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"content": "\u003cp>For four years, Edhuar Arellano has left his house at 7 a.m. on weekdays to drive customers around the Bay Area for Lyft and Uber. Most days, he doesn’t get home to Santa Clara until 11 p.m. On weekends, he delivers pizzas to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of drivers plugging in to ride-hailing apps for work, he likes the flexibility the gig economy has offered. But given the choice, Arellano says he wishes he could just become an employee. That would get him paid vacation, benefits, overtime, his own health insurance and perhaps more say over his working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to accept whatever they want,” said the 55-year-old father of two grown children. “I can’t control anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That quandary is behind a ferocious battle quietly playing out in the Capitol in the final days of the legislative session, which ends Aug. 31. Lobbyists for ride-hailing companies and the California Chamber of Commerce are scrambling to delay until next year (and the next governor’s administration) a far-reaching California Supreme Court decision that could grant Arellano’s wish — and, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article216475550.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">businesses fear\u003c/a>, undermine the entire gig economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2018/s222732.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April ruling\u003c/a>, involving the nationwide delivery company Dynamex Operations West Inc. and its contract drivers, established a new test for enforcement of California wage laws, and made it much harder for companies in California to claim that independent contractors are not actually employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the ruling only applies to California, the state’s labor force is so huge that it has already had national impact. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trost cited the public's increased reliance on rideshare services such as Lyft and Uber as one major reason for the decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When people are traveling as a group, it may be cheaper to get into a ride share instead of on BART,\" Trost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trost acknowledged evening and weekend riders would like to see trains arrive more frequently than they currently do. A typical wait-time can be 20 minutes between trains at night or on the weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But adding more service outside peak hours is hard, Trost said, in part because BART is performing critical maintenance late at night and on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can't provide train service more frequently because we do need to focus on rebuilding the system, and we do that on the weekends when it doesn't impact so many riders,\" Trost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11687889\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-800x388.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from BART's BARTable website, advertising interesting places to go on BART.\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-800x388.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-160x78.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-1020x494.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-1200x582.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-1920x931.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-1180x572.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-960x465.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-240x116.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-375x182.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-20-at-15.17.32-520x252.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from the BARTable website, advertising interesting places to go on BART. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Trost said BART is trying to attract more customers outside regular weekday commute hours by marketing the advantages of public transit to leisure users. At the center of its campaign is the \u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BARTable\u003c/a> website, which provides information about and discounts to BART-friendly destinations, like \u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/featured/community-meets-academia-lake-merritts-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland's Lake Merritt\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/contests-deals/win-tickets-war-roses-cal-shakes-orinda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Shakespeare Theater\u003c/a> in Orinda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she added, BART is currently working on an app that would provide discounts to groups traveling to the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is directly to compete with those rideshare companies,\" Trost said, adding that BART is hoping to launch the app later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trost cited concerns about public safety as the other major reason for the decline in off-peak ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said BART is working on a safety and security action plan to address public concerns in the wake of incidents like the fatal stabbing last month of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682006/one-killed-one-wounded-in-oakland-bart-stabbing\">Nia Wilson\u003c/a> at MacArthur Station in Oakland, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11424842/bart-cops-investigating-weekend-train-robbery-in-oakland\">2017 mass robbery by dozens of teens\u003c/a> at the Coliseum Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11685026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11685026\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/IMG_0565-e1533576572817-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign at the front of Acts Full Gospel Church in East Oakland, for the funeral of Nia Wilson. \u003ccite>(Sandhya Dirks )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We are trying to get more officer presence at the stations, especially those where the data shows we need it the most,\" Trost said. \"And we're trying to give riders safety tips.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline in ridership on BART reflects national trends, with most big transit systems seeing similar drops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, ridership declines have spread even to the country’s most transit-intensive cities,\" note the authors of the recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.apta.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Public Transportation Association\u003c/a> report, \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.apta.com/resources/reportsandpublications/Documents/APTA-Understanding-Recent-Ridership-Changes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Recent Ridership Changes\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent nationwide trends, like the emergence of new mobility companies and new technologies, have the potential to reform the current mobility landscape and reduce personal automobile trips. However, public transportation agencies must adapt in order to reinforce the position of public transit as an efficient mode of travel,\" according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the decreases in ridership, people continue to rely on BART for financial and other reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Depending on the weather and how late it is, if I'm near BART, I take BART,\" said San Francisco resident Jenny Shao, who lives near the downtown area. \"Absent of owning a car, having a ride-share account, or being around people who drive, I have no other option.