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Disgruntled passengers registered \u003ca href=\"http://bayc.it/dKXh/\">1,733 complaints\u003c/a> with the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sf311.org/index.aspx?page=122\">311 complaint line\u003c/a> from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, a 13 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The number was almost double the 900-complaint goal of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which regulates taxis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city agency, which has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/taxi-owner-fights-city-probe-allegations/\">criticized for lax oversight\u003c/a> of the taxi industry, has four civilian investigators to police the 1,500 taxis on the street at any given time. Several cab company owners told The Bay Citizen that they had never heard the passenger complaints lodged against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Rose, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency, said the taxi division has one person dedicated to investigating complaints made to 311.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We investigate every serious allegation and get both sides of the situation and take appropriate action,” he said. “It’s something that we take very seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose could not provide the number of complaints that were investigated or the number of drivers or companies that were disciplined. He said that on average, five to seven complaints are investigated every day, with half resulting in some sort of disciplinary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paucity of taxis and poor service has led to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/mobile-apps-connect-passengers-rides/\">rise of new rideshare services\u003c/a> such as Uber and Lyft, whose apps allow patrons to hail drivers and pay conveniently on their smartphones, observers say. Regulators have cracked down on these high-tech outfits for sidestepping taxi regulations, including not carrying adequate insurance, but the services are popular with passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason those things are developing is because people are dissatisfied with the service they’re receiving,” said Jordanna Thigpen, former deputy director of San Francisco’s taxi commission and now a lawyer in private practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, advocates have called on San Francisco to enact a bill of rights to protect taxi passengers. In New York, for example, each cab posts a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rights.shtml\">list of riders’ rights\u003c/a>, such as a driver who does not use a cellphone while driving and the ability to pay by credit or debit card. Rose said the agency is drafting a bill of rights for San Francisco passengers and drivers that would be displayed on back-seat monitors but gave no time frame for its completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several drivers and company owners said the complaints represent a small share of taxi rides in San Francisco. They blame the transportation agency for creating a climate in which rule breakers don’t get caught and say the city should develop a systemwide dispatch system or mobile app so passengers can easily get a cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, owner of DeSoto Cab, said he would welcome a passenger bill of rights but defended the city’s taxis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, the taxi industry as a whole gives pretty good service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaints filed with 311 were spread across most of the city's cab companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a National Cab driver placed an anonymous call to 311 to report that some of the company’s cabs had bed bugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me and the other drivers are getting tons of bites,” he said. “The management has been informed, but they are doing nothing about the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he said: “I do not want to take bed bugs back to my home and family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nader Shatara, a senior environmental health inspector for the city’s Department of Public Health, told The Bay Citizen that the city sent an inspector who found “one dead bed bug” and no “active infestation.” Shatara said National already had taken care of the pests with an over-the-counter product, but the inspector recommended professional pest control. Shatara said complaints about bed bugs in vehicles are rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Cab President Dan Hinds said in an interview that customers should “absolutely not” worry about getting bed bugs. He said the cab was stripped down, fumigated and had its seats replaced. The bugs were found only in the one cab, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that could happen to any cab in the city,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hinds denied that National Cab management didn’t act in a timely manner, but he conceded that it took several steps to finally rid the cab of the pests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cellphones and cigarettes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, it is illegal to use a mobile phone without a hands-free device while driving. In San Francisco, 35 people filed complaints about drivers who were texting or talking on cellphones while driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One passenger said that during an April 13 ride in a taxi from North Beach to downtown, the Yellow Cab driver was talking on a cellphone without an earpiece, checking emails and “not paying attention to the road straight ahead of him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Arrow Checker Cab driver “was annoyed with traffic” and “started speeding” and then started playing a game on his phone, another patron said. “I ended up getting out of the cab and throwing up,” the caller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no smoking allowed in taxis, but 25 drivers were caught smoking cigarettes, while three cabs smelled of marijuana smoke, according to peeved passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a patron taking a Town Taxi from the airport to South San Francisco complained about a cab that was “cloudy with cigarette smoke,” the driver allegedly replied: “If you don’t like it, get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten people complained that their driver dozed off at the wheel. A Yellow Cab driver “kept falling asleep behind the wheel,” ran a red light and “even fell asleep while I was waiting for his receipt,” wrote one rider who was taking an early morning trip from the airport to downtown San Francisco. “He SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD!!!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A DeSoto driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving downtown and jerked awake only when the patron yelled, “Are you OK? Are you OK?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim, DeSoto Cab’s owner, said such an incident would be “completely unacceptable” and promised to look into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rides refused\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under city law, taxi drivers can’t turn down a fare if passengers present themselves “in a clean, coherent, safe and orderly manner” and the driver isn’t at the end of a shift. But 361 patrons complained to 311 that they were refused a fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifteen people complained that cabs wouldn’t pick them up because they were African American. On Halloween evening in 2011, a black woman called to complain that a Yellow Cab driver pointed to a white woman standing nearby and said, “I want her and not you.” After she complained, the driver used a racial slur, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 130 people called 311 to say they couldn’t get a ride because of their destination, most often to the Richmond or Sunset districts, where cab drivers complain that they have a hard time getting a return fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A caller in the Marina district flagged down a DeSoto cab, but when he told the driver he was going to the Sunset, the driver