walking is a form of transportation, and biking is a form of transportation. so we want to think more broadly than just, you know, four wheels, but thinking about what are some other strategies we can use to provide safe transportation to and from schools. >> yeah. and i did -- i see it noted as well. i understand that that is something we definitely want to encourage our students. but the question was specific to four wheels -- >> buses? >> yeah, the buses that are bringing our students, and how we can take the students being transported now and shift to this other option. >> but they have some trippers they've been using for a number of years. so they're not just for sfusd students, they're for anybody because they're public runs, but they organize them around the time that students are getting to and from school, and they increase the frequency of them in order to support. and so that's what has been happening in the past. and we fully imagine that to continue. >> okay. thank you. >> chairman: any other commissioners? mr.one of the main things in the public

i'm the transportation planner for the transportation authority.he transportation authority has 11 members citizens advisory committee. the board appoints individuals to appoint any open seats and staff or c.a.c. make recommendations on appointment. to qualify for the appointment, applicants must be san francisco resident. attachment 2 in the packet is list of applicants. vacancy is under consideration today. there maybe other candidates available to speak on the public comment line. i can take any questions. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. are there any questions for ms. smith? >> supervisor fewer: i'm delighted to reappoint david klein to the c.a.c. he has consistently demonstrated a passion about our transportation system and ensuring that the system infrastructure and services work well for our district in our city. i appreciate that david bring touch questions to the questions and looks at the issues through data and metric with the lens on equity for how whether transportation is working for diverse transit dependent community. david has ele

and obviously getting support for the sector of transportation. thank you very much. >> so i guess we thought we would start with you mr. frank some of these witnesses are here if you are in the room please step up otherwise we will call on people remotely. >> your testimony and i'm also appearing on behalf with the trade association in the acc to get a hold is important hearing and with irritation to here today to have corey employee wage and other derivatives to thousands of application and infection and pharmaceuticals and many others. 47000 railcars annually each facility is captive to a single whale character leaving the substantial market power i will state with me on three topics rail service for the current transportation and i was support for progress on reforms. first, on service the roads have based unprecedented challenges during the covid pandemic and with private and public stakeholders have generally worked cooperatively and specifically and then to maintain rail service during this challenging. and then to continue close oversight

i would point out large transportation is the greenest of all forms of transportation. i wholeheartedly agree we need all 3 modes of agriculture to make our products move to market. >> you ended your written testimony by discussing positive train control and it is good news with regard to your members, you are 100% there. is that right? >> we are operating 100% of required miles and remaining interoperability -- >> is that the only thing the remains in the entire issue, interoperability issues? >> i am referring to the class one progress. i am tangentially aware there are some commuter is racing to the finish line. i'm not intimately involved in that to be honest with you but i can tell you from my member's standpoint that we are up and running on 100% of required miles. >> one moment. let me get back to my script here. i want to thank everyone for working with us and expanding on the testimony. you have done well and i've learned a lot and other members have. the hearing record will remain open for two weeks during this time senators are asked to submit questions as so

transporting cottonseed from o.a.t. facility in mississippi to a dairy in washington state requires freight rail. providing perspective of the scale of the connectivity between the cotton industry and dairy industry, 1.7 million tons or 17,000 cars were shipped to the dairy market in the past year. in addition to the cotton lint and cottonseed, cottonseed oil is also shipped via rail. chairman, i would like to thank you for your support of the memphis supply chain innovation team and work to improve supply chain velocity and efficiency for the systems that are used to prevent -- transport cotton. our challenges within the supply chain include equipment of the railroads [indiscernible] shortages, chassis quality issues, and trucking shortages that slow down freight movement to a halt in the first quarters of 2018 2019. i fear that is reoccurring now. issues are systemic. problem istionable the deeper look at the chassis shortage. we request continued support from the rail industry to resolve critical disruptions to the s

