transportation requests for proposals stated that certified school bus drivers were to be required for van transportation after potential bidders objected, the transportation department removed this requirement. i feel the use of these vans will set a dangerous precedent especially if the use of the vehicles continues to increase in place of school buses. >> president cook: thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. are the children well? [laughter] i have something to tell you about. i was driving 79-passenger bus to school loading zone. there was a bus in front of the loading zone -- >> president cook: you want to share your name? >> paul stein, i've been a driver since 1971. this was in the 70s. and the driver of the car, the mother was dropping her daughter off and as i approached, i guess she felt rushed so the daughter got out, closed the door and she took off. not realizing that her daughter's coat was caught in the door and it dragged her off her feet, onto the ground. and i saw this coming and i hit my air horn and my electric horn, which made a lot of noise and she stopped immediatel

and falling -- trying to get out of vans, we want to make sure that the whole transportation is safe, not simply the ride itself or the wheeling up to the door of the van. is that clear or am i -- >> no, i think it's clear. debbie, are you able to clarify assistance into the van because we'll need to get back to that. i don't want to confirm something that's wrong. >> would you do this? >> yes. >> be prepared to speak to this definitively, which is prior to your implementation date. >> yes. >> and i'm going to ask our director of services to review this particular area to see if it was specifically included in the rate quote that we accepted from you. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. are we back to public comment? >> yeah. >> thank you. by the way, even muni's paratransit, a lot of our members are taking paratransit and medivan. there's all kinds of services that will transport you in your wheelchair, so i'm not sure what kaiser's problem is in finding a vendor or contractor to provide those services. oh, claire svonsky. i go back to the jean miranda days of the e.a.p., and i'm s

he soon found himself in a prisoner transport van where he spent almost 4 hours in complete darkness.his cell one of 6 in the van was barely 50 by 50 centimeters. he had no idea where they were taking him. is all you know maybe i don't think i've ever been so sick. shared my entire life and i haven't been that afraid since then either solution although i've never felt so utterly powerless and unable to determine my own fate and. his freedoms already so restricted in his life in east germany were now completely robbed at the stasi jail in dresden interrogators tried to break him with endless interrogations arbitrary harassment and total isolation even when he was allowed out to the courtyard. which could mean you forced him to many a walk in him i was always down there. but he says i could never imagine what it was like from up here. now looking down it's almost as if the guards were standing up here. separated from the scum below. flips the. page a call it was sentenced to 10 months in jail for attempting to escape the republic and sent to a prison in corpus but then his fate took a h

the main highway there, interstate 5 fully reopened, transportation, kris van cleave has been tracking the holiday rush. >> reporter: travelers making their way closer to thanksgiving meals, they pay harsh weather across the country. two storms dump heavy snow in the west and brought winds and rain to the east on wednesday. >> people are in a rush. take it easy. many drivers in minnesota spent the day digging out and crashes and spin out and tied up traffic for miles. the weather also caused delays at airports, nearly 4.5 million americans were expected to fly this thanksgiving holiday. >> i wake up at 4:00 a.m. and i got here an hour early. >> reporter: amtrak has more trains operating at its major hubs. >> you are going to find extra staffs and stations and extra trains and capacity. >> reporter: most americans are hitting the road like we did. we are on the move from downtown boston. an early start did not save us from running into traffic on interstate 95 on our track to d.c. not even going 20 miles per hour right now. >> a trip should not taken about an hour, took about 2 to 2.5 h

. >> we don't have enough transportation to go pick up everything. >> reporter: their large box van alreadyld and broken in two countless times have already died and their other two are on their last legs. they've become so run-down her brothery worries about his sister's safety. >> we make pickups all over the bay area, cross the bridge and whatnot. will she be able to get back? and there have been times she's called me, the van has broke down. >> reporter: already unable to pay their volunteers most of whom are over 70 years old themselves, there's no money for a new truck. >> there has to be people out there who have love in their hearts who are willing to donate and help out. >> reporter: which means these seniors who already volunteer don't have time to fund raise. >> god gave me this work to do or else i wouldn't be doing it. so when he tells me to quit, i'll quit. >> they are so self-less. now, if you would like to donate a new vehicle or perhaps volunteer yourself, bobby and nelly would love to hear from you. you can get in touch with them all at our website abc7news.com. i'm dion l