simply said, “Good luck,” sped off and immediately picked up another fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some drivers also are accused of not taking passengers if they deem the destination too close, leaving tourists and the elderly on the curb. One pregnant woman who was dizzy after a BART ride said she couldn’t get a Yellow Cab driver to take her six blocks to Ellis Street. He told her she should walk instead, she said. A Yellow Cab representative did not return calls or emails seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourists trying to get around town were baffled by drivers who passed them by in hopes of getting a more lucrative airport fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Three cabs would not take my fare,” a tourist complained. “I have never been to a city where a cab for hire refused me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Credit card problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 200 people complained that taxis \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/taxis-credit-card-machine-broken-likely/\">refused to take credit cards\u003c/a>, either forcing them to use cash or booting them from the cab. The complaints came as drivers chafed under a rule that allowed taxi companies to charge them a 5 percent credit card fee, later reduced to 3.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A patron who was headed from Nob Hill to Van Ness Avenue said a Bay Cab driver wouldn’t accept a credit card. When he protested, he said the driver told him, “Get out,” and then “tried to remove me physically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Big Dog City cab driver \"cursed Mexicans\" and stopped after two blocks to kick out a passenger who planned to pay by credit card. “He was very rude and offensive,” the passenger complained. “I don’t even look Mexican.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative of Big Dog City declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 people complained about drivers charging illegal fees, including a charge for using a credit card, a fee for bringing a baby and inflated airport fees. In all, 206 people complained about being overcharged for cab fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One passenger said a driver took a credit card impression “the old-fashioned way.” The next day, the customer said he got a fraud alert about the card being used to make purchases in Brazil. His taxi receipt said it was for Moe’s Cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moe Harb, the company’s owner, told The Bay Citizen that he had never heard the complaint and did not steal anyone’s credit card number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A passenger of another company complained about an offensive discount: A Yellow Cab driver “wanted my friend and me to make out” in exchange for 10 percent off the fare. The driver then grabbed one rider’s face, according to the complaint. “I was terrified,” the woman said. “I asked him to please get us to our hotel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Cab driver was accused of using a woman’s credit card number for more amorous purposes. The driver had made sexual overtures and said she could “find happiness, etc., with him,” she said. The next morning, the driver called her at work, using the information from her credit card. When the woman complained to Bay Cab President Roger Cardenas, he laughed and accused her of being the driver’s wife, she said. Cardenas did not return calls seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am upset by this whole thing and am now very concerned that this driver knows where I live and where I work,” the woman said. “This was not information that I gave him.”\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nThis story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.baycitizen.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>by Zusha Elinson, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/cab-complaints-climb-san-francisco/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/BayCitizenLogo.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-84458\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/BayCitizenLogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco taxi drivers routinely flout the law by refusing rides, declining to take credit cards, charging unauthorized fees, speeding, smoking, and talking and texting on cellphones while driving, according to a year’s worth of passenger complaints reviewed by The Bay Citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxis infested with bed bugs, drivers falling asleep at the wheel, rude behavior and difficulty getting a cab also were among the complaints. One patron reported that a cab driver allegedly stole his credit card number and used it to make purchases in Brazil. And two friends were upset when a driver offered them a 10 percent discount if they made out in front of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84456\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/taxi-flickr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-84456\" title=\"taxi flickr\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/taxi-flickr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(b00nj Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The gripes represent longstanding dissatisfaction with the San Francisco taxi industry. Disgruntled passengers registered \u003ca href=\"http://bayc.it/dKXh/\">1,733 complaints\u003c/a> with the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sf311.org/index.aspx?page=122\">311 complaint line\u003c/a> from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, a 13 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The number was almost double the 900-complaint goal of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which regulates taxis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city agency, which has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/taxi-owner-fights-city-probe-allegations/\">criticized for lax oversight\u003c/a> of the taxi industry, has four civilian investigators to police the 1,500 taxis on the street at any given time. Several cab company owners told The Bay Citizen that they had never heard the passenger complaints lodged against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Rose, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency, said the taxi division has one person dedicated to investigating complaints made to 311.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We investigate every serious allegation and get both sides of the situation and take appropriate action,” he said. “It’s something that we take very seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose could not provide the number of complaints that were investigated or the number of drivers or companies that were disciplined. He said that on average, five to seven complaints are investigated every day, with half resulting in some sort of disciplinary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paucity of taxis and poor service has led to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/mobile-apps-connect-passengers-rides/\">rise of new rideshare services\u003c/a> such as Uber and Lyft, whose apps allow patrons to hail drivers and pay conveniently on their smartphones, observers say. Regulators have cracked down on these high-tech outfits for sidestepping taxi regulations, including not carrying adequate insurance, but the services are popular with passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason those things are developing is because people are dissatisfied with the service they’re receiving,” said Jordanna Thigpen, former deputy director of San Francisco’s taxi commission and now a lawyer in private practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, advocates have called on San Francisco to enact a bill of rights to protect taxi passengers. In New York, for example, each cab posts a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rights.shtml\">list of riders’ rights\u003c/a>, such as a driver who does not use a cellphone while driving and the ability to pay by credit or debit card. Rose said the agency is drafting a bill of rights for San Francisco passengers and drivers that would be displayed on back-seat monitors but gave no time frame for its completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several drivers and