it's the most reliable means of transportation. remember, in 1942, we don't have a national highway system. there is no easy way to move goods through the united states. reliably like that so the -- united states reliably like that so the railroad becomes the means of transportation. one of the first things they do when they select the land is they lay spurs off of the main railroad line there, and so they can direct those to the low -- load lines and they are able to build pantex so quickly because they bring those materials in the railroad and to where they are building. so they lay down spurs. it goes right to where they are putting the load lines, and they would bring in the metal shells and any of the explosives. the explosive materials via the railroad as well into there. amarillo, because we're a railroad center, it's a great place to build pantex as well as the amarillo arm field, it was -- army airfield. in 1941 and was constructed in 1941. it existed really where the rarely airport is today, and so because amarillo is an

with katy tang completed a child transportation study with transportation challenges. over half the parents said that they drive their children to and from school during peak periods of the day, contributing to additional vehicle miles, congestion in local neighborhoods. the study estimated that approximately 60-80,000 miles are driven daily by parents transporting k-5 kids to and from school. further more, many were unable to participate in after school programs because of lack of sufficient transportation. and whereas, 2019 student transportation r.f.p. failed to find, they rejected all bids as cost prohibitive and forced to renew the contract with the existing vendor for one year at increased cost of 6%. therefore, be it resolved that the superintendent of staff will implement the following strategies after the student transportation costs and modes that are innovative environmentally, and economical economically sustainable and student centred. no later than the 2022-23, implement schedules that provide equitable access to planning time and reflect the requirement

dan: our focus is to solve the problem of transportation where it is most acute and where the real transportationnd that is in our cities. that is why we have chosen to develop our technology, to work in a very complex environment like san francisco so that we can solve the problems of transportation where they are most serious. emily: so will we see you test the commercial service outside of california? dan: for sure, our goal is to deploy this technology very scared -- very large-scale and solve the problems of transportation not just in california but across the world. everywhere you look, transportation today is too dangerous, time-consuming and expensive. we believe they can make a huge positive impact on all of those and give us time back and make travel safer and more accessible for everybody. emily: so what will be your first foray into commercial driverless cars? could it be autonomous food delivery? dan: we see a lot of different opportunities. i think the two most obvious ones are moving people. servicess ride health and delivery of goods are another huge packet of opportunity. we expe

do business it would eliminate lengthy transport rates or warehouses for customers spam pots that's why u.p.s. has teamed up with fast radius to start building a global network of 3 d. print service providers. allows goods to be produced in lower quantities more often closer to the point of consumption that's going to radically change the supply chain and u.p.s. has to be able to trade with it in the and so that's why. we're investing in this in this area because we want to be part of this evolving ecosystem many products will no longer be mass produced they'll be printed individually to meet the specific needs of clients that will help to eliminate over production and long transport. the production also office and number of other advantages. if you're a producer or an audience of one so a custom shoe or a customary or a custom orthotic those are not going to be produced a mass of factories is going to be much more economical to produce those using 3 d. printing and so but all of those material still need to get to the 3 d. manufacture and instead of you know shipping out you know thous

public transportation. we need congress and the administration to work together to continue covid relief for transportation, particularly transit across the country. as well, i wanted to note another piece of good news, turning back to the bart topic, that is a new grant that we received notice that san francisco received for the 5th street improvement project. it's been awarded a $420,000 grant in the first round of the bart program. this is a subprogram of measure r.r. as you'll recall we approved a few years ago. this is bart's bond program and is spend -- intended to fund projects. this would be for the portion between townsend -- market to townsend and would include vehicle lane reductions, protected bikeways and our prop k and double a funds will continue to leverage the bart grants, transit boarding islands an restriping. sfmta's request for funds will be presented in the october board meeting. that's another piece of great news. thank you to bart for that grant. as i turn over to the regional pictur

