transportation infrastructure. >> what is federal government taken per year on this pretty. >> on the highway site is about 45 - $50 million in the public transit site, it is about 12 - $15 million predict.wo >> what it would a state like california do pretty. >> venture specifically and that peter, but i will tell you that the cornea is the largest state in the country and you are saying california has a lot more of its own dollars from the state of california than the federal government provides transportation pretty. >> suppressant bite inside another extension of the transportation funding bill, what is it mean for you guys. >> it's an extension through the end of this month and is frustrating and since the beginning of december and providing only 30 or 40 days for the federal funding for the state devotees, and does not allow the state devotees in the local transit agencies to be able to plan for the large projects that are usually taking on so they only know that they are getting it 30 days with hern funding

combating assault on transport workers requires holistic approach in local authorities as well as transportationloyers. it's what we have seen, in the presence of enforcement officers in a systems where it's also happening. moving 60%. in my written testimony, i hope the committee can take a leadership role in implementing these i just, thank you again and i look forward to your question.ar >> chairman thompson, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for your opportunity to testify before you today. , thensights i share today federal air marshal, a personal experience and observation dropped 26 years of working in the transportation domain as well as my ten years of union leadership, most significantly, these are tempered by my expanses of 9/11 first responder and recovery b worker in my surface desire this mission. success ensures this was not in vain and we will honor the sacrifice of soldiers in the global war on terror. i appreciate the opportunity to speak in the perspectives of the air marshals. the perspective of the air marshal association is the security strategy historica

as well as transportation employers. the most effective deterrent we have seen is the presence of uniformed law enforcement officers in the system where assaults are happening. for example, redeploying police to the fare box in new york city and into the subway and bus system reduces the number of assaults by more than 60%. i list several urgently needed policy changes like this in my written testimony and i hope this committee can take a leadership role to implement these ideas. thank you again, and i look forward to your questions. >> incredible timing, mr. samuelson. thank you. mr. kaparetti. >> good afternoon, chair watson coleman, ranking member gimenez, chairman thompson, ranking member katko, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you. the insights i share are the insights of the flying federal air marshal. they're supported by my personal experiences and observation i have gained throughout 26 years of working in the transportation domain as well as ten years of union leadership. most sig cantly, these i

so just to go over the transportation plan, sftp is our long range transportation plan through 2050. it's updated every four years with plan bay area and provides input into regional and state plans and funding opportunities. the plan identifies priorities for state and federal funding with an investment plan that considers investment revenues and future revenues. the sftp builds on efforts and identifies funding priorities constrained by revenue estimates. ultimately, the sftp will identify revenue estimates for the investment and vision plans to provide perform i station and investment scenarios and include outreach and engagement to further understand priorities and scenarios that will shape the scenarios. the investment and vision plans, each of the plans is made up of different types of revenues. so first, there's the committed funds that's shown in the dark green. these are funds with a narrow set of eligible uses or already committed to specific projects. an example of this could be s.b. 1 contributions for street resurfacing. we can't use these for transit. the light green ar

so just to go over the transportation plan, sftp is our long range transportation plan through 2050. it's updated every four years with plan bay area and provides input into regional and state plans and funding opportunities. the plan identifies priorities for state and federal funding with an investment plan that considers investment revenues and future revenues. the sftp builds on efforts and identifies funding priorities constrained by revenue estimates. ultimately, the sftp will identify revenue estimates for the investment and vision plans to provide perform i station and investment scenarios and include outreach and engagement to further understand priorities and scenarios that will shape the scenarios. the investment and vision plans, each of the plans is made up of different types of revenues. so first, there's the committed funds that's shown in the dark green. these are funds with a narrow set of eligible uses or already committed to specific projects. an example of this could be s.b. 1 contributions for street resurfacing. we can't use these for transit. the light green ar

it is win win. i to use public transport. it is win win. ~' ., to use public transport.in. i know conversations with colleagues, being _ win. i know conversations with colleagues, being on - win. i know conversations with colleagues, being on the - colleagues, being on the underground, they felt uncomfortable, lots of people were not wearing masks, listening to the professor if you moments ago, does it make it more difficult in terms of the messaging if the government is saying it is mandatory in shops and public transport but not in other settings, like the cinema. it is does that make it more difficult? house of commons makes it difficult, ministers and members of parliament behind the prime minister in a confined space, not social distancing, not wearing a face mask. by distancing, not wearing a face mask. by example where we can. human nature, we copy other people's behaviour, where it is possible to wear a face mask in a confined space, we should wear one. better safe than sorry. there is a good reason why in places where you eat or drink it is not compulsory, but i