. >> we don't have enough transportation to pick up everything. >> reporter: their large box van alreadyountless times suddenly died. their other two minivans are on their last plegs. >> legs. >> it's a 1998 ford. >> reporter: they are so run van, he worries safety. >> we make pickups across the bridges and whatnot. will she be able to get back? there has been times she called me, the van is broke down. >> reporter: already unable to pay their volunteers, most of whom are over 70 years old themselves, theres no money for a new truck. >> there has to be people out there who have love in their hearts that are willing to help out and to donate. >> reporter: which means these seniors who already volunteer 12 hours a day, seven days a week, don't have time to fundraise. nelly's determination to serve just means working harder to serve the community she loves. >> god gave me this work to do, or else i wouldn't be doing it. so when he tells me to quit, i'll quit. >> reporter: how do you not fall in love with her? if you would like to help by either providing a new vehicle or perhaps volunteerin

one of the travelers out on the road, our transportation correspondent kris van cleave in boston ready to face thanksgiving traffic from boston to d.c. kris, are you sure you want to do this? >> reporter: no. i feel like i lost a bet. but -- we're doing it. we and, you know, more than 49 million other americans are going to cram into vehicles, are going feel way too small by end of the journey and drive somewhere for thanksgiving. with all the weather out there, that trek to your thanksgiving dinner is going to be anything but easy. giant thanksgiving storms are pummelling roads across the u.s. and snarling air travel with thousands of delays and cancelations. >> it's busy. there's delays all over the screen. >> reporter: rain and wind will bear down on parts of the east and west coasts as traffic hits its peak this afternoon. more than tripling drive times in atlanta, new york, los angeles, houston, and boston. >> people should be extra careful. >> reporter: massachusetts state police have stepped up patrols. lieutenant anthony deer knows thanksgiving means more cars, more traffic, an

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. >> we do begin this morning with a top story, joran van der sloot now in custody in peru, being transportedd knows he's wanted for murder. calls in a tip, and that gives police the opening they've been looking for to capture him. >> joran was flown to the border between chile and peru where he was examined by doctors. next stop, the capital of lima. >> right now, a long line of police vehicles is winding its way up the highway, lights flashing, sirens blaring. inside of one of those suvs, wearing a bulletproof vest, is a young man who is very far away from home. >> he gets out of the car, he poses for the cameras, he seems relaxed. he's come into his own. >> while he's in custody, he gets a very unexpected visitor. >> i walked through by myself with all the girlfriends and mothers. that was the first time i'd seen joran since that night at the holiday inn hotel. and now he's finally in prison. tell me what happened. this is ava. these are ava's shoulders. they square off, hold firm, bear it all. this is her physical therapist, who lends his strength, to hers. these are ava's shoulders, now

. >> we don't have enough transportation to go pick up everything. >> their large box van, already olded. their other two minivans are on their last legs. >> it's a 1998 ford. >> they've become so run down, nellie's brother worries about his sister's safety. >> we make pickups from all over the bay area, across the bridges and what not. will she be able to get back? and there has been times she called me, the van has broke down. >> already unable to pay their volunteers, most of whom are over 70 years themselves, there is no money for a new truck. >> there has to be people out there who have love in their hearts that are willing to help out and to donate. >> which means these seniors, who already volunteer 12 hours a day, seven days a week don't have time to fund raise. nellie's determination to serve just means working harder to serve the community she loves. >> god gave me this work to do or else i wouldn't be doing it. so when he tells me to quit, i'll quit. >> she is great. >> she is really an angel for that community. >> she sure is. if you would lick to help by providing a new ve