company owners said the complaints represent a small share of taxi rides in San Francisco. They blame the transportation agency for creating a climate in which rule breakers don’t get caught and say the city should develop a systemwide dispatch system or mobile app so passengers can easily get a cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, owner of DeSoto Cab, said he would welcome a passenger bill of rights but defended the city’s taxis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, the taxi industry as a whole gives pretty good service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaints filed with 311 were spread across most of the city's cab companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a National Cab driver placed an anonymous call to 311 to report that some of the company’s cabs had bed bugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me and the other drivers are getting tons of bites,” he said. “The management has been informed, but they are doing nothing about the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he said: “I do not want to take bed bugs back to my home and family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nader Shatara, a senior environmental health inspector for the city’s Department of Public Health, told The Bay Citizen that the city sent an inspector who found “one dead bed bug” and no “active infestation.” Shatara said National already had taken care of the pests with an over-the-counter product, but the inspector recommended professional pest control. Shatara said complaints about bed bugs in vehicles are rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Cab President Dan Hinds said in an interview that customers should “absolutely not” worry about getting bed bugs. He said the cab was stripped down, fumigated and had its seats replaced. The bugs were found only in the one cab, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that could happen to any cab in the city,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hinds denied that National Cab management didn’t act in a timely manner, but he conceded that it took several steps to finally rid the cab of the pests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cellphones and cigarettes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, it is illegal to use a mobile phone without a hands-free device while driving. In San Francisco, 35 people filed complaints about drivers who were texting or talking on cellphones while driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One passenger said that during an April 13 ride in a taxi from North Beach to downtown, the Yellow Cab driver was talking on a cellphone without an earpiece, checking emails and “not paying attention to the road straight ahead of him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Arrow Checker Cab driver “was annoyed with traffic” and “started speeding” and then started playing a game on his phone, another patron said. “I ended up getting out of the cab and throwing up,” the caller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no smoking allowed in taxis, but 25 drivers were caught smoking cigarettes, while three cabs smelled of marijuana smoke, according to peeved passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a patron taking a Town Taxi from the airport to South San Francisco complained about a cab that was “cloudy with cigarette smoke,” the driver allegedly replied: “If you don’t like it, get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten people complained that their driver dozed off at the wheel. A Yellow Cab driver “kept falling asleep behind the wheel,” ran a red light and “even fell asleep while I was waiting for his receipt,” wrote one rider who was taking an early morning trip from the airport to downtown San Francisco. “He SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD!!!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A DeSoto driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving downtown and jerked awake only when the patron yelled, “Are you OK? Are you OK?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim, DeSoto Cab’s owner, said such an incident would be “completely unacceptable” and promised to look into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rides refused\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under city law, taxi drivers can’t turn down a fare if passengers present themselves “in a clean, coherent, safe and orderly manner” and the driver isn’t at the end of a shift. But 361 patrons complained to 311 that they were refused a fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifteen people complained that cabs wouldn’t pick them up because they were African American. On Halloween evening in 2011, a black woman called to complain that a Yellow Cab driver pointed to a white woman standing nearby and said, “I want her and not you.” After she complained, the driver used a racial slur, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 130 people called 311 to say they couldn’t get a ride because of their destination, most often to the Richmond or Sunset districts, where cab drivers complain that they have a hard time getting a return fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A caller in the Marina district flagged down a DeSoto cab, but when he told the driver he was going to the Sunset, the driver simply said, “Good luck,” sped off and immediately picked up another fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some drivers also are accused of not taking passengers if they deem the destination too close, leaving tourists and the elderly on the curb. One pregnant woman who was dizzy after a BART ride said she couldn’t get a Yellow Cab driver to take her six blocks to Ellis Street. He told her she should walk instead, she said. A Yellow Cab representative did not return calls or emails seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourists trying to get around town were baffled by drivers who passed them by in hopes of getting a more lucrative airport fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Three cabs would not take my fare,” a tourist complained. “I have never been to a city where a cab for hire refused me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Credit card problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 200 people complained that taxis \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/taxis-credit-card-machine-broken-likely/\">refused to take credit cards\u003c/a>, either forcing them to use cash or booting them from the cab. The complaints came as drivers chafed under a rule that allowed taxi companies to charge them a 5 percent credit card fee, later reduced to 3.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A patron who was headed from Nob Hill to Van Ness Avenue said a Bay Cab driver wouldn’t accept a credit card. When he protested, he said the driver told him, “Get out,” and then “tried to remove me physically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Big Dog City cab driver \"cursed Mexicans\" and stopped after two blocks to kick out a passenger who planned to pay by credit card. “He was very rude and offensive,” the passenger complained. “I don’t even look Mexican.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative of Big Dog City declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 people complained about drivers charging illegal fees, including a charge for using a credit card, a fee for bringing a baby and inflated airport fees. In all, 206 people complained about being overcharged for cab fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One passenger said a driver took a credit card impression “the old-fashioned way.” The next day, the customer said he got a fraud alert about the card being used to make purchases in Brazil. His taxi receipt said it was for Moe’s Cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moe Harb, the company’s owner, told The Bay Citizen that he had never heard the complaint and did not steal anyone’s credit card number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A passenger of another company complained about an offensive discount: A Yellow Cab driver “wanted my friend and me to make out” in exchange for 10 percent off the fare. The driver then grabbed one rider’s face, according to the complaint. “I was terrified,” the woman said. “I asked him to please get us to our hotel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Cab driver was accused of using a woman’s credit card number for more amorous purposes. The driver had made sexual overtures and said she could “find happiness, etc., with him,” she said. The next morning, the driver called her at work, using the information from her credit card. When the woman complained to Bay Cab President Roger Cardenas, he laughed and accused her of being the driver’s wife, she said. Cardenas did not return calls seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84338\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/bart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-84338\" title=\"BART\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/bart-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An eastbound BART train departs San Francisco's 24th Street/Mission station. KQED/Dan Brekke.