appointed members of the community of the advisory committee and 8 members appointed by the transportation board we have a one vacancy to represent the neighborhood of ocean view and the individual that was in the seat recently accepted a job with mta and so has stepped up to the plate down from the competent. so we have two applicants for the seat and both applicants are here today and if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. so i see no questions let's invite the two applicants to come forward with short statements >> great to see you. >> good afternoon, commissioners hope you're having a wonderful day i'm here to speak to you guys about my qualifications to the geneva advisory committee. one the reasons i'm applying is i want to combine my passion with my former education and the experiences of the o m i to shape the feasibility study i'm a student at the san francisco university studying political science and completed my upper habitat institution study. i've lived along san mateo county and san francisco counties and right along the border my personal connection

welcome to the san francisco transportation authority board. my name is john avalos the chair of the transportation authority. we are broadcast by sfgovtv staff bill and jessie and our clerk is eric can chang. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos pr supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. we have quorum >> we have quorum very good. >> approve the minutes of the april 22nd this is an action stem. >> questions or comments seeing none, we'll go on to pan am is open on item 2 be sooebd. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes >> very good next item. >> item 3 chairs report this is an informational item. thank you madam clerk colleagues this month we saw 3 development took place in the transpor

i can give you the exact details of that as the national transportation safety board will get the exact details of that. we do have the capability to capture that information. >> witness saws two air for personnel tried to rescue the pilot. the air show shut down after the crash. >>> here's what we know about be pilot. he is performed in nearly a thousand air shows. in 2004 the international council or air shows gave him its excellence award. and last year he was inducted into the icaf hall of fame. >>> two men are charged with attachmented murder and a sheriff's deputy is still in serious but stage condition tonight, this after a routine call turn violent 'the alameda county sheriff's office says kelly carter on the right called 9-1-1, telling dispatchers two men were faithing behind an apartment building on grove way in castro valley. when the deputies arrived the three attacked them. one deputy was purposed so hard he'll need facial reconstruction surgery. >> one suspect is proficient in martial arts and has extensive training. >> the deputy who was punched tased one othe men. in add

i can give you the exact details of that as the national transportation safety board will get the exact details of that. we do have the capability to capture that information. >> witness saws two air for personnel tried to rescue the pilot. the air show shut down after the crash. >>> here's what we know about be pilot. he is performed in nearly a thousand air shows. in 2004 the international council or air shows gave him its excellence award. and last year he was inducted into the icaf hall of fame. >>> two men are charged with attachmented murder and a sheriff's deputy is still in serious but stage condition tonight, this after a routine call turn violent 'the alameda county sheriff's office says kelly carter on the right called 9-1-1, telling dispatchers two men were faithing behind an apartment building on grove way in castro valley. when the deputies arrived the three attacked them. one deputy was purposed so hard he'll need facial reconstruction surgery. >> one suspect is proficient in martial arts and has extensive training. >> the deputy who was punched tased one othe men. in add

>> reporter: the national safety transportation board will be starting investigation into what went wrong. one thing they look into, if strong winds played a role in the tragic crash, military officials say winds blow up to 10 or 18 miles per hour. take a look. it crashed and caught fire. eddie was doing a maneuver he'd done several times before. >> the crash shut down the thunder air show. 75,000 people came. no one else injured. the pilot tried to step multiple times, he try add third time and then tried to cash. michelle? >> what do we know about the pilot? >> he worked out of half-moon bay and said he was an excellent pilot and a good man. you're looking at a photo of him right now. one published report said nearly a thousand shows and spoke with his friends who said the news of the crash came heavy. >> come up to him and how you doing, eddie? he was highly regarded. and beloved by all. probably came as a shock today. we heard it and people started crying here. >> last year, the international council of air show foundation inducted anndrini into the hall of fame. cate cauguiran, kpix