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sept. 25, 2018: This story includes a correction.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regional air regulators have approved a proposal by Phillips 66 to process an extra 61 million gallons of gas oil every year at its refinery in Rodeo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District informed the Houston-based oil giant Thursday (August 16, 2018) that a unit at the facility can immediately begin processing an additional 4,000 barrels — 168,000 gallons — of the fuel every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local environmental groups slammed the company for the expansion and the air district for allowing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The refinery is trying to pretend that the increases are insignificant\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper. \"The air board seems to be falling for this ploy at the expense of the community's health and the Bay's water quality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choksi-Chugh and Hollin Kretzmann, a staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, say Phillips 66 has long been pressing the air district to change its permits and allow increased refining capacity at its Contra Costa County facility, with a goal of processing heavier Canadian crude oils.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists have said spills involving heavy tar-sands oil from Canada are more dangerous and harder to clean up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At a time when California needs to rapidly move away from fossil fuels, this short-sighted decision will take us in the exact opposite direction,\" Kretzmann said. \"The air district should be fighting to protect our air and health, not bending over backwards to help the oil industry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air regulators have no power to dictate what kind of oil a refinery blends at their facilities, according to Bay Area Air Quality Management District spokesman Tom Flannigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phillips 66 spokesman Dennis Nuss declined to comment on why the company requested the increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a note in the air district's \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/engineering/title-v-permits/a0016/a0016_statementoffindings_unicracker_project_app27954_082018-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">findings\u003c/a> provides a couple of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The requested change of conditions will allow the refinery additional flexibility and processing capacity to operate units more efficiently and to more easily recover from planned outages for maintenance,\" the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district determined that the newly approved 4,000-barrel-a-day increase could create 130 pounds a year in emissions above the refinery's old permit, Flannigan said. The agency concluded that amount was \"insignificant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expansion \"would contribute to regional air pollutant emissions, but ... its contribution would not be cumulatively considerable,\" the district's findings state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air agency's approval comes as the oil company also pushes to more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11593334/phillips-66-seeks-big-increase-in-tanker-traffic-to-rodeo-refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">double the number of oil tankers\u003c/a> permitted to unload crude oil at its marine terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, 59 ships a year are allowed to make crude and gas deliveries at the terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phillips 66 wants to increase that limit to 135. That hike would raise the daily average of oil unloaded at the terminal from about 51,000 barrels to 130,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The approval process for that is separate from the one granted Thursday, and there's no timetable for its completion, air district spokesman Tom Flannigan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September 2016, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11514480/refinery-tanker-firm-cited-for-fumes-that-sickened-scores-in-vallejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crude oil spill\u003c/a> near the Phillips 66 marine terminal caused an overpowering odor that sickened Vallejo residents and led to a set of citations from the air district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: This story originally reported that the air district's permit approval allowed an increase in crude processing. But the unit involved only process gas oil.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He was taken to a hospital, where he died that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, KQED reported that state workplace regulators had investigated Ricketts’ employer, Oakland-based Shimmick Construction, 13 times in the last five years and issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.search?p_logger=1&establishment=Shimmick&State=CA&officetype=all&Office=all&p_case=all&p_violations_exist=all&startmonth=08&startday=13&startyear=2013&endmonth=08&endday=13&endyear=2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23 citations\u003c/a> to the firm. 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We never rush construction work,” Reiskin said. “We have a lot of folks working there and it’s a very kind of confined environment, but we go above and beyond, and always try to do so, in terms of making construction sites safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happened is horribly tragic and very sad and our thoughts are with the family,” Reiskin said. “We want everyone working on any of our job sites to go home safely everyday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiskin said Muni officials have conducted an “exhaustive investigation” and taken “a number of precautions” to prevent another fatality on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The job site is safe. It’s safer now,” he said. Reiskin and other SFMTA officials have emphasized that Ricketts’ death is the only injury associated with the Twin Peaks tunnel project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687029\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11687029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal.jpg\" alt=\"The West Portal side of SFMTA's Twin Peaks Tunnel Project. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Portal side of SFMTA’s Twin Peaks Tunnel Project. \u003ccite>(Ted Goldberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But at least one leading expert on workplace safety issues said that Friday’s death combined with Shimmick Construction’s safety record should lead to more scrutiny by state regulators and city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It raises concerns for me,” said Linda Delp, director of the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program. “There’s a recurring pattern here of problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA is investigating Shimmick in connection with Friday’s fatality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for the company did not respond to questions about the firm’s safety record but did offer a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply saddened by this terrible tragedy and we are working with all relevant agencies to investigate the matter,” John Gallagher, a Shimmick spokesman, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimmick has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2018/01/2-6-18_item_14_contract_award_-_twin_peaks_tunnel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$40 million contract\u003c/a> with the city on the tunnel project between Muni’s Castro and West Portal Stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a job that inherently has its own risks, according to John Doherty, business manger and financial secretary for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6, a San Francisco union that represents 2,800 people and about a dozen workers on the Twin Peaks tunnel project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re only two ends of the tunnel. You can’t just dodge to the side to get out of the way of something,” Doherty said in an interview. “It’s a dangerous place and you have to be extremely heightened on your surroundings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s fatality marked the first on-the-job death of an IBEW member in San Francisco in more than a decade, according to Doherty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a pretty heavy feeling down there,” Doherty said. “It’s just a tragic situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beam pinned Ricketts on the ground just after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Fellow workers rushed to help and called 911, according to SFMTA officials. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reporting prompted Supervisor Norman Yee, who represents the area where the Ricketts’ death occurred, to call for a hearing into safety issues associated with the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am deeply concerned about the history of workplace and safety violations committed by this contractor,” Yee said in a statement Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a city, we must make every effort to fully vet our contractors and ensure we are only contracting with companies that are forthright about their safety record and put the safety of workers at the forefront,” Yee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supervisor was referring to media reports that Shimmick told city officials, when it bid for the project, it had not been cited for any serious or willful safety violations by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ed Reiskin, director of transportation for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, was asked by a reporter on Tuesday at a celebration for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project whether he’s worried about the safety of the tunnel project and if pressure to complete it in the coming weeks may have led to Ricketts’ death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No, I don’t have any concerns and we’re absolutely not rushing. We never rush construction work,” Reiskin said. “We have a lot of folks working there and it’s a very kind of confined environment, but we go above and beyond, and always try to do so, in terms of making construction sites safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happened is horribly tragic and very sad and our thoughts are with the family,” Reiskin said. “We want everyone working on any of our job sites to go home safely everyday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiskin said Muni officials have conducted an “exhaustive investigation” and taken “a number of precautions” to prevent another fatality on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The job site is safe. It’s safer now,” he said. Reiskin and other SFMTA officials have emphasized that Ricketts’ death is the only injury associated with the Twin Peaks tunnel project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687029\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11687029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal.jpg\" alt=\"The West Portal side of SFMTA's Twin Peaks Tunnel Project. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/westportal-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Portal side of SFMTA’s Twin Peaks Tunnel Project. \u003ccite>(Ted Goldberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But at least one leading expert on workplace safety issues said that Friday’s death combined with Shimmick Construction’s safety record should lead to more scrutiny by state regulators and city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It raises concerns for me,” said Linda Delp, director of the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program. “There’s a recurring pattern here of problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA is investigating Shimmick in connection with Friday’s fatality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for the company did not respond to questions about the firm’s safety record but did offer a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply saddened by this terrible tragedy and we are working with all relevant agencies to investigate the matter,” John Gallagher, a Shimmick spokesman, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimmick has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2018/01/2-6-18_item_14_contract_award_-_twin_peaks_tunnel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$40 million contract\u003c/a> with the city on the tunnel project between Muni’s Castro and West Portal Stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a job that inherently has its own risks, according to John Doherty, business manger and financial secretary for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6, a San Francisco union that represents 2,800 people and about a dozen workers on the Twin Peaks tunnel project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re only two ends of the tunnel. You can’t just dodge to the side to get out of the way of something,” Doherty said in an interview. “It’s a dangerous place and you have to be extremely heightened on your surroundings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s fatality marked the first on-the-job death of an IBEW member in San Francisco in more than a decade, according to Doherty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a pretty heavy feeling down there,” Doherty said. “It’s just a tragic situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beam pinned Ricketts on the ground just after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Fellow workers rushed to help and called 911, according to SFMTA officials. Firefighters came through the West Portal side of the tunnel to extricate the injured worker, and he was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following evening work resumed at the site and grief counselors were made available to people working on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 100-year-old tunnel is undergoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/twin-peaks-tunnel-improvements-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major rehabilitation and replacement work\u003c/a> that includes track replacements, wall and ceiling repairs and seismic upgrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials say the project is slated to be completed in late August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Monica Samayoa of KQED News contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>L.A. Metro will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives, officials said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins, who runs L.A. Metro's law enforcement division.