we all know that green transportation is a good thing. but convincing people to drastically change the way they move around cities and post code, but how they interact with one another. that is going to be a massive challenge feature all of them for the big picture in berlin. germany. thanks peter, with so many now in permanent work at home mode and as the supply chain has made cars scares for those who want them. and with many young americans and urban dwellers, now non car owners, how will we get from here to there? let's ask hillary ford, which president of straw mark business development consultants in washington. mallory, welcome back. pleasure to be here. always recently, hillary was here with us talking about these rental scooters that were dodging on sidewalks and many cities and how her daughter, experienced rider is on the men from painful injuries. as the result, we think of lacks maintenance before you ran to a scooter. look for that episode where you'll find all our shows on demand at youtube dot com slash the big picture r t

after that time we transported 17 patients to the hospitals. 12 of those were transported by houstonnt five were transported by harris county emergency services. 11 of those were in cardiac arrest. we won't know the cause of death of the eight confirmed until the medical examiner has completed his investigation but we are in the process of sending units to the hospitals to identify these patients, these fatalities. what we ask the community right now is this if your family member was at this event and you have not spoken to your family member we have a reunification center that will be open at 8:6 kirby, the wyndham/houston hotel, 8686 kirby. we will have houston police department, vitamin, medical examiner, personnel there to assist in filter information of patients transported to the hospitals. >> reporter: once again eight are dead and many others hurt following the crowd surges after the world festival in houston, texas. there were reports of a stampede earlier in the afternoon. travis scott is cooperating with authorities on this is the casualty count stands at eight, 300 patien

transportation is by far the largest. 67% above congress's last transportation bill and $157 billion in one-time stimulus funding. estimates for how much california will receive, but we can expect $34 billion for the bridge repairs. $9.5 billion for public transit improvement statewide including for muni, b.a.r.t. and cal train. and the bill also includes discretionary funds for inner city rail and $15 billion for the federal transportation administration's competitive capital investment program which funds projects like b.a.r.t. and the cal train downtown rail extension. plus over $2 billion for active transportation and a new state streets and roads for all programs vision 0 priorities. in addition, good news, just this morning, we heard that the department of transportation has awarded our yerba buena island project the $15 million federally raised grant to set aside for this set of structures and roadwayings connecting the sf oakland bay bridge and on the west side of the yerba buena island. thank you to speaker pelosi and senator padilla as well as mayor breed and commissioner h

and our transportation authority are working hard on that. at the state level, we actually were able to pass a law last year to dramatically speed up delivery of bus rapid transit projects and we're looking to expand that law next year. so i see good things in the future for our city and for our transit system. but, today, let's celebrate this huge win for the community, transit riders, pedestrians, and everyone else who needs to get around this city. thank you. >> thank you, senator wiener. next up, we have kelly chang. the transportation authority agency our sister agency. >> congratulations to you for leading this fantastic project in partnership with the other agencies. good morning everyone. on behalf of our board including chair rafael man delman. i want to say thanks to the folks who labored to build this project and the next generation of kids who's going to benefit from all the safety reliance. as we all know, geary is really a microcausem of our city. particularly now during the pandemic. it's such an important and critical service.

we talked about the outside lands transportation service. i want to let you know that you [inaudible] from serving that event. we had a wonderful e-mail blast sent by phil inkarenna. great job. excellent information. but it was false. because on sunday they took away our [inaudible]. they put buses there. we had no place to queue up during the event. they put buses there. and i think i got a double parking ticket and i was talking to a -- an inspector who was extremely rude to me. you don't want us serving these event because i will talk about it later in public xhefnlt but i want to let you know regarding the outside lands, we -- people were being faced with pricing that was out of this world. and what did you do? you barred taxis from serving the event. you barred taxis. what happened? there should be a complete investigation as to why you removed our cab stand that made it easy for people to get cabs and not pay surge pricing. i want to let you know that this -- this -- this organization does not have the taxi industry's back like ronald