. >>> today is national transportation board will talk about how tires play a role in hundreds of deadly car accidents including the age of tires. the tires that look sturdy can come across six years after being made. the companies have worked to defeat proposed laws to inspect tires in eight different states for aging problems and industry group disputes the six year guideline and calls it "arbitrary." >>> is there an electric frisk car in your future? bay area transofficials -- transportation officials hope so. cornell looks at what it will cost you. >> it plugs in. in the future many of us could be plugging in, not filling in the cars. now they are a mystery. even the mechanics have wees. >> the cars are so new we do not know their longevity. >> carolyn opened her shop for the showcase of electric trip considers, bmk and cadillac to name a few. they reduce emissions. >> the costs of operating are a fifth of a gasoline-powered vehicle. most of the cars caught $10,000 more than the same gas-powered model and have an average range of 100 miles on a full charge. it was my turn to drive an

board. the national transportation safety board. >> it's going to be a significant issue. that is why we're looking at it. >> safety engineers say depending on how they're maintained, tires can begin to age and lose their he las tis ti after just six years the treads can begin to separate the tires may never have been on the road and appear new. >> i think that is what is troubling. is that it is a invisible hazard. >> our investigation with abc stations around the country found plenty for sale, described as safe. in new york, eight and a half year old tires. >> out with the old in with the new. >> in rhode island, nine year old tires. san francisco, 11 and 15-year-old tires. ford, gm, chrysler recommend tires be replaced, regardless of how much they've opinion used but the government and tire industries say there is no reason to have a tire aging standard of any kind. >> won't that help safety? we disagree. it would not help. it would not. >> one of the biggest companies, mish lynn recommends a 0 year replacement date. for consumers to know, they have to decode strange me

>> it needs to be improved. >> national transportation safety board will be looking into the aging ofthe tires and possible link to injuries and fatalities around the roadways we found this tire in redwood city the company said there are no rules or guidelines that would suggest selling a new tire that is seven years old from date of manufacture is a safety concern. we found used tires manufactured in 1999 and 2003 in san jess yeah a manager could not be reached for comment but the rubber manufacturer association says age on a tire doesn't matter. a tire service life is dependant on how it's stored. >> that opinion angers rosa aguilar. >> there is no excuse >> her attorney filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and failure to warn among those sued were used car dealer who sold the car, gm, and mish lynx the parent company of uni royal tires both gm and mitch lynn claim injury or damages were caused bit plaintiff, and other companies. the investigation is being occurring in a number of years, we'll continue to follow this and update you on developments i have information about this re

>> it needs to be improved. >> national transportation safety board will be looking into the aging of and possible link to injuries and fatalities around the roadways we found this tire in redwood city the company said there are no rules or guidelines that would suggest selling a new tire that is seven years old from date of manufacture is a safety concern. we found used tires manufactured in 1999 and 2003 in san jess yeah a manager could not be reached for comment but the rubber manufacturer association says age on a tire doesn't matter. a tire service life is dependant on how it's stored. >> that opinion angers rosa aguilar. >> there is no excuse >> her attorney filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and failure to warn among those sued were used car dealer who sold the car, gm, and mish lynx the parent company of uni royal tires both gm and mitch lynn claim injury or damages were caused bit plaintiff, and other companies. the investigation is being occurring in a number of years, we'll continue to follow this and update you on developments i have information about this recall, cli

representing jane kim take the opportunity on giving information arrest like in 2012, the transportation authority board adapted the transportation plan, which was the result of exhaust community process to identify the transit projects that will preserve the character of the district. they were selected with key to the filipino and lgbt community and conceptual designs helped with the calming of traffic it is from the harrison project and the alley and have been imitating involved approved by the board of supervisors in 2013. supervisor kim has had several meetings over the last year and a half to talk about the special heritage district you've heard critiques that the process of the stakeholder ends with funding to move the project forward we've fortunate to move this to the final design this is an opportunity to realize something that's been vetted by the community to construct a design. district 6 and particular south of market experiences the highest number of traffic fatalities in san francisco and in addition it has the least and smarter parks in the city as we look at the combiepd residential an

we have the transportation fund for clean air administration designated by the board of supervisors in 1992 when we have our prop aa vehicle registration fee administrator responsibility approved in 2010 by the recent sf voters on april 1 the board of supervisors designated us a authority to handle the treasure island plan. now the core structure and functions of the ta. we have our executive director appointed in 2013. we have a clerk of the board and a chief deputy director reporting to her. we have five divisions. the capital project division dealing with oversight and project controls and delivery. the programming which handles the strategic planning, the fund allocation and programs legislation that affects the agencies in san francisco. small projects delivery and oversight and support. next we have the planning division that works on the county wide transportation plan manages the congestion management agency for the program. works on transportation plans and projects and studies in addition to policy studies. next we have the technology services division that oversees the trans