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person's body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet away and have the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're dealing with persistent threats to our transportation systems in our country,\" said U.S. Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. \"Our job is to ensure security in the transportation systems so that a terrorist incident does not happen on our watch.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Pekoske and other officials demonstrated the new machines, which are being purchased from Thruvision, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're looking specifically for weapons that have the ability to cause a mass-casualty event,\" Wiggins said. \"We're looking for explosive vests, we're looking for assault rifles. We're not necessarily looking for smaller weapons that don't have the ability to inflict mass casualties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Some further details on the technology \u003ca href=\"https://thesource.metro.net/2018/08/14/tsa-and-l-a-metro-partner-to-provide-advanced-passenger-screening-system/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via L.A. Metro\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Following a series of tests over the last year of TSA-vetted and approved security technologies at its stations, Metro has purchased several Thruvision TAC-TS4 portable terahertz millimeter wave passenger screening devices. The units can be placed at locations throughout the Metro system and are equipped with software that quickly and unobtrusively screens individuals for concealed threats. The units can identify both metallic and non-metallic objects.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nThe devices identify objects that block the naturally-occurring waves produced by a person’s body. When an object is hidden in clothing or strapped to a person, these waves are blocked and detected by the system’s software. The software generates generic avatars and creates either a black spot on the area of the body where the item is concealed or overlays a color indicator. The technology does not emit radiation of any kind and no anatomical details are displayed. The device allows law enforcement agents and Metro Security to screen rail and bus patrons without disrupting foot traffic and to take decisive, pre-emptive action if suspicious items are found.) \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In addition to the Thruvision scanners, the agency is also planning to purchase other body scanners — which resemble white television cameras on tripods — that have the ability to move around and target specific people and angles, Wiggins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We really want to be effective and we need the ability to have a fixed field of view, but we also need to be able to move that field of view as necessary,\" Wiggins said. \"Deploying these technologies together gives us that accuracy and minimizes any delays.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiggins would not say how many of the machines were being purchased, but said they would be rolled out in subway stations in the \"coming months.\" Employees and police officers first have to be trained on how to use the equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs will be posted at stations warning passengers they are subject to body scanner screening. The screening process is voluntary, Wiggins said, but customers who choose not be screened won't be able to ride on the subway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some passengers saw the screening as an added layer of security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I guess it is a good, precautionary thing,\" Andrea Kirsh said, a 22-year-old student from Corvallis, Oregon, who was traveling through Los Angeles' Union Station on Tuesday. \"It makes me feel safe. As a civilian I think we often don't know what to look for or what we would be looking for.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Passengers who rode down an escalator to ride the Metro Red Line at Union Station in Los Angeles on Tuesday were screened as Pekoske and other officials looked on. 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In fact, the event drew so many people that the San Francisco Fire Department shut it down about an hour earlier than scheduled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transit is now open to all comers, with its rooftop park accessible every day from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some common questions and (we hope more or less responsive) answers about the new center. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]1[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>What is it? Where is it?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salesforce Transit center will serve at first as a hub for commuter bus service, mostly from the East Bay to San Francisco. It's also designed as an eventual terminal for Caltrain and California high-speed rail. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond that, it's intended to serve as a center of neighborhood activity, with a 5.4-acre park atop its roof and nearly three dozen shops and restaurants. The facility also features \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838501/lets-talk-about-the-public-art-at-the-new-transbay-transit-center\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a wide array of public art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The location: The center is sandwiched between two old South of Market alleys, Minna and Natoma streets -- they're parallel to and just south of Mission Street -- and extends from Beale Street on the east almost to Second Street on the west. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3152.985778874297!2d-122.39736737369667!3d37.790373045205726!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x808580635b37f819%3A0xfc2ecef94a22fe5e!2sSalesforce+Transit+Center!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1534015019181&w=800&h=600]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]2[/dropcap]\u003cstrong>When does the spectacular new transit center officially open for service?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday morning, Aug. 12,when the first buses from the East Bay roll off the Bay Bridge and cross the cool-looking new stayed-cable ramp onto the transit center's upstairs bus deck. We hear the very first bus will be running on AC Transit's O line, running from Fruitvale BART through Alameda. It's supposed to arrive at the center at 5:39 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]3[/dropcap]\u003cstrong> Why do you keep calling it \"spectacular?