a decision respect way and frustrating i want the public to know we invited the mta board president tom nolan and cheryl brinkman they're not here but they were sent open invitation on the mta commission supervisor wiener we know i cut you off any further questions. >> no a further comment and thank you for indulging any comments it is an important issue as you know better than me. >> i have a few questions to pose to you. >> i'll reserve my comments. >> any policy in place to present the new authorization of postings pro bono postings for over sized vehicle. >> it is a standard tool in the transportation code as you may know since 2007 prop a the mta board of directors has nonetheless inclusive authority. >> the other thing given that the mayor made a bi

. >> thank you and colleagues over the past year the transportation authority has clocked collaborated with our agency community partners to achieve a number of milestones for the transportation including including the wins and federal, state, and local let me thank you vice chair malia cohen and thank caging for the program committee and commissioner avalos for chairing the finance committee about all of you and the staff with the board and executive director tilly chang and her staff we got a lot done in 2015 thank you colleagues for giving me the honor of harry this we successfully advocated for the multi federal participation bill of 2005 the 5 year fixing american transportation act will bring stability to the programs in the coming years cap & trade fund continue to generate fund for the transit like the expansion of muni and rail fleet and the development of high speed rail that connects our region and city locally our sales tax and other transportation authority managed fund played a key role inform attracting the funding and in 2015 the transportation authority celebrated the new presidio par

unfortunate council transportation committee last week chaired by monique and renewed interest on the part of people san franciscans on water transportation and meeting to the emergency water agency and we are also interested in lower carbon emissions and cost ferry services this is somethings we're keeping an eye on the hyper technology and the air district has been supportive of additional pilots and based on ferry services on the bay and keeping are tracking track of that lower emissions and lower cost cost effectiveness that he happy to work together to have our plans on treasure island thank you. >> thank you director changing at this time open up for public comment on the executive director report if you want to speak on public comment come up. >> today, i want to share one piece of work and thank you most that i know me here this is my comment about water and people if you look at the piece of art let me adjust if i did it on a boat see the boat there's the boat it hazard to be reduced i don't know how to do that at this time what this shows is like the knives their of a restaurant i used to trace it with this is a fine piece of art the bridges and it looks like a really f

raising the gas tax in south carolina by $0.12 per gallon, and giving it to an agency he believes is in major need of form. he's talking, of course, about the state department of transportation, an agency he says is not accountable to taxpayers. davis says the agency should be placed under the governor's control, instead of seven d.o.t. he also takes issue with a proposed hike in the gas tax. >> what i'm saying to you is this. i will respond to your question. as we're sitting here to do the people's business. in regard to taking care of the roads and bridges in this state, we ought to be looking at every single available dollar before we raise gas taxes. tim: this went on for hours this afternoon, and continues right now, with davis in control of the senate floor as he continues his filibuster. i spoke today to senator larry martin of pickens. he said it's possible we may not see a road funding bill this year if disagreement in the senate continues for much longer. michael: thanks, tim. we're four days away from the south carolina democratic primary, and recent polls show hillary clinton with a strong lead over bernie sanders across the palmetto state. according to real clea

that we would ask the municipal transportation agency in collaboration with the san francisco county authority, which is essentially made up of members of this board, to explore different options for the system. the explanation doesn't mean that we in fact will do any of this, but it simply means due consideration of a hub system or other potentially more efficient model. we also are asking, or actually confirming, that we have pursued the maximum recovery of cost that's permitted under the law. we also are asking for additional funds necessary to have proper enforcement going forward,, that we restrict large vehicles from small neighborhood streets. we are also calling for cleaner vehicle emissions standards. we want a guarantee of labor-peace which is an important consideration i know for all my colleagues. we want better monitoring of air quality in the event there are significant increase in individual stocks and that we commissioned a study on the possible impacts that commuter shuttles have along with other factors on the grid displacement. we believe that san francisco has mad

the metropolitan transportation agency is refunding millions of dollars it received in overpayment and duplicate payments during that span. if you want to know if you're owed money, we have a link on our website at abc7news.com. >>> still ahead on "abc7 news" at 4:00, protests are taking place in the bay area and across the world as apple fans show support for the company's stance against the government. >>> plus, second chance for a george lucas museum in the bay area. >>> new at 4:30, it's spring training time. mike shumann what will you do?ctric nissan leaf... ♪ how far will you go? ♪ how much will you see? ♪ electrify the world. now with a class-leading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. ♪ >>> protesters are rallying outside apple stores across the country this afternoon. this is video from new york. another protest is expected to get you believed way in little more than an hour in san francisco. >> that's where wayne freedman is with more. >> reporter: what's happening right now is they're waiting for people to arrive. we expect whe

that raised questions and asked the best practices to award the granted before the agency this provides the best opportunity for the transportation and the scheduled budget and funding plan further most agencies like the sfmta requires all fund be in place before the procurement process and modified their request for the budget as requested by the committee and at this time we're recommending approval of $475,000 as requested by the sfmta the allocation request form and finally golden gate buffered like lanes this expand the allocation for the road on golden gate avenue with a buffer between polk street and market street the project will confer the state r street under 2 to 3 lanes with the safety zones to insure the safety of the pedestrians with no parking lots with the proposed improvements the project emancipation proclamation we'll take any questions and mta staff here to answer question. >> thank you for your presentation i want you to talk about the procurement of the hybrid diesel buses the timeline shiftsd it a great thing but not sure the public is aware how we can do see. >> would sfmta want to comment or - >> i think

haly from the municipal transportation agency will be presenting, mr. haily, welcome. by the way, muni was working well. i am sorry, commissioner avalos has the comment. >> and thank you, and before he gets started i would like to thank the mta for the work on the transit equity program and back in 2014, i introduced a charter amendment that looked into how muni could have an equity framework for how it allocates for ka p toll and that is something that we did not move forward on but we did have many meetings with the office and the stake holders from all over the city and the mta and at least, by john. batist and it has taken up by juliy and from that, muni come forward and was approved by the mta board to actually have a framework that they would put forward every year to address, some of the equities that we see in san francisco. and i would not even say that resources especially around the capitol, are delivered equally across san francisco, a little own, and i would say that is the case in point, and this is just two projects or one of the major in the area that i