now is the time for the members of the public to comment relative to the san francisco transportation authority board and seeing none, public comment is closed. move on >> item 15 adjournment. colleagues, we're adjourned. colleagues, we're adjourned. thank you. Él es reginald. nunca ha estado en internet. hoy él quiere cambiar eso. su instructora. su plan: comprar boletos de avión y sorprender a su esposa <3 <3 <3 <3 pero primero, va a sorprenderse a sí mismo. descubre el internet. encuentra una clase gratis cerca de ti. hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh. uh. [indistinct announcement on p.a. system] so, same time next week? well, of course. announcer: put away a few bucks. feel like a million bucks. for free tips to help you save, go to ♪ feed the pig welcome to the board of supervisors san francisco budget & finance committee for wednesday, may 21, 2014. my name is mark farrell i'll be chairing this committee i'm joined by the supervisors. i want to thank sfgovtv jonathan and the clerk madam clerk, any

the phaseout of the old outdated rail cards made on recommendation of the country's transportation safety boardy board is now asking that we do the same, the chair has now advised president obama he should use emergency authority to mandate improvements in the rail cars by which we move oil around this country. the chair says we don't have time for the normal course of drafting regulations on this issue. we have to act immediately. that's what she said last week. today in lynchberg a reminder maybe she is right now. >>> it was supposed to be the end of the story. the man who murdered 19-year-old stephanie nieman would be put to death. now the beginning of a conversation about the death penalty. joining us tonight, the stepmother of the mom who died on the table last night. >> a botched execution in oklahoma is renewing the legal debate over capital punishment. >> breaking news from the state prison. >> last night's botched execution of a death row inmate. >>

. > > the air force says the national transportation safety board will lead the investigation into the cause of the crash. including whether or not wind played a role. though, we're told that it wasn't as windy today as it was yesterday. live at travis air force base, philippe djegal, kron four news. a little more information about the man who lost his life on the airfield today. eddie andreini's been flying since he was 16 years old. this is video from previous air shows - doing inverted maneuvers like the one he performed today. a respected stunt pilot considered one of the greats of aerobatics.from half moon bay, he was inducted into the international air show hall of fame. just last year. eddie andreini was 77. carving his name into the sky.doing what he loved. witnesses say that the air force base had some major winds during the air show. for more on the conditions. here's kron 4's meterologist brian van aken the winds have been strong all weekend long. some of the strongest gusts were at travis air force base. the winds did reach about 40 mi. per hour coming out of the west south

the phaseout of the old outdated rail cards made on recommendation of the country's transportation safety boardafety board is now asking that we do the same, the chair has now advised president obama he should use emergency authority to mandate improvements in the rail cars by which we move oil around this country. the chair says we don't have time for the normal course of trafting regulations on thisser to. we have to act immediately. that's what she said last week. today in lynchberg a reminder maybe she is right now. time for "the last word." thank you for joining us. have a great night. >>> it was supposed to be the end of the story. the man who murdered 19-year-old stephanie nicheman would be puto death. now the beginning of a

i can't give you the exact details of that as the national transportation safety board will get the exact details of that and we do have the capability to capture that information. >> investigators are also looking for photos or videos of the crash. here's what we though about the pilot, eddie an an. he performed in nearly a thousand air shows. he's received the highest honor a pilot can receive. last year he was inducted into the hall of fame. two men are charged with attempted murder and a sheriffs deputy is in stable condition tonight. kelly carter called 911 last night, telling keith carter and willie telefini were fighting in an alley. one of the deputies was punched in the face so hard he will need facial surgery. we learned one of suspects is proficient in martial arts and had some extensive training in that. >>> in addition to attempted murder for the men, all three face assault charges. >>> a body found today on the beach was found before 11:30 this morning. it was on a hill away from the ocean or hiking trails. investigators say the body was badly decomposed. that means the pers