>> the best source is the transportation sales tax. i think there is discussion about how much, you know, chair borden was on the last advisory committee. she had some background on how that process works, on how, you know, those dollars are laid out. i think you should review the program, the transportation authority will come to you and that is an area where we have maximum flexibility on timing and cash flow, and putting those dollars out of the quick build or heavy civil project depending on the need at any particular time. going back to the original proposition be, the chief source of street improvements has always been the san francisco local build tax. >> okay. thank you so much. i don't believe that we need a vote today. this is just a presentation. we have a motion. i would be willing to second that. >> no one seconded it so it kind of died. >> i would be very happy to second that motion. >> we didn't calendar it for action so we cannot take action. >> okay. so in terms of bringing this back to the board of december, are you l

transportation is by far the largest. 67% above congress's last transportation bill and $157 billion in one-time stimulus funding. estimates for how much california will receive, but we can expect $34 billion for the bridge repairs. $9.5 billion for public transit improvement statewide including for muni, b.a.r.t. and cal train. and the bill also includes discretionary funds for inner city rail and $15 billion for the federal transportation administration's competitive capital investment program which funds projects like b.a.r.t. and the cal train downtown rail extension. plus over $2 billion for active transportation and a new state streets and roads for all programs vision 0 priorities. in addition, good news, just this morning, we heard that the department of transportation has awarded our yerba buena island project the $15 million federally raised grant to set aside for this set of structures and roadwayings connecting the sf oakland bay bridge and on the west side of the yerba buena island. thank you to speaker pelosi and senator padilla as well as mayor breed and commissioner h

it is awkward because --eole transport. it is awkward because people are _ transport.mately - transport. it is awkward because people are legitimately exempt| transport. it is awkward because - people are legitimately exempt from wearing face mass and there are people who just don't want to wear facemasks. somehow your members shop owners, other sectors like public transport, have to administer that. but to be clear, they don't have enforcement powers so they cannot enforcement powers so they cannot enforce it. it is down to the public to behave responsibly. those people who don't want to wear face mass, it is a question of social responsibility. the reason you wear a facemask is not to protect yourself, but to protect others. in terms of the experience, what problems did your colleagues have during the period when masks were required? the during the period when masks were reuuired? , .,, , , required? the problem is, every time the government _ required? the problem is, every time the government changes _ required? the problem is, every time the government changes the

transport day, _ focused more on transport? that is right.ery - focused more on transport? that is right. transport day, every day - focused more on transport? that is right. transport day, every day hasj right. transport day, every day has been seamed and there has been an announcement about phasing out electric and diesel ? petrol and diesel vans and cars. car makers have signed up. but there are people missing from these lists. china and the us have not signed up, the world's biggest car maker volkswagen has not signed up either. it is being seen as a first step towards turning our road transport electric but may not breakthrough required to get us cut emissions because combined emissions from cars vans and lorries adds up to about 17% of all carbon dioxide emissions so it a significant amount and there is a solution for it, electric vehicles, technology, but it is getting countries to get on board. without some of the bigger names in there it is not quite the deal that was hoped for, perhaps. you is not quite the deal that was hoped for.

to make masks compulsory on public transport. know but again, it is notjust enough to say that face masks must be mandatory. that's easy to say. however, it has never ever been policed or monitored. at this stage, with this new variant coming along, we have to learn our lessons from the past. it has to be policed, it has to be monitored. and people should not be allowed to mount a bus or train or any form of public transport unless they are wearing that mandatory mask. 50 they are wearing that mandatory mask, ,, ., ., they are wearing that mandatory mask. ., ,., . they are wearing that mandatory mask, ., ,., . �* they are wearing that mandatory mask. ., . ~ mask. so who will police it? are you auoin to mask. so who will police it? are you going to have _ mask. so who will police it? are you going to have enforcement - mask. so who will police it? are you going to have enforcement officers i going to have enforcement officers on every bus, train, around the country? if i on every bus, train, around the count ? . , , country? ifi h

i do want to turn to the early days of house san francisco transportation was first put into place.ere were a lot of challenges, these early developers had with e hilly terrain in san francisco and you say that real estate development tended to drive a lot of the development of transit. >> absolutely, san francisco's terrain is incredibly intractable, the early city was confined to a very small area by the hills and the enormous sand dunes that used to be 80 foot high sand dunes covering market street, so opening up the city required a lot of ingenuity, and in fact, one of the iconic symbol of san francisco transportation, the cable cars, came about to try to conquer the hills, and it also had a deeply humanitarian origin. the man who invented it witnessed a terrible accident with horse-drawn streetcar where the horses slipped back anwere horribly mangled and he determined right then and there that he didn't want this to happen anymore so this led to this extraordinary invention of this endless wire rope as they call it that he had used in the sierras to hold or, but he had the incr

