world-class city is a city that tries to democratize its streets, sidewalks, plazas, playgrounds, public realms. world-class cities now are competing for the best and brightest, and they understand the quality of life is that one differentiated that establishes those that will be the leaders 5, 10, 15, 25 years from now. san francisco does not want to see its world-class status. -- does not want to cede its world-class status. means we have to be a city that is friendly to bicyclist. it means we have to restate that recognizes that we cohabitate. this is not the old days where it is about bicycles versus cars. this is about bicycles and cars. this is about, again, quality of life. i want to congratulate everyone who worked so hard to get us here. this took a lot of time, a lot of money, and at the end of the day, what did we prove? that you can delay things, but you cannot and things, so it is in the spirit of that recognition that there was a delay, but there is now a real progress that we are going to see things really take off. i'm really proud of all our team behind me and those that

world-class city is a city that tries to democratize its streets, sidewalks, plazas, playgrounds, public realms. world-class cities now are competing for the best and brightest, and they understand the quality of life is that one differentiated that establishes those that will be the leaders 5, 10, 15, 25 years from now. san francisco does not want to see its world-class status. -- does not want to cede its world-class status. means we have to be a city that is friendly to bicyclist.

this will be a 21st century building for a 21st century region and state and a world- class building for a world-class city. i would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our speakers today and also recognize the countless number of people across the san francisco bay area, california, and washington, d.c., who worked with us to make this happen. many are here today and others in spirit. thank you all. we made it. the grand central station of the west coast is starting construction. [applause] thank you. now, i would like to introduce our first speaker, the chairman of our board, nathaniel ford. he serves as the chair of the transbay joint powers authority and the executive director of the municipal transportation agency. he also sits on the caltrain board of directors. he has been a strong supporter of the project since its arrival, and we are deeply grateful for his leadership and guidance. chairman ford. [applause] >> thank you, maria. good morning, everyone. today is a great day, and we thank you for coming to our ceremony. i say our ceremony because it took all of us to pull this together, al

. >> being a world-class city means we have to be a pedestrian-friendly city, it means we have to be a city friendly to bicyclists. >> san francisco will be transformed and the streets will be a wonderful place for everyone to travel. >> reporter: there are 35 new like bane projects. some a few blocks long will only take plays to complete. the others will be done in a few months. they are spread around the city and include cesar chavez, polk, north point, fifth street. but in some cases, driving spaces will be lost which was the basis for the court injunction. in an already-congested city where a lot of people think there are too few spaces, the idea is controversial. >> i don't think it's a good idea. there's a problem with parking. there are not a lot of parking spaces. there's a lot of demand for parking. >> reporter: city law says bicycling increase has increased by .3. money has been set aside for the projects. not all of the details of the project has been released to us yet. but be ready for real changes on the streets of san francisco. live in san francisco, jim vargas, ktvu

of land making us one of the most likable cities, and i think everyone recognizes that this is just another step in our establishing ourselves as a world-class white city. with that, i would like to turn it over to our mayor, who has been a champion as we went through the legal battle we had to go through. -- establishing ourselves as a world-class bicycle city. gavin newsom thank you to the members of the -- mayor newsom: thank you to the

it's really interesting to see all of the world class cities are investing in bicycle infrastructure. you see what london's doing, what paris is doing. you see what's going on in spain and barcelona and big cities across the united states. i think they understand that they have to find more sustainable ways of getting people around, healthier ways of getting people around and it doesn't cost a lot of money to do so. so, if we're going to continue to grow and thrive, we need to actually do these kinds of investments and it's extremely important to create an attractive public realm because it's important for the business community. the best and the brightest can live anywhere, capital can go anywhere. so, creating a city and a place where you want to be and linger and enjoy is an important part of the competitiveness strategy for cities. >> people need to get the bikes. >> and then people need to get the bikes. >> let's take a look at what we have here and bring in caroline. good to see you. thanks for joining us. you're the director of bike add vo ka see at transportation alternatives.