the phaseout of the old outdated rail cards made on recommendation of the country's transportation safety board. our transportation safety board is now asking that we do the same, the chair has now advised president obama he should use emergency authority to mandate improvements in the rail cars by which we move oil around this country. the chair says we don't have time for the normal course of trafting regulations on thisser to. we have to act immediately. that's what she said last week. today in lynchberg a reminder maybe she is right now. time for "the last word." thank you for joining us. have a great night. >>> it was supposed to be the end of the story. the man who murdered 19-year-old stephanie nicheman would be puto death. now the beginning of a conversation about the death penalty. joining us tonight, the stepmother of the mom who died on the table last night. >> a botched execution in oklahoma is renewing the legal debate over capital punishment. >> breaking news from the state prison. >> last night's botched execution of a death row inmate. >> 38-year-old clayton lockett. >> convicte

welcome to the san francisco transportation authority board. ame is john avalos the chair of the transportation authority. we are broadcast by sfgovtv staff bill and jessie and our clerk is eric can chang. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos pr supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent. supervisor tang.

now is the time for the members of the public to comment relative to the san francisco transportation authority board and seeing none, public comment is closed. move on >> item 15 adjournment. colleagues, we're adjourned. thank you. >> good morning. welcome i'm with the city's office of economic workforce development well, we're incredibly excited to celebrate this land. i've been working think this project since 1999 thank goodness what we didn't know it was going to take so long we're incredibly excited as my career as a planner this is one of the most exist projects to see happening 17 hundred units ever housing in this beautiful neighborhood without further ado, i'm going to introduce mayor ed lee to start us off (clapping.) thank you, ken. welcome as ken said to our visitacion valley neighborhood i must say we wanted you to come down her to take a before a real big mounds of dirt start moving i think everybody should appreciate this and for a number of years 15 years is around is times when a company closed and when this happened this community certainly registered some strong views about what t

now is the time for the members of the public to comment relative to the san francisco transportation authority board and seeing none, public comment is closed. move on >> item 15 adjournment. colleagues, we're adjourned. thank you. so san francisco sma business week we've been doing it for 10 years about inspiring and educating and connecting small business week to have them thrive aim leslie the co-chair of small business week along with the small business week commission steve adams and together we've been involved for since its inception and it's really about being for impressive and more resources full to and we're going looking forward to today and this is special, in fact, the top ranked part of small business week a day you'll get great information and interaction and to join me to kickoff the conventional is the executive director for the city and county of san francisco regina. (clapping.) >> thank you leslie this year's theme to small businesses they're the vitality no our corridors and neighborhood and shape our community. the small business convention has became the most popular of offer

the safety transportation board came out with front crash prevention.thank you for coming on the show. >> hello, gerri. >> so talk to us about the safety. >> we talk a lot about crash safety and how well a vehicle will protect you if there is a crash. this is a crash avoidance testing and we are putting vehicles out on attack and we are testing how well they can avoid crashes with sophisticated technology called for a crash prevention. these are the systems that can warn you if there's an imminent crash and you're not paying attention and your vehicle suddenly stopped in front of you or even automatic braking systems i cannot magically break to help you avoid the crash of you don't react fast enough. gerri: i have been in some of these vehicles and it's unnerving to have the vehicle stopped and not be in control of the vehicle myself. we're going to show some of this video during this segment. but it's something to get used to. and i drive this thing and i have to tell you when she told me to let the car driving to the barrier, it was too much for me. i

now is the time for the members of the public to comment relative to the san francisco transportation authority board and seeing none, public comment is closed. move on >> item 15 adjournment. colleagues, we're adjourned. thank you. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out th

the transportation board voted to exclude commercial buses with ten or more seats from that area. there are a number of muni stops near alamo square. locals say it's still accessible to viewers. however, tourists and people who work in the tourism business in san francisco, they are not happy. they say the restrictions will prevent many people from seeing the popular sites and maybe from coming to san francisco. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:45. one woman had a very unusual drive to work when a stray kitten darted across the freeway in oakland and then crawled into the wheel well of her car. erica says yesterday morning, she was stuck out there and in heavy traffic on westbound 580 between high street and fruitvale. that's when she saw the kitten running towards the median. it disappeared behind her car and the driver behind her said it crawled up into the wheel well. >> it was so scared. shaking. sad. horrified. >> yeah,ary cau called the -- erica called the freeway services patrol to come out and they used a tow truck to lift