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so for transporting them, you get paid. well, while simultaneously helping some one, it's $300.00 to $500.00 euros per person. we caught up with maria or a bit earlier to talk more about that into view and the risks that migrants are prepared to take. i remember how surprised i was to 1st hear that max of is not his real name to go around any people across the border and but the price is between 30500 yours personally, we felt he didn't tell us the truth, but i just couldn't understand, why would he lie? but later off camera, he admitted what he was doing during the interview. he was trying to deliberately diminish these numbers for security reasons. and but in all other aspects, facts and details he gave us, i can tell you, he was quite honest with my job in the last few years, at least was to transport migrants along with my team from bacel, gina where people had previously transferred them across the serbian border through improvised methods. so we picked them up and transport them obviously at night through some wooded

but like all transportation modes, public investment is essential. you saw infrastructure bill investments across all modes of transportation because they all require public investment. at amtrak, you see it all in one place, as a crows to -- as opposed to across the aviation or highway system where investments are spread out across different branches of government and different levels. everything requires investment to support the mobility needs of the nation, and this infrastructure deal for the first time, creates a level of investment necessary for us to achieve the kind of system that america deserves, and that we at amtrak and folks who support rail have long advocated for. host: what is the most important thing to you, to make amtrak the most profitable corporation it can be, or to connect as many parts of america as possible? guest: i think the real reason we exist is to create those trips, to create an alternative to driving and flying in places that rail makes sense across the united states. the federal government did not create amtrak to c

and public transport? the speed at which we were, _ public transport?ic transport? the speed at which we were, it is not possible to go any faster — we were, it is not possible to go any faster. to we were, it is not possible to go any faster-— any faster. to be clear, you did not test them as _ any faster. to be clear, you did not test them as they _ any faster. to be clear, you did not test them as they came _ any faster. to be clear, you did not test them as they came into - test them as they came into heathrow? then they were allowed to disperse around the country without being tested. the dutch experience is anything to go by, 10% of them had the new variant? h is anything to go by, 1096 of them had the new variant?— is anything to go by, 1096 of them had the new variant? i don't want to “um to had the new variant? i don't want to jump to conclusions _ had the new variant? i don't want to jump to conclusions about _ had the new variant? i don't want to jump to conclusions about the - had the new variant? i don't want to j jump to conclusions about

conversation for those who want for the future transit and ext public transportation.y can watch the film that will be on kqed 9 on this channel on monday night, november 22 at 9 pm. gary, thank you for being here in studio with us, i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >>> two weeks ago we enjoyed skating on ice, this week we are skating again, but indoors at the golden skate roller rink in san ramon. with disco lights and a family vibe, it is this week's look at something beautiful. >>> the golden skate's management has announced they are closing the ring soon but not until after the holidays so there's still time to go skating. that's the end of our show for tonight, thank you for joining us. if you want to look behind the scenes hang out with us online, too. kqed newsroom is on twitter and facebook and you can reach me on twitter. you can also email us. our show will be taking a break next friday for the thanksgiving holiday so we will see you in december. have a great weekend, and happy thanksgiving. yamiche: the verdict is in. >> we the jury find th

transportation rates, both domestically, we have talked about transportation rates globally being up enormously. transportation rates are up domestically as well. and in the stock market, we have seen rates, 40% to 50% increases over the last year. >> mr. o'brien, what would be the input rate right now for the cost of fuel? >> i'm sorry, could you clarify the question? >> what's the input rate today for the cost of fuel? >> do you mean as a percentage of transportation? >> yes, percentage. >> roughly 40%. >> okay. with the increase of fuel prices, would it be more than 40% with the fuel going up? would that input increase? >> i'm sorry, could you clarify the question? it really depends on the length of haul of the goods. >> if it's a 500-mile haul, for example. is the input cost for fuel, td could it be more? >> i don't know exactly what the break point is, but if you think about it being 40%, you can just do the math from there. i would say that there's some break point, but it is -- it's pretty parallel to the cost of a line haul. the longer you go, the more you're paying for fuel.