belly mujinga's death sparked protests, after reports the transport worker had been spat at by a customer. the police say the man couldn't have infected her. but how could they be sure? i think the police have made a mistake here with, er, their interpretation of that evidence. we're really no better than tossing a coin. belly‘s employer says it did all it could to protect her. but could it have done more? she had a very severe form of sarcoidosis that was affecting parts of her body that is critical to her well being. belly said to me, "motolani, i have this thing, i have this, i can't even breathe." as belly mujinga's family search for the truth, we hear calls for there to be a full inquest into her death? i feel there are sufficient doubts and conflicts around the facts of this case to justify an investigation. just to show you how victoria. belly mujinga had never known victoria station in london this quiet in the ten years she worked there. lockdown was coming. belly was worried about coronavirus. she had serious health problems. on march 21st, four days after belly filmed herself at

i'm the transportation planner for the transportation authority. the transportation authority has 11 members citizens advisory committee. the board appoints individuals to appoint any open seats and staff or c.a.c. make recommendations on appointment. to qualify for the appointment, applicants must be san francisco resident. attachment 2 in the packet is list of applicants. vacancy is under consideration today. there maybe other candidates available to speak on the public comment line. i can take any questions. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. are there any questions for ms. smith? >> supervisor fewer: i'm delighted to reappoint david klein to the c.a.c. he has consistently demonstrated a passion about our transportation system and ensuring that the system infrastructure and services work well for our district in our city. i appreciate that david bring touch questions to the questions and looks at the issues through data and metric with the lens on equity for how whether transportation is working for diverse transit dependent community. david has e

transportation programs that is not a coincidence. so we need to broaden our thinking we do need a major infrastructure package and to include broadband as well. we have seen too many parts of the state relying on people working from home more but that is why i joined wes the senator from west virginia and to fill the gaps. >> it's nice and we agree on something and this is one example where we do. gideon: think about how we stayed to the economic recovery in this country absolutely will taken investment from the federal government. and investment from infrastructure without question that means investing in roads and bridges it also means investment in broadband to ensure we have this infrastructure that should only be here. to work and study in maine we go further than that. so with infrastructure to help combat climate change also with this look like in the energy project with that inability with no desire to tackle the issue. host: what would you like to see happen can we afford it? linn: this is where we are the strongest as we ha

long-distance transport can be torture for animals.he slaugughterhouse, o oro fatteneners or breededers far m the e farms they w were raised. in thehe e.u. alalone, around 3.8 8 millin animals are transported every day. they are mainly pigs, poultry, cows, and sheep. a total of 1.4 billion a year. some are taken far beyond the borders of the e.u., covering thousands of kilometres over many days, with barely a break. animal rights' activists have long demandeded an end to o le transports. now, some rmerers in swititzerland have g got one p closer to achieving that. >> at the mohof farm in lenzburgmarion sonderegger and lucas hÄusler breed mother cows for raising beef cattle. the mother cows produce slurry and manure for organic dung production. their offspring are taken off to be slaughtered for meat when they're 18 months old. the transport puts the animals under enormous stress and is unpleasant for the farmers, too. but that's about to change. lucas hÄusler: slaughtering the young animals is something we accepted as part of the job.

the specialists that come off this transport are hand-picked. they are checked every time they arrived at watertown. overall security in the area is the highest yet to be maintained in this country, even higher than that of the manhattan project. selection of watertown was dictated by several unique considerations. the area is isolated from prying eyes by the aec range with lethal reminders of past atomic explosions. aec guards maintain regular patrols. supplies destined for watertown channel into the area through regular aec routes. watertown radio and teletype communication -- the angel is referred to as an article. the pilots are called drivers. the geographical spot of groom lake is called home plate. the angel was designed to do a single job, obtain the largest amount of reconnaissance information ever collected on a single flight. for the first time in jet history, it is possible to inspect 400 square miles with a single cartographic photograph. for the first time in jet history, sensitive electronic equipment is being carried to heights w

the fruit and vegetables rotting in fields or during transportation to consumers. according to the un food and agricultural organization or f a o some 14 percent of food is lost after harvesting and before it reaches the market or retailer. if you go to a particular country or really you are likely to see varying levels of losses and these you pending on the situation will go up even to 50 percent if you're talking about let's say fruits and vegetables for example if the from a does not find a market for that particular food product in a timely basis now this is huge amount of food and if you convert tapes into a monetary fund this is a lot and if you wait it is well into the laws to the environment or the environmental impact that is also huge. when that happens water pesticides and resources used for transportation are all wasted some 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to food loss and waste the chief causes include problems with transportation and refrigeration. getting the produce from harvest to kitchen table is a race against time