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's New Year's Eve and Bay Area transit agencies, a San Francisco cab company, and AAA are all offering special service for party-goers tonight. (See the full list of links below for transit agencies offering free or extended service.) In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/cms/apress/ComeonandtakefreerideonMuni.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> will be free after 8 p.m. Ed Reiskin, chief of the Municipal Transportation Agency, says the city gives up a little farebox revenue for a big safety payoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to make sure that people can get around safely and we want to encourage people not to get behind the wheel if they've been drinking,\" Reiskin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Peninsula and South Bay revelers, \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/services/nye.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley light rail and bus service\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> will be free from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/holidayservice.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>CalTrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> will be free after 11 p.m. and will also run four extra trains out of San Francisco after midnight. Trains will leave at 12:45 a.m., 1:15 a.m., 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. or when full. \u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/news/SamTrans_Holiday_Schedules_and_Free_Rides_on_New_Year_s_Eve.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> will offer free bus rides after 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In downtown Oakland, \u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong> will run its \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2012/12/27/leave-the-car-at-home-with-extended-new-year's-eve-service-on-the-broadway-shuttle/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>\"Free B\" shuttle service\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> from 7 p.m. through 1 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2012/news20121212.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> will not be free tonight, but it will run extra trains into and out of San Francisco and stay open until 3 a.m. New Year's morning. The extra train service will accommodate people attending the New Year's Eve fireworks on San Francisco's Embarcadero--but take note that not all trains will make all stops. The details:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Before the fireworks:\u003c/strong> Trains arriving from Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond after 8 p.m. will skip the Embarcadero station and make their first San Francisco stop at Montgomery Street. Trains arriving on the Fremont and Dublin/Pleasanton lines will stop at Embarcadero but skip Montgomery Street. All East Bay-bound trains will make all stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After the fireworks:\u003c/strong> After midnight, eastbound Richmond and Pittsburg/Bay Point trains will take on passengers at Montgomery Street, but skip the Embarcadero stations. Trains to Fremont and Dublin/Pleasanton will take on passengers at Embarcadero, but skip Montgomery Street. All Millbrae and Daly City trains will make all stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003cstrong>Translation: \u003c/strong>If you're taking the Richmond or Pittsburg/Bay Point lines, your last chance to get on a train is at Montgomery Street; if you're headed to Fremont or Dublin/Pleasanton, you can board at Embarcadero but not Montgomery.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another free-ride option for San Francisco celebrants: \u003ca href=\"http://www.luxorcab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Luxor Cab\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> is offering free rides within the city limits for fares of $35 and less. There is a catch: Riders need to mention Berg Injury Lawyers, which is sponsoring the free cab rides in partnership with the taxi company. Luxor cabs can be called at (415) 282-4141.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you've driven and then had too much to drink, \u003ca href=\"http://calstate.aaa.com/auto/car-traffic-safety/aaa-tipsy-tow-program\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AAA's Tipsy Tow\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> program gives free 10-mile tows to anyone who calls. Here are the instructions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"...Drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders, and restaurant managers can call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow home of up to ten miles. Just tell the AAA operator, \"I need a Tipsy Tow,\" and a truck will be on its way. The service will provide a one-way ride for the driver and vehicle to the driver's home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the driver's home as long is there is sufficient room for them to be transported safely in the tow truck. You cannot make a reservation.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transit agencies with free or extended New Year's Eve service:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2012/12/27/leave-the-car-at-home-with-extended-new-year's-eve-service-on-the-broadway-shuttle/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit Free B\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2012/news20121212.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/holidayservice.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>CalTrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/news/SamTrans_Holiday_Schedules_and_Free_Rides_on_New_Year_s_Eve.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/cms/apress/ComeonandtakefreerideonMuni.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/services/nye.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other free New Year's Eve transportation options:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://calstate.aaa.com/auto/car-traffic-safety/aaa-tipsy-tow-program\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AAA's Tipsy Tow\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.luxorcab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Luxor Cab\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other agencies:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/transit/christmas.php\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit buses and ferries\u003c/strong>:\u003c/a> No free or extended service.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84103\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 226px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/munihistorical.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-84103\" title=\"munihistorical\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/munihistorical-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"175\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: SFMTA \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tomorrow is Muni's centennial, barring any delays of course. Whether you want to observe the day with your own mental slogan: \"Prompting patrons to glance at their watch and stare down the track with intense rage for 100 years!,\" or you're happy to go with the official story that the service is \"a mode of choice to the city’s wealth of cultural, sporting, shopping and entertainment venues,\" the fact is on Friday you can \u003cem>ride for free\u003c/em>. And who doesn't love that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gratis period runs from 5 a.m. to 5 a.m., Friday Dec. 28 to Saturday, Dec. 29, though the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/transportation/2012/12/muni-celebrates-100-years-offering-free-service-friday\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner\u003c/a> offers this warning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(T)hough rides will be free Friday, passengers won’t exactly get the full Muni experience. Since holiday ridership levels are typically low, Muni is reducing its service to reflect the lack of passengers. Several bus lines will start later in the day and run less frequently Friday, although light-rail, cable car and historic streetcar service will not change.