transportation rates globally being up enormously transportation rates are up domestically as well with0 percent of increases. >> so what would be the input rate right now for cost of fuel? >> what is the input rate today. >> you mean as a percentage? roughly 40 percent. >> with the increase of fuel prices would be more than 40 with the fuel going up does that input increase? >> can you clarify it depends on the length of all of the goods. >> if it's 500 miles for example is the input cost for fuel is it more quick. >> i don't know exactly what the breakpoint is but if you think about it being 40 percent, you can do the math from there. there is some breakpoint but it is pretty parallel to the cost of the linehaul the longer you go the more you pay for fuel so i would use that as the right metric and then multiply that by the increasing rates of fuel the transportation system has a good way to deal with fuel it is a surcharge added to the average diesel price. the processing is there but it has dealt with that going up and down that today it is an added expense in an already constrained

so for transporting them, you get paid. well, while simultaneously helping someone, it's $300.00 to $500.00 euros per person. but i spoke to maria a bit earlier, her bad that intervene and also the risks that my grants are prepared to tack. i remember how surprised i was to 1st hear that max of is not his real name to go around any people across the border and that the price is between 30500. yours person. and it didn't sound quite correct because we know that nearly 70000 migrants and refugees have traveled to the you from the middle east, from south asia, from africa through bosner in the last 3 years. and that's according to international migration organization. meaning, these are official numbers, and unofficial real numbers could be even higher. and these man, we talked to is quite an important part of this whole. tain with this whole system is and these reasons is quite lucrative. so we felt he didn't tell us the true, but i just couldn't understand why would he live at later off camera, he admitted what he was doing

let’s cohesive transport policy. let's leave the house _ cohesive transport policy.aged to do it by announcing something even better than what they originally announced. of course that is true of all parties at all times. it is true that the government is effectively announcing here are substantially scaled down version of high speed two, calling it three lines, ratherthan high speed two, calling it three lines, rather than one system. the reason for this predominantly is that the treasury has decided enough is enough. it cannot go on funding very large schemes, particularly when high speed two costs have gone up when high speed two costs have gone up so much. they fear if it is one huge railway, they won't be able to control the costs in the future. it has gone up from 30 million to over 100 billion. so the government is now creating smaller interventions. still big but they are significant. hoping that not only will they cost less money in the long term but will be delivered more rapidly than the hs2 in full which would have taken at least until 2040. but h52 in fu

for those who work in the transport and travel industries.ngs should _ this mask mandate in england? face: coverings should never have this mask mandate in england? faco: coverings should never have been stopped on public transport, they are a really cheap, effective and easy way to reduce transmission of the virus and protect staff, passengers and the wider community. unfortunately, the mixed messages from the government have impacted compliance, making it more difficult to get people to wear masks again. if there has been confusion because of that, as you suggest, how difficult will it now be to enforce? enforcement is the key thing. members and other transport workers worked right throughout the pandemic and put themselves in harm's way, losing colleagues and friends, many of our members have been very severely unwell as the result of the virus. just doing theirjob, they do not get a choice where they work so enforcement needs to be done by the correct agencies, british transport police, security, other police services, not by front line t

i've never really not worn them on public transport. masks away, really. i think it should have been there all the time. it'sjust something that reduces transmission so it is quite important. when rules were relaxed injuly, train and bus operators continued to urge passengers to continue wearing masks. but the numbers fell off, even when infection rates were rising. as measures have rolled back over the summer, we've obviously seen less people wearing masks. obviously, it is a change in policy from today so from this morning, we'll be starting to see more people behind me wearing masks and obviously, just encouraging people for the remainder, you know, while the policy exists, to wear a mask on public transport. the rules will be reviewed in three weeks when more is known about the new omicron variant. spencer stokes, bbc look north, leeds. football is being used to encourage unemployed dads to seek job advice in west sussex. a partnership between bognor town football club and aspire sussex saw dads and their children invited for a trai