and we stopped talking about transportation and stop talking about housing in a general way. what supervisors are doing is they are taking added responsibility with treasure island by compromising quality of life issues within the city of san francisco. not everything that is happening on treasure island is transparent. i repeat. not everything that is happening on treasure island, which is man-made, is transparent. you have serious quality of life issues. if you all don't want to dive into it, then tell me i should dive into it and i will be held responsible. so while we talk about transportation and housing and whatever, the most important thing is the environment. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. >> any additional public comment? >> there are no other public comments. >> all right. public comment is closed. thank you. this is an informational item. madame clerk, please read the next item. >> item 4, approve the minutes of the july 28, 2020 meeting. this is an action item. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> there are no public comments. >> can we ha

buses trains airplanes yesterday transportation department stupidly in my view rejected a petition to require just that where you mask when you're on public transportation if i can say something here this is not about freedom it's about patriotism you were asked to protect the person next to you you were asked to protect the bus driver you were a mass of protect the person you're sitting next to on the bus. rejected chance to do the easiest thing possible to save lives i find it appalling i promise you my department transportation will assist since donald trump announces this on twitter late on thursday misinformation has been spreading on social media about the president some are even questioning if trump is actually ill who can we trust when it comes to the president's health reporter. joins me now to talk more about this where do we begin to lay i mean tell us about the theories that are spreading on line you know 1st of all there is of course no evidence that trump was lying about his diagnosis is now being treated in hospital for covert 19 and as with any conspiracy theory it wou

i'm a -- primary mode of transportation is bicycle. i would like to thank my supervisor matt haney for what is happening here. mixing bicycles with cars, taxis, trucks, transit, is not safe. this is being sold as a bike lane. it isn't if there are taxis there. i've heard arguments from the staff how there is going to be less traffic. it's arguments that are boiling down to -- you can argue that all day long, it doesn't matter if it doesn't feel safe. because that is what riders -- [inaudible] an 11-foot wide lane probably could work, but it would have to be clearer it is for bikes only. for example, you can look where the pavement is entirely red, the people in the green here. and where it's clearer that cars do not belong there. i've also heard talk about going back, that it's not a forever-design, but your staff, what they're proposing, pouring concrete for say -- [inaudible] muni will only be in the center lane. it will break the -- design and you're setting -- what happens with -- market? are we going to end up with a -- embarcader

the fruit and vegetables rotting in fields or during transportation to consumers. according to the un food and agriculture organization or f a o some 14 percent of food is lost after harvesting and before it reaches the market or retailer. if you go to a particular country or particular religion you are likely to see varying levels of food losses and these you pending on the situation would go up even to 50 percent if you're talking about let's say fruits and vegetables for example if they're from one does not find a market for that particular food product in a timely basis now this is huge amount of food and if you you convert it into a monetary fund this is a lot and if you wait it is well into the laws to the environment or the environmental impact that is also huge. when that happens water pesticides and resources used for transportation are all wasted some 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to food loss and waste the chief causes include problems with transportation and refrigeration. getting the produce from harvest to kitchen tab

the fruit and vegetables rotting in fields or during transportation to consumers. according to the un food and agriculture organization or f a o some 14 percent of food is lost after harvesting and before it reaches the market or retailer. if you go to a particular country or really you are likely to see varying levels of food losses and these you pending on the situation would go up even to 50 percent if you're talking about let's say fruits and vegetables for example if the from a does not find a market for that particular food product in a timely basis now this is huge amount of food and if you you convert it into monetary 20 this is a lot and if you read it as well into the laws to the environment or the environmental impact that is also huge. when that happens water pesticides and resources used for transportation are all wasted some 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to food loss and waste the chief causes include problems with transportation and refrigeration. getting the produce from harvest to kitchen table is a race against ti