van ness. that's the core. and it's a good core. it's because it's a major transportation corridor as well as being a good housing mix and major institutional uses. the problem with the academy of art if you look at what they have done over the last decade is they've ended up instead of creating as the previous speaker has said a vibrant connection with the community, they just warehouse buildings particularly at the ground level. so there's no interaction with the community. when you look at van ness, right now we have three proposed uses for storing automobiles on van ness. no museum license no plan for any way for the community to go in and view the collection like you can at stanford and uc berkeley or other places that have university museums. but simply to warehouse them. so our first request is there should only be one licensed museum. and it doesn't even have a license. there should be a program students should be trained, community members should be trained. they should be open to the community. this can create a vibrant street for use. this other two proposals fo

van from a nearby car dealership. >> abc 7 news learned that brim was the object of an unspecified medical call in oakland about 12 hours before and he was transported to san leandro hospital where he quote walked away sometime during the morning. >> a good samaritan stepped up to try to diffuse the situation on the train and he ends up being a person that loses his life. and that's very sad. >> now we don't know exactly why those paramedics picked up brim just after 12:30 in the morning yesterday in oakland or whether he was placed on some kind of hold at that san leandro hospital or perhaps he was simply free to leave. all of that is part of the on going investigation. >> laura, thank you so much. >> now are these incidents as rare as b.a.r.t. tries to portray them and what is the solution? >> great question. live from the mcarthur station with some answers from the general manager of b.a.r.t., leann. >> today the general manager did one of his station tours where he talks to people about the system. now people told us that safety is one of their main concerns. >> the fact that the stabbing occurred around 1:00 in the afternoon is troubling enough

managing our streets, public transportation, other mobility options like bike shares and e-scooters, and a lot of public infrastructure projects, like the central subway and vanssb.r.t. this is a system that looks at day-to-day operations as well as looking at the future and how we make sure that the challenges that existed now don't continue to exist in the future. this requires a strong vision and strong leadership. so today i'm proud to announce that the s.f. board will be recommending -- the s.f. m.t.a. board will be recommending jeffry tumlin as the next director of s.f. m.t.a. this is jeffry. you can clap. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: jeff is an international transportation expert who brings over 25 years of experience of improving transportation in cities. he was recently the interim director at the oakland department of transportation, where he laid the foundation for the agency's future success with a lens on environmental benefits and equality. i believe jeffry will do the same at s.f. m.t.a. throughout his career, he has been known for bringing a visionary perspective on transportation in cities and helping to implement innovative ideas that are d

van niekerk has had his fair share of close calls too i think. >>making us believe getting people to us in different things on tuesday, the san francisco municipal transportation agencies. >>industry and safety advisory committee voted on a resolution to set maximum speeds to 20 miles per hour on the smaller neighborhood streets citywide the id any place where you see is a speed limit france's monterey boulevard where i lived. >>it's going to 25 mile an hour posted speed limit that one change the streets the jayson 2 inches terrorist. those little the neighborhood streets. those are the down to 20 miles an hour. >>john winston agrees enforcement of the law and better engineering of the streets also needs to be addressed. but says studies show speed is what kills. >>if you're going 20 miles an hour. you're much less likely to kill somebody when you have them the money going 25 miles an hour. you know this may be controversial, but i think people have a right to be spaced out on the street a little bit once in a while the price for for not total attention all the time said that the debt. >>now as i mentioned this is a baby steps here there's some changes that ne

if we can have much better public transport, we can help people travel around without using their cars, without using the vanstion in the city of nottingham. most will believe that if you have clean public transport, it is properly one of the most sustainable ways of dealing with air pollution, as well as global climate change. i think it will be a real step forward for the city. i am not saying i'm an expert on leeds, i do not know where they we re on leeds, i do not know where they were spot on for air pollution, but if it is anything like london, even in my constituency, we have roads where the air pollution makes all the limits. we have got to act. not just because of climate change, but because what air pollution is to people's health. it is hugely damaging. if you want to invest in peoples health, things like a mass transit system in a city like leeds makes perfect sense. use it out of the case for fiscal rectitude, balance the budget. in 2010 and 2015, that was the kind of argument that voters were prepared to listen to because they could see the financial crisis. do you think it is the type of argumen