the national transportation safety board has been called in to investigate this crash. a terrible accident seen by tens of thousands of people. this is a photo taken by a spectator that shows the aircraft up in the air before the crash happened just after two o'clock in the afternoon. and, as you can see, the plane was upside down. the us air force says that's also how the veteran pilot from half moon bay -- 77-year-old eddie andreini landed. sot spectators also catching the aftermath of the crash on video. thick black smoke filling the air while emergency crews rushed onto the tarmac. sot about up at the entering. this is the first thunder over sola i air expo held here at the air force base in the past three years. and, until this accident, it's been a big success. some 85-thousand people were out here saturday and the air force believes even more were here sunday. for now, the questions into the cause of the crash and whether wind may have played a role or it was the result of human error will not be answered until the ntsb completes it's investigation. at travis afb

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so we've been working and the transportation authority board approved in july of last year an option after we considered a number of orpgsz to facilitate the bridge and the local access through the area. the option was the replacement of the caltrain bridge it is shown with the circle. the station is the orange portion so the objective was to accommodate further proofrmz and the option that was selected in last july to do that is the bedroom it closess the vacation before you today that will be before the board tooth and coordinated with a new student city called the connection our that will provide local access through the ear. that's a little bit of context we were looking for the la county of the futuristic station so as caltrain is moving forward with the replacement of this bridge we're working with the dpw and the planning department on design and environmental contemporaneous for the connect our road with caltrain and with the further construction timeline of that. so given the board immediate then ever need to replace the bridge we're going to bring in the construction of the

and according to the national transportation safety board, the cost of not converting in terms of lives and property lost, could be much higher. >> the railroad cars that were in use at that time, the ones that were transporting things like propane and chlorine gas all over the country, these tanker cars that were exploding, they were exploding in part because their sells were too thin and they could be easily punctured when they were bumped or knocked or when they flipped over in a crash. after that string of disasters in the 1970s, those tanker cars got an upgrade, thanks to that public prodding and that public demonstration publicity stunt from the ntsb. those tanker cars were upgraded with shields and insulation and safety things that kept them in tact so pieces wouldn't fly off and puncture other cars. but those were specifically done for tanker cars that were pressurized. pressurized cars that were hauling hazardous materials around the country, and incidentally, had been blowing up like ford pintos. the pressurized cars got upgraded. as for the nonpressurized cars, they didn't ge

. >> the national transportation safety board has launched a major probe in to tire safety in the wakedeadly accidents. our own brian ross has launched his own investigation. >> 911 operator. >> reporter: despite a series of recalls, there could be millions of unsafe tires still on the road. that's what alabama business executive carolyn thorn discovered too late. paralyzed for life after mechanics installed a recalled tire that one week later blew apart after losing its tread. >> i heard a popping sound. then the car just started vibrating. >> reporter: in florida, an undetected this recall tire is blamed by families for the accident earlier this year that killed two church leaders. as these test videos show, even skilled drivers, knowing they are about to lose a tire, can't keep control when it happens. now our abc news investigation has found that a badly-flawed recall system has kept motorists and retailers in the dark about a hidden danger. >> there's supposed to be a process in place to make sure that they know but in many cases they don't. >> reporter: and they are still being s

the national transportation safety board calling the incident a near midair collision.ne were reportedly 200 feet apart laterally and 400 feet apart vertically. >>> 18-year-old brittney silva was struck and killed by an amtrak train near her home in san leandro yesterday afternoon. police think the high school senior failed to hear the train or warning from witnesses because of her earbuds. >>> i'm kiet do live in east san jose at the scene of an arson fire near tully and quimby on sandpoint drive. at 2:30 this morning, arsonist set two cars on fire. you can see it almost set the house on fire. there is minor damage to the garage. we have surveillance video of the whole thing showing an arsonist creeping up on the car while trying to hide among the trees. he leans over wearing a hoodie, it's dark, thinking nobody can see him but he is on camera equipped with night vision. he dumps a bottle of lighter fluid on the windshield of the homeowner's car and uses an aerosol can and lighter to start the blaze. it takes that minutes for the car to be fundamentally engulfed. the -