president expanded in this he gave details for example those a batch of 300 fighters that were transported from the turkish city of guys in tampa to back to to the capital of these fighters originated from a hardcore ji hardest outfit group that is stationed based as based out of near aleppo he said that this must stop that these fighters shouldn't be should be transported and allowed to fight wage war in armenia that this was only making the conflict was previously about your background that criticized turkey's rhetoric saying that it was aggressive and unproductive unacceptable that it was only egging azerbaijan or believe making the believe that there is a military solution to this conflict when the very clearly the french believe eason russia had also said that that they had detected that their intelligence had reported that fighters from syria mercenaries and geologists were being transported to fight for example by drug something that initially booth turkey and then said about judge. denied they had denied that they were using fighters that they were being deployed to the frontlines

plenty of changes are on the horizon for transport and mobility. descrip leaders will need to ensure they strike the right balance between the needs of business users and the environment. thank y >> a race against the coronavirus that europe is losing. the who once governments to speed up their response. ♪ hello. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program, french products in the firing line as a war of words between turkey and friends escalate. reports of violations of the u.s. brokered cease-fire. a lasting peace continues to remain out of reach. find out what nasa has discovered

transportation is the number one source of greenhouse gases. transit, biking, scooters and walking versus driving are ways that we can reduce greenhouse gases and prevent traffic fatalities. but people don't use them if they don't feel safe. if the past five years, we have lost over 8 million acres of california to fire with 3.8 million okayer thimillacres thi. and the grass fire is still raging at 43,000 acres and zero percent containment and our fire season hasn't even started ceqa is the california environmental equality act and it's used to perpetuate motor vehicle dominance and insufficient housing. the very things that are killing us and the planet. i haven't even said pandemic or covid once. these are changes that we should make despite that. now that people must maintain physical distance, it seems absolutely unconscionable that we are indulging these frivolous and dangerous appeals. plus one on everything that jordan said. please, make changes to this ridiculous process. it has been completely bastardized and endangering our health and

we are not trying to expand the list of people in the transportation code. but all that being said, i think a couple of weeks to put together with the language if we are in agreement to add learning hubs into the transportation code. >> a great. i want to get clarification. among the board, is there agreement that they would like to explore this? if we are okay with the staff going this that direction. >> are we talking about approving this item or hold this item? >> if we approve this, it would be good for staff to look there -- >> we could not add learning hubs today and not noticed there is no map right now or knowledge of where they are, etc. and we couldn't if we wanted to and as a board do we want staff to come back in a coup of weeks to explore this issue? and separately deal with the issue as pointed out and this program is the request to have the rpp program and have it and those who don't request to have it don't have it. and there is controversy in the situations where people, when some people want it and others don't want it. so i think that's an

nearly $7 billion for public transportation, that's compromise. aid to struggling small businesses including restaurants, that's a compromise. billions of dollars to help schools operate safely and help parents aford child care and get back to work, that's a compromise. another round of stimulus checks for the american people. that's a compromise. billions of dollars for emergency rental assistance as people face evictions. people don't know where they're going to get the money to pay their rent. they're backed up. that's a compromise. and finally, mr. speaker, help for states and local governments. not red states and blue states, all states. last time i checked it was called the united states of america. let's help all the states. they're not getting the revenues they need. that's a compromise. i said the last time we passed the heroes act back in may it was a good thing. i say today that this is a real good thing and it's a ompromise. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. rice, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore:

in transportation benefits for seaports, airports, roads, and bridges. main ranked number one on a per capita basis in the amount of money it is getting from a very important transportation program . that is not a coincidence. when we think of venture structure -- when we think of infrastructure, we need to broaden our thinking. we need a package but it has to include world broadband. we have seen into many parts of there are people working and learning from home but there are gaps in the rural broadband which is why i have joined with the senator of west virginia in a rural broadband bill to help fill the gaps. host: speaker gideon? sentideon: it is nice when -- when susan and i agree on something. when we think about how we stage an economic recovery in this country, it will take an investment from the federal government in infrastructure. that means investing in our roads and bridges, something on which we are behind in the whole country. it also means an investment in broadband. making sure we are putting into place infrastructure that should already