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Check out the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/cms/malerts/MuniHolidayWeekService.htm\" target=\"_blank\">schedule changes here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->In the meantime, Muni's put up a pretty good \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/drp/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>centennial site\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> that includes a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/drp/content/history-muni\" target=\"_blank\">history of transit service in San Francisco\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"http://sfmta.photoshelter.com/gallery/Happy-Holidays/G0000LBCzuFr18Y0/\" target=\"_blank\">gallery of historical holiday photos\u003c/a>, and this \u003ca href=\"http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=b8c484bc-3432-4a07-a338-59a1a1a5a712\" target=\"_blank\">special publication\u003c/a>, which is labeled as advertising but has a timeline and some nice images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/118151989/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-xuv7595g4w6ybibrfy2\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We'll also throw in the famous 1906 \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So\" target=\"_blank\">A Trip Down Market Street\u003c/a>\" footage, which includes some great shots of old Muni cars, more historical stuff from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.munidiaries.com/muni-time-capsule/\" target=\"_blank\">Muni Diaries' Time Capsule\u003c/a> (a must-click affair for any serious Muniphile), and finally this \u003ca href=\"http://www.munidiaries.com/2010/05/05/a-party-on-the-delayed-33-stanyan-outbound/\" target=\"_blank\">post from that blog\u003c/a>, which chronicles a genuine Muni miracle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni. Love it, hate it, or whatever it ... it's a hundred years old. And it's all yours.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/Giants1.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-83443\" title=\"Giants1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/Giants1.jpeg\" alt=\"Fans at a Giants game this summer. Photo by Roy Luck/Flickr.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans at a Giants game this summer. Photo by Roy Luck/Flickr.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jeff Sucharme has a long list of reasons to be happy that he lived in the Bay Area this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Giants victory was the best. But lets not forget our service men and women. Fleet week was off the chain this year!\" San Francisco resident Sucharme wrote in a comment on \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/npr/\">NPR's Facebook page\u003c/a>. \"Amazing weather, America's Cup, Blue Angels airshow, Niners record-setting game, Hardly Strictly, Castro street fair, and Pier 3 fireworks on the bay. All in one weekend!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow San Francisco resident Jamie Dowd, meanwhile, was a little more succinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every day that happened was the best. San Frantastic!\" he commented.\u003c!--more-->This week, as part of our year-end wrap-up, we asked our followers on social media to name the best thing that happened in the Bay Area in 2012. We also asked them to tell us the No. 1 reason for living in the region this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We received around 150 responses, including some that cited simple pleasures. \"I ate a really good burrito a few weeks ago,\" commented Don Reynolds. Others named personal victories. Randy Nola wrote: \"I moved here; BTW Bay you're welcome.\" Still others described events in their local communities. \"When San Jose Public Library got the funds to open four new branches!\" Amanda Dos Santos wrote. And Steven Kyle Weller said the best thing to happen to the Bay Area was \"the new Target at 4th and Mission.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few events were cited repeatedly. Here are the five that were listed most often or named in comments that received the most Likes on Facebook. Come back to News Fix tomorrow for more about other ways the Bay Area was no. 1 this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83463\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 144px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/romo.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-83463 \" title=\"romo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/romo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Romo. Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. The Giants Won the World Series\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, Sergio Romo was an unheralded 28th-round pick by the Giants. In 2012 he closed out the season as both an athletic and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/26/how-cute-is-sergio-romo/\">pop-culture hero\u003c/a>, striking out arguably the game's best hitter\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> - \u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/5955765/sergio-romo-struck-out-miguel-cabrera-with-the-ballsiest-pitch-of-the-world-series\">Miguel Cabrera\u003c/a> - \u003c/span>in extra innings to complete a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/28/giants-sweep-tigers-for-2nd-world-series-win-in-three-years/\">World Series sweep\u003c/a> of the Tigers. For many locals, the Giants' World Series win was the biggest Bay Area event of the year. In fact, Bjorn Stromsness of Fremont commented that the biggest things to happen in the Bay Area this year were \"1. Giants, 2. Me getting married.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. The A's Made a Thrilling Run to the Playoffs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants weren't the only Bay Area baseball team to generate excitement. Sue Haas wrote on Facebook that her favorite local experience of 2012 was \"following the Oakland A's incredible baseball season!\" The A's had the lowest payroll in baseball and at the end of June they were 13 games out of first place. But when the season ended, the A's were the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/03/live-tweets-as-rangers-battle-for-division-crown/\">AL West champs\u003c/a>. It was the team's first division crown since 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83449\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/pug200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-83449\" title=\"pug200\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/pug200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Pug performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Photo by J. Pitt/Flickr.