. >> it's about time we're supposed to be a world class city but if you look at our transportation it's kind of archaic. >> reporter: this will help move things forward. >> i think it's a great idea. i think at the point in time making travel accessible to everybody and making it easy for everybody probably what we need to do and putting the infrastructure in california isn't that what we need. >> reporter: but not all are excited about the rail. about 46% of people in the state have expressed concerns about the timing and the cost of the high speed rail project. it's supposed to cost about $45 billion to build a bullet train rail line that would go from sacramento to the bay area and down southern california. so far the rail authority only has about three quarters of the money it needs to complete this project. last week it asked the federal government for about a billion dollars to contribute to this project. construction on the rail line is supposed to start in 2012. but the ground breaking for this particular station does start today. u.s. transportation secretary, governor schwarze

this is in part because of the last couple of years these cities have gotten more business friendly and developed world- class restaurants and entertainment revenues. this proposed alcohol free to just give some of these people another reason not to come across the bridge, as unfortunately for many friends that i have in the east bay, the idea of a big night out in san francisco is not a big night out anymore. i implore the board to not allow this alcohol feed to be imposed. supervisor avalos: thank you. i will read a few more cards. [reads names ] >> thank you, i have been a resident of san francisco for 36 years. in the long run hospitals and jails will pay the price. i am an alcoholic and now that i am in recovery, i am proud of my life. proud of where i am. >> thank you, i speaker, please. -- next speaker, breeze. -- next speaker, please. >> this is a small price to pay given the bad effects of alcohol in the world today. it will not make a big difference to pay few cents more to drink. helping with the health care costs, which are going through the roof at this time and will only get worse. thank you. su

incentives but will this project make russia the country of world class and evasive products nobel prize winner and co-chair of the skull covered size city project. is here to answer this question. this is one of the most respected scientists in the world does research into semiconductors has become a cornerstone for all modern high tech devices his work in the nobel prize ten years ago when russian president medvedev said he wanted modernization and you know patients in the economy and industry was definitely thinking of people like to take the lead it's seen as a priority to restore russia's intellectual potential and stop the brain drain. on his american colleague roger kornberg have been invited to spearhead a scientific c.t.d. a moscow the russian silicon valley today's arrest has come to spotlight to talk about what's ahead for the russian science. thank you very much for coming and coming to the studio well first of all let's talk about the name silicon valley as soon as the government decided to develop this project it was named silicon valley after the after the american silicon valley so do you like the name and do you are you

one city might put a stop to those controversial cameras. also, she's a world classl seeker, next in sports, a bay area woman who achieved a adventure grand slam. >> it's too much. it's the bill not correct. and one woman's billing fiasco pg&e just couldn't get right until michael finney stepped in. >> thank you very much. >> and a 3-year-old manteca girl is a big hero getting help that saved her daughter's life. >> she walked several blocks today a fire station last friday after her father collapsed in the living room. >> her father had gotten medication confuse ifd been here over 20 years, it's the first time i had a 3-year-old walk up to the fire station, walked into the house. and she walked us to the house her dad was in the living room, needing care. >> the family says they pass the fire station every day and point to it as a save place ashe was listening to her parents what. a cutie. >> yes. yeah. >> and world news is coming up next. >> ask i'm dan ashley.

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city of san francisco, and to see it be here. it is a wonderful sight indeed. this is a world class structure. there is nothing like it in the united states of america. one could argue there's no tower like this anywhere in the world. this is something for generations that we're going to be very proud of. we have the icon, which is the golden gate bridge. i think the bay bridge is beautiful. it always is the stepchild of the golden gate, but i think that could change. nothing will replace the putin and majesty of the golden gate, the folks will be talking about this bridge all around the world. it is absolutely spectacular. has been a work of love and passion. so many people that made this happen and kept this moving, and i want to put my hat off to all of you, and in the spirit of and had, make a point that needs to be made about this hat, and that is we are very proud that we delivered another icon. this not from the far east in asia, but from back east in new york city with a brilliant move by the golden state warriors that was lost not by all of us out here but by some folks in the media l