could the pandemic see a shift to more environmentally friendly modes of transport?simply return to the way we were? dutch bike lanes are the envy of the world. it is so much part of us. it is as if we are all born with a bike. like, you take a shopping bag — you take your bike. bike. like, you take a shopping bag - you take your bike. but it wasn't always this way. marcia van pouten was a dutch politician. this is me and my son. 1976. the netherlands‘ traffic is in europe the most dangerous for children. marcia was a key player in the movement that transformed dutch cities in the 1960s and 70s. the start was there in the 70s when people got alarmed about the figures of children on the way to school — that accidents, the numbers were so high, that we had to do something, and that‘s how it begun. the action groups — and this is us — we wa nt groups — and this is us — we want car free sunday at least once a month. that was the oil crisis... in 1973 marcia launched a campaign called stop the child murder. we sat together and that this can‘t go on—we together and that th

do business it would eliminate lengthy transport rates well warehouses for customers spam pots that'swhy u.p.s. has teamed up with fast radius to start building a global network of 3 d. print service providers. you know allows goods to be produced in lower quantities more often closer to the point of consumption that's going to radically change the supply chain and u.p.s. has to be able to trade with it in the and so that's why. we're investing in this in this area because we want to be part of this evolving ecosystem many products will no longer be mass produced they'll be printed individually to meet the specific needs of clients that will help to eliminate overproduction and long transport grid. 3 d. production also office and number of other advantages. if you're a producer for an audience of one so our custom shoe or customary or a custom orthotic those are not going to be produced a mass of factories going to be much more economical to produce those using 3 d. printing and so but all of those materials still need to get to the 3 d. manufacturer and instead of you know shipping o

the majority of the transportation spending is associated with the 2014 transportation and road improvementd as we've been hearing about. it authorized their funds and had some remaining. [indiscernible] we reported that four projects were completed over the review period. as we heard, the largest project funded by the bond is the better market street project which pulls from six of the bond's different components. delays of the project plan and completion of the environmental impact report contributed to an 18-month delay. with eight components, this bond program has more components than other bonds we've covered. this makes tracking a challenge. for affordable housing across at the time the two active affordable housing programs, voters have authorized $570 million and there were $397 million in bond funds remaining as of june 30. since we just heard, with more recent updates, i'm going to move on to parks and recreation. for parks, the city has two active parks geo bonds 2012 in 2008 for which voters authorized a total of $380 million. across both bonds, $52 million remained. $96% is ass

host: next topic is transportation.ublic transportation in south jersey continues to be more scarce than north jersey. and with the residents here. with the atlantic city bus line was shut down forcing workers to find alternative routes so what do you do to provide more public transportation to the people of south jersey? >> i do think this is an important thing to get the economy back on its feet. without reliable transportation and an easy way to commute to different areas , it's hard for people to get to work in companies to think they could invest in our i area. not only those that need the transportation but also lowering other businesses into our area to invest we have infrastructure in place and to make sure and we do need federal dollars to help support us to make it more equitable and that transportation is a priority. >> what specific industries would you look? that is difficult to do without that infrastructure in place are there specific steps you would like tors target? >> distribution to be an option in ou

for these tests, dummies were transported up to 98,000 feet by high-altitude balloons.wind blowing] the dummies were released for a freefall period during which body movements and escape equipment performance were recorded by a number of instruments. many of the dummies landed outside the confines of military installations and were observed by local civilians. following a series of dummy tests, a human subject, now a retired colonel, made three bailouts from high-altitude balloons. these and other aeronautical projects that used both dummies and human test subjects were unclassified and widely publicized in the press and other media. ♪ in 1956, 20th century fox released "on the threshold of space," a motion picture based on these projects and filmed on location at holloman air force base. air force personnel, aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and other equipment, including the actual anthropomorphic dummies, were used in the making of the film. the eyewitness reports of military units that always seemed to arrive shortly after the alleged crash of a flying saucer were a