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. The Big Bay Weekend Packed San Francisco with Entertainment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend of Oct. 5 was kind of like an entertainment convention for the Bay Area. Over just \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/05/avoid-bad-traffic-while-enjoying-big-sf-weekend-events-with-this-guide/\">two days\u003c/a> local residents had the opportunity to experience what seemed like the entire range of entertainment available in the Bay Area. Sports fans could cheer at two Giants games, a San Francisco 49ers game and the America's Cup races. Music fans could check out the long lineup of talented artists at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Families could enjoy the roar of the air shows in the culmination of Fleet Week. Outdoor partiers could head to the Castro Street Fair. And those interested in the region's diversity could watch the Italian Heritage parade. \"I love living in San Francisco,\" Sucharme wrote in summing up the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. The Golden Gate Bridge Celebrated its 75th Anniversary in Style\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands attended a blowout in San Francisco the weekend of May 26 to celebrate the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/05/25/11-good-links-related-to-the-golden-gate-bridge-anniversary/\">75th birthday\u003c/a> of the Bay Area's best-known landmark. The party included music, dancing and an arts exhibition, as well as classic car and boat displays. It closed with a jaw-dropping rock-and-roll fireworks display from the bridge that reportedly included \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-parties-on-for-75th-3593638.php\">three tons\u003c/a> of explosives (watch the video below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/42969389?byline=0&portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/42969389\">Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Fireworks Celebration\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/kfog\">KFOG Radio 104.5/97.7\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Local Transportation got a Little Better\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hillary Stangel is a big fan of public transportation in the Bay Area. \"After living in Los Angeles, Caltrain and BART are dreams come true,\" she wrote on Facebook. 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In 2012 he closed out the season as both an athletic and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/26/how-cute-is-sergio-romo/\">pop-culture hero\u003c/a>, striking out arguably the game's best hitter\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> - \u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/5955765/sergio-romo-struck-out-miguel-cabrera-with-the-ballsiest-pitch-of-the-world-series\">Miguel Cabrera\u003c/a> - \u003c/span>in extra innings to complete a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/28/giants-sweep-tigers-for-2nd-world-series-win-in-three-years/\">World Series sweep\u003c/a> of the Tigers. For many locals, the Giants' World Series win was the biggest Bay Area event of the year. In fact, Bjorn Stromsness of Fremont commented that the biggest things to happen in the Bay Area this year were \"1. Giants, 2. Me getting married.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. 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It was the team's first division crown since 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83449\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/pug200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-83449\" title=\"pug200\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/pug200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Pug performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Photo by J. Pitt/Flickr.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. The Big Bay Weekend Packed San Francisco with Entertainment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend of Oct. 5 was kind of like an entertainment convention for the Bay Area. 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"content": "\u003cp>Listen to the audio version here:[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/birds-for-web.mp3|titles=Birds Cost BART Millions]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nesting birds are adding nearly $5 million to the price of building the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/wsx/index.aspx\">BART extension south of Fremont\u003c/a>. BART's board approved paying the extra cost on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's illegal to damage the nests of migratory birds, and the Bay Area is a stop on the bird superhighway known as the \u003ca href=\"http://conservation.audubon.org/pacific-flyway\">Pacific Flyway\u003c/a>. BART knew to budget some money for planning around birds, but BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the agency underestimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It proved to be much more expensive than we thought it would,\" Trost said. \"And proved to be a lot more birds than we thought it would be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers did everything they could to scare the birds off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sprinklers, reflective streamers, air dancers -- they're at car stations, it's those big billowy type dancing creatures,\" Trost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When that didn't work, they had to wait for the eggs to hatch and the birds to leave their nests, which they had built right in the construction site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART initially budgeted $90,000 to try to keep nesting birds at bay. Deterrence efforts and the extra work that went into continuing construction without disturbing the nests drove the cost up to just under $5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trost says if construction had been delayed, the costs would have been much higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The best news is that, obviously, we protected the eggs. But the project is still on time, and it's on budget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART had the extra money in its contingency fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below are photos of the birds-versus-BART saga, courtesy BART, not the birds.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/mourningdoveandbrood.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82305\" title=\"mourningdoveandbrood\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/mourningdoveandbrood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a> Mourning dove and brood nesting in subway segment 91.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/eggsinstrut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82307\" title=\"eggsinstrut\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/eggsinstrut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>Eggs in strut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/killdeeronnest.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82308\" title=\"killdeeronnest\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/killdeeronnest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>Killdeer on nest inside buffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/americanavocet.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82309\" title=\"americanavocet\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/americanavocet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\">\u003c/a>American avocet nest with egg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/envimonitor.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82310\" title=\"envimonitor\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/envimonitor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>Environmental monitor dismantling nest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read more:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_22125608/barts-bird-problem-5-million-nuisance\">San Jose Mercury News: BART's bird problem a $5 million nuisance\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>by Zusha Elinson, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/accidents-take-toll-millbrae-pedestrians/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/BayCitizenLogo2.