i am looking at tollways. i have a question, is there any reason we have made them tollways?s the traffic count still the same? >> if the board wishes, we can certainly report back on these zones and how we evaluate the data. >> one thing that i would like to look into, directors, i would like to see what it would cost, financially, to put the program on the clipper card. we do not have klipper available for paratransit customers. i see no reason, except the cost. i want to see what it would cost to put paratransit on the clipper card. >> ok. members? ok. >> item 6.1, the election of the chairman and vice-chairman. >> are there nominations for vice chair? >> i nominee tom nolan. >> are there any other nominations? no speeches? nothing? ok. [laughter] i will ask the role to be called on the election of the chair. >> all right. director bridges? aye. bring to mind? aye -- [vote called] it is unanimous. >> are there nominations for vice president? -- vice chair? >> this is my last year, it has been an honor. i think that in order to strengthen the dynamic of the board, i think w

in fact, you're clear as you make your way on to the tollway and continue around the tollway lookingidents -- beltway looking for accidents there. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get a little thinner. jon huntsman is expected to pull out of the race today. the former utah governor finished in a disappointing third place in last week's new hampshire primary. he had been pinning a lot of his hopes on the primary. his poll numbers are even worse in south carolina which holds its primary next saturday. oddly enough, huntsman just received an endorsement from "the state," cirque's largest newspaper. his campaign manager says that huntsman will endorse mitt romney. >>> romney holds a sizable lead in south carolina according to most polls, and that made him the prime target of his opponents' attacks. newt gingrich, rick santorum, and rick perry are all taking shot at romney. some candidates accuse him of being too liberal. others say he isn't strong enough to defeat president obama in the general election. >> i think it's import

and west from the tollway beltway nothing show slowing you down. >>> the local business about to go on a major hiring spree. >> and an actor that was supposed to go mars but never made blab. >>> welcome back. space experts say one of the heaviest and most toxic pieces of space junk ever has plunged into the pacific ocean. the russian mars probe landed in the ocean just off the coast of chile. officials say the debris field stretched across south america. the rocket launched back in november. experts say most of the toxic rocket fuel burned off before landing. the $170 million probe was designed to travel to a moon of mars and collect soil samples. it was considered the most ambitious space mission since soviet times. >>> jobseekers, listen up. today the employment center for maryland's soon-to-be largest casino will begin taking applications. maryland live will fill more than 1,500 positions at the location at anne arundel mills mall. there are full and part-time jobs available in a range of fields. the employment center will be open from 10:00 to 7:00 on weekdays. maryland live is exp

in good stead is greenway, the tollway, 66, and 270 near a father hurley boulevard day the beltway. looks good to and from the american legion bridge and it's quiet through bowie and all the way through northeast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you better be sure to put on some players today. >> after a warm december, winter is back. on gonzales at mcpherson square where the occupy d.c. protesters are braving the cold. good morning. >> good morning. it was a matter of time before we got the cold weather. the mild weather in december was stupid to be true for january. and home mcpherson square is perhaps the toughest morning for the occupy d.c. protesters. -- a mild weather in december was too good to be true for january. the protesters are saying decade need blankets. they are asking more the public to keep them warm. but temperatures and a snowfall and in dramatic fashion in the north carolina mountains. 14 degrees with gusty winds, making it still below zero overnight. as much as 6 inches of snow expected to fall to in the highest elevations later this morning when all is said and

pass users accustomed to paying a 40¢ per tollway 75¢ per toll most locations hit even harder pulls upial said higher rates help to pay for $12 billion expansion. a new years ritual reliable as champagne at midnight. representatives from various organizations point in front of chicago park district offices to get the first crack at prime prime dates for park events taking out claims to be first permit applications one more tonight before going home to a loved ones. hopefully they brought a portable heaters they will need those tonight jim ramsey and weather center with a bucket the next seven days >> talking here in the weather center was it in fact the coldest day of the season so far in fact climate data suggest it will not be, it will be no. 2 on december 27th we had checked that december 10th high temperature 27 degrees today we got to 29 degrees after midnight but in the afternoon coldest air was felt right now down to 19 degrees and chicago. 27 degrees and kansas city and 13 degrees minneapolis. what about the next few days? probably like to be interested in the snow will it out

those mailbox's changing those signs could take up to one month and don't forget if you are using the tollwayor the first time in 2012 the tolls went up 87% yesterday so 40¢ toll is now 75¢ with an eye pass to a $50 the extra money will pay for new toll road construction projects over the next 15 years >>the city of chicago filter record number of potholes in 2011 bruise the city patched more than 600,000 bottles and streets and alleyways last year that's up by more than 31,000 in 2010 off city transportation commissioner gabe klein said the condition of chicago streets has deteriorated because of aging asphalt and last february's blizzard's he said the city hopes to save money on paul repairs by getting lower prices from contractors and coordinating the jobs with fertility work s service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was. i'm so glad we could be here for larry. at a time like this, friends and family matter most. even preparing this lunch is a help emotionally and financially. mm, it's true. i was surprised to hear there was no life insurance. funerals are so expensive. i hope larry ca

on the inner loop of the beltway at the dulles tollway wrks very an accident blocking the right lane. the good news is your volume is still very light and you're able to get by it but you're able to slow down. give yourself extra time. also high standing water is an issue if you're traveling southeast at south capitol street at malcolm x avenue. tracee wilkins is on the scene with more. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, donella. it looks like the rain has stopped here. the bad news is if this is your commuter route, you're going to have to do a bit of a detour here. crews are out here working as soon as this truck passes. right over here. we've got crews working to try to get all of the water that's standing underneath the bridge so drivers can go under that bridge. let me show you what it looks like right now. high standing water. they need to get the drains cleared out and make it passable for vehicles to go that way. so that's what they're working to do right now. back out here live, let me show you what it looks like in the meantime. with both directions blocked. wh

project of the most exciting project in illinois in the last 20 years is when we put open polling, tollway in illinois so people didn't have to wait at the gates all the time and went through and use technology to manage that very effectively. they saw that. so in this time came up for a huge increase in the tolls for eleanor it was almost noncontroversial because they have saw something that transportation had delivered on that major life simple and easy. so i don't think we should underestimate the fight of no one come getting immediate impact and technology can play a role, and then that was innovative and creative everything for the rest of this conference will talk about a lot of some innovative and creative ways. if we just talked ourselves and just think within the box about what we've been doing before, you know, we will all love each other again and be all great, but we really won't have done the job that i think governor baliles and the team wants. and that's for us to open our eyes, think outside the box, throw up some ideas and talk about them in the next day or so, that we mig