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-82335\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/BayCitizenLogo2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>A perilous stretch of El Camino Real in Millbrae where the state was found liable in 2010 for endangering pedestrians continues to claim victims as people try to cross the busy six-lane thoroughfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans was \u003ca href=\"http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=136003\" target=\"_blank\">ordered to pay\u003c/a> $8 million to the family of Emily Liou, who was struck by a Toyota in 2006 while crossing the highway in a crosswalk. Age 17 at the time, she was left in a coma. The jury found that Caltrans had known for years that the crosswalks without traffic signals were dangerous but had taken no action to prevent the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82336\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/El-Camino-Real-in-Millbrae-Zucha-Elinson-The-Bay-Citizen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82336 \" title=\"El Camino Real in Millbrae Zucha Elinson The Bay Citizen\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/El-Camino-Real-in-Millbrae-Zucha-Elinson-The-Bay-Citizen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three people have been struck walking in this crosswalk at Santa Helena Avenue and El Camino Real in the past two months. (Zusha Elinson/The Bay Citizen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the jury’s verdict, Caltrans has done little since then to improve the crossing at Ludeman Lane where Liou was hit or three similar crosswalks within a six-block stretch of El Camino Real. Since the accident, 11 more pedestrians have been hit in these crosswalks. In the past six weeks alone, three people have been injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans spokeswoman Gidget Navarro told The Bay Citizen last week that the agency had installed pedestrian lights at the intersection where Liou was struck. But a visit to the site found no lights. On a rainy evening last week, pedestrians waited along El Camino Real for several minutes at a time for rush-hour traffic to thin just enough so they could scamper across the highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email late Wednesday, Navarro acknowledged that the lights had not been installed but gave no further explanation. Caltrans has jurisdiction over El Camino Real, also known as state Highway 82.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Liou trial, Caltrans repainted the crosswalk and added \u003ca href=\"http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/index.htm\">white triangles on the pavement\u003c/a> outside the white lines, indicating drivers must yield.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedestrian advocates, local officials and lawyers say that Caltrans has a long history of ignoring pedestrians in favor of car traffic. After Liou was hit, Caltrans blocked a 2006 effort by Millbrae to install flashing lights at a nearby crosswalk. During the 2010 trial, Liou’s lawyers showed that Caltrans had never studied pedestrian accident rates in the area or how many people used the crosswalks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re way behind the eight ball when it comes to pedestrian safety,” said Rich Shoenberger, an attorney who represented Liou’s family in the successful lawsuit. “In this instance there couldn't have been a bigger wake-up call to pay attention to the El Camino Real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavily traveled section of highway is near shops, restaurants, three schools and four parks and is about a mile from the Millbrae BART and Caltrain station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Navarro, the Caltrans spokeswoman, said earlier that the agency has initiated a pilot program to address pedestrian safety in San Mateo and Solano counties. She said the agency will install pavement markings and flashing beacons that can be triggered by the push of a button at all uncontrolled intersections along that stretch of El Camino Real. The project “will take a couple of years to finalize,” she said but gave no target date for completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millbrae resident Jean Escobar and her 13-year-old son, Ruben, were hit by a driver on the morning of Oct. 13 while crossing El Camino Real in the crosswalk at Santa Helena Avenue. The car slammed into Jean Escobar’s leg and lifted her son onto the hood, injuring his arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under California law, \u003ca href=\"http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/right_of_way.htm\">pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right of way\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just want to feel safe crossing the street,” said Escobar, a 34-year-old mechanical equipment saleswoman, who on one occasion used glow sticks to make sure passing motorists saw her and Ruben as they crossed the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month later, a 17-year-old girl was walking in the same crosswalk when a car hit her. She sustained major injuries, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It cost so much money for those people’s accident,” Escobar said, referring to the Liou verdict. “Why don’t they just invest that money to prevent it in the first place?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury awarded Liou's family $12.2 million, finding Caltrans 50 percent at fault, the driver 30 percent and Liou, who was wearing dark clothes and listening to an iPod, 20 percent. Caltrans' share ended up being $8 million because the driver's insurance didn't cover her percentage of the damages, according to Schoenberger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schoenberger, a partner at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, said he was surprised that so little had been done to improve safety for pedestrians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they have done nothing to alleviate the obvious and well-known hazards on that roadway is egregious and bordering on despicable because more and more people are getting hurt,” Schoenberger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accident toll of 11 since 2006 is based on data from UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System and the San Mateo County Sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millbrae officials say they have battled Caltrans for years to make changes to El Camino Real. After Liou was hurt, the City Council \u003ca href=\"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/29902\" target=\"_blank\">voted to spend $75,000\u003c/a> to install flashing pedestrian lights at nearby Millwood Drive. But Caltrans rejected the plan, said Millbrae City Clerk Angela Louis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans told the city it would install a traffic light at Millwood instead, Louis said, but the work has yet to begin. She noted that it took nearly a decade for Caltrans to begin installing a traffic light that the city had requested on another section of El Camino Real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be patient,” Louis said. “The wheels of government move slowly sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Millbrae has taken matters into its own hands, rolling out a temporary lighted sign that warns oncoming cars about pedestrians at the intersection where Liou tried to cross the street on a March evening in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a half-mile stretch of El Camino Real in Millbrae there are four crosswalks, which are marked but have no stop signs or traffic lights. Pedestrians continue to be injured by cars while crossing in the crosswalk even after the state was held liable for a dangerous design on that stretch of highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email late Wednesday, Navarro acknowledged that the lights had not been installed but gave no further explanation. Caltrans has jurisdiction over El Camino Real, also known as state Highway 82.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Liou trial, Caltrans repainted the crosswalk and added \u003ca href=\"http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/index.htm\">white triangles on the pavement\u003c/a> outside the white lines, indicating drivers must yield.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedestrian advocates, local officials and lawyers say that Caltrans has a long history of ignoring pedestrians in favor of car traffic. After Liou was hit, Caltrans blocked a 2006 effort by Millbrae to install flashing lights at a nearby crosswalk. During the 2010 trial, Liou’s lawyers showed that Caltrans had never studied pedestrian accident rates in the area or how many people used the crosswalks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re way behind the eight ball when it comes to pedestrian safety,” said Rich Shoenberger, an attorney who represented Liou’s family in the successful lawsuit. “In this instance there couldn't have been a bigger wake-up call to pay attention to the El Camino Real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavily traveled section of highway is near shops, restaurants, three schools and four parks and is about a mile from the Millbrae BART and Caltrain station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Navarro, the Caltrans spokeswoman, said earlier that the agency has initiated a pilot program to address pedestrian safety in San Mateo and Solano counties. She said the agency will install pavement markings and flashing beacons that can be triggered by the push of a button at all uncontrolled intersections along that stretch of El Camino Real. The project “will take a couple of years to finalize,” she said but gave no target date for completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millbrae resident Jean Escobar and her 13-year-old son, Ruben, were hit by a driver on the morning of Oct. 13 while crossing El Camino Real in the crosswalk at Santa Helena Avenue. The car slammed into Jean Escobar’s leg and lifted her son onto the hood, injuring his arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under California law, \u003ca href=\"http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/right_of_way.htm\">pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right of way\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just want to feel safe crossing the street,” said Escobar, a 34-year-old mechanical equipment saleswoman, who on one occasion used glow sticks to make sure passing motorists saw her and Ruben as they crossed the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month later, a 17-year-old girl was walking in the same crosswalk when a car hit her. She sustained major injuries, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It cost so much money for those people’s accident,” Escobar said, referring to the Liou verdict. “Why don’t they just invest that money to prevent it in the first place?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury awarded Liou's family $12.2 million, finding Caltrans 50 percent at fault, the driver 30 percent and Liou, who was wearing dark clothes and listening to an iPod, 20 percent. Caltrans' share ended up being $8 million because the driver's insurance didn't cover her percentage of the damages, according to Schoenberger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schoenberger, a partner at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, said he was surprised that so little had been done to improve safety for pedestrians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they have done nothing to alleviate the obvious and well-known hazards on that roadway is egregious and bordering on despicable because more and more people are getting hurt,” Schoenberger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accident toll of 11 since 2006 is based on data from UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System and the San Mateo County Sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millbrae officials say they have battled Caltrans for years to make changes to El Camino Real. After Liou was hurt, the City Council \u003ca href=\"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/29902\" target=\"_blank\">voted to spend $75,000\u003c/a> to install flashing pedestrian lights at nearby Millwood Drive. But Caltrans rejected the plan, said Millbrae City Clerk Angela Louis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans told the city it would install a traffic light at Millwood instead, Louis said, but the work has yet to begin. She noted that it took nearly a decade for Caltrans to begin installing a traffic light that the city had requested on another section of El Camino Real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be patient,” Louis said. “The wheels of government move slowly sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Millbrae has taken matters into its own hands, rolling out a temporary lighted sign that warns oncoming cars about pedestrians at the intersection where Liou tried to cross the street on a March evening in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a half-mile stretch of El Camino Real in Millbrae there are four crosswalks, which are marked but have no stop signs or traffic lights. Pedestrians continue to be injured by cars while crossing in the crosswalk even after the state was held liable for a dangerous design on that stretch of highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>(Bay City News) Qualifying low-income youth are slated to start riding San Francisco Municipal Railway buses and trains for free starting in March 2013 following today's approval of a pilot program by the city's Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board unanimously passed a resolution at this afternoon's City Hall meeting that accepts and expends $1.6 million for a 16-month pilot program to provide free Muni rides for youth who apply for the program and are eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding comes from a $6.7 million Transit Performance Initiative grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that also puts $5.1 million into a light-rail vehicle rehabilitation program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transportation director Ed Reiskin said the \"lion's share\" of the grant goes to service improvement, but \"enables us to serve both\" service needs and youth riders. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The hard-won program is expected to help 40,000 low-income youth use public transit in the face of rising bus pass costs and eliminated school bus service.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The TPI funding has the goal of increasing ridership, which is something free Muni advocates, including city Supervisor David Campos, have claimed the program will promote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because of these riders the system will be sustained,\" Campos said at today's meeting. \"It's helping low-income youth and making sure the system works.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's decision follows back-and-forth discussions regarding the pilot program including an April SFMTA board meeting where members approved a free Muni program contingent on MTC funding. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, back in October, MTC granted the $6.7 million to the transit agency to use as seen fit, which spurred new discussion, including involvement with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, about how the money should be spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some compromise with youth advocate groups, the pilot program went from a 22-month program for all city youth to a 16-month trial period for low-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Youth advocates, many from groups who have formed a coalition through People Organized to Win Employment Rights, or POWER, have been fighting for the free Muni pilot program for more than two years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hard-won program is expected to help 40,000 low-income youth use public transit in the face of rising bus pass costs and eliminated school bus service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A youth month pass on Muni costs $22 per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's reaction was joyous as a crowd of supporters at the meeting broke out in applause and continued to express their happiness with the decision outside the board chambers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It will invest in a new generation of transit riders,\" San Francisco Youth Commission spokesman Paul Monge-Rodriguez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next steps for the youth advocates are ensuring implementation and access, while also monitoring the program's effectiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has been two years -- we are really happy,\" Donaji Lona, an organizer with POWER, said. \"We have to make sure all kids have access.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applications for the program are set to go out to families by the end of the month and will be ready for submission to the SFMTA starting in January, according to the Monge-Rodriguez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program will then kick off in March 2013 and continue through June 30, 2014, when the decision to continue the program will be reevaluated, according to SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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