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're struck by the scale, the form, the imagination of the structure, which is so much more than a utilitarian terminal for comings and goings. Here are a couple of visuals that show what we mean:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>de zeen:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/07/pelli-clarke-pelli-architects-salesforce-transit-center-opens-san-francisco/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pelli Clarke Pelli's Salesforce Transit Center opens in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-s-new-transit-center-finally-13129993.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco imposing new transit center ready to roll at last\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]4[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>Do I have to call it the 'Salesforce Transit Center'? And why is it called the Salesforce Transit Center, anyway?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686349\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/aerial-with-parcel-f-e1533950295555.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/aerial-with-parcel-f-1020x1362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11686349\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's rendering of the rooftop city park atop the Salesforce Transit Center, as seen from above Second Street. \u003ccite>(Transbay Joint Powers Authority)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No one will force you to utter the words \"Salesforce Transit Center,\" though we'd bet the company's founder and co-CEO, Marc Benioff, would love it if you say it as often as you can. (The San Francisco Chronicle's John King noted during an episode of KQED's \"Forum\" program this week that Muni, the city's transit system, may have come up with a sly workaround that avoids using the word \"Salesforce\" on its buses. The Muni lines that terminate there -- the 5 Fulton, the 7 Haight-Noriega and the 38 Geary -- have destination signs saying \"SF Transit Center.\") \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to why it's being called the Salesforce Transit Center, instead of the plain old Transbay Transit Center: It's strictly a matter of dollars and cents. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the agency formed to build and operate the center, says the sprawling complex will cost something like $27 million a year to run. The authority sold naming rights to Salesforce, whose new megatower shares a portion of the transit center site. The proceeds: $110 million for 25 years (That's $4.4 million a year. Where will the rest of the money come from? The main sources are bridge tolls collected through Regional Measures 2 and 3 and proceeds from leases on the center's retail space.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]5[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>The transit center has a park on top?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does. And by all accounts -- we have not been up there yet, but you can see dense foliage atop the building if you're in the neighborhood -- it's a wonder to behold. The park includes 10 distinct gardens, including a redwood forest, wetland garden and Australian and South African gardens. The rooftop also features a music stage and children's playground. For more on the park, see:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Super-cool-transit-center-and-park-opens-in-13150443.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Public most on board with Transbay Transit Center's 'super cool' new park\u003c/a>'\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/salesforce-park/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official park website\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TJPA-Park-Rules-Adopted-9-7-17.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official park rules\u003c/a>, from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]6[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>How much did the transit center cost?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price tag: $2.159 billion. That sounds like, and is, a lot. For a sliver of historical context: The original Transbay Terminal, built as an adjunct to the Bay Bridge, cost about $3 million, equivalent to about $55.8 million in 2018 dollars. But the two facilities are vastly different: The new transit center includes a double-deck underground train platform in preparation for the day when Caltrain, the Peninsula commuter service, and California high-speed rail can roll into San Francisco. The new center also features a quarter-mile-long, 5.4-acre rooftop park, a major amenity in the city's downtown core. For more on the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]7[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>When will the transit center connect to Caltrain and high-speed rail? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's uncertain, and a huge amount of work needs to be done before trains can get to the new terminal: The rail route that currently carries Caltrain into the city must be extended from 4th and Townsend streets, its current terminus, another mile and a half to Mission and Fremont streets. That likely will involve a major tunneling project. But before any of that happens, the city and partner transportation agencies will need to choose the exact alignment and rail/tunnel configuration -- a decision due by the end of this year. The city's \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/__Agendas+and+Minutes/JPB/2018/2018-08-02+-+RAB+study+revised.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">current preferred alternative\u003c/a> is to run a tunnel under Pennsylvania Avenue from near Cesar Chavez Street, then zigzag into downtown by way of Townsend and Second streets. The new route and tunnel would cost at least $6 billion, and Caltrain could start rolling into downtown by 2026 or 2027. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for high-speed rail, current estimates are it could begin service by the end of the next decade. No, that doesn't sound very soon or like we know it will happen for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]8[/dropcap]\u003cstrong> Does the center connect to BART?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not yet. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority envisions building an 800-foot tunnel under Beale Street from the transit center to the Embarcadero BART/Muni Metro station on Market Street. There's no date set for that project. In the meantime, you can continue your brisk above-ground hike to BART. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]9[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>I want to eat and drink and shop. Can I do that at the new transit center? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, although the process of leasing retail space is only partly completed and only pop-up retail shops will be in place at first. Announced tenants include Philz Coffee, a bar run by South of Market watering hole Eddie Rickenbacker's, Fitness SF and Onsite Dental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]10[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>What bus services will use the new transit center?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Muni:\u003c/strong> Started service from the street-level bus plaza in June. The lines serving the center are the 5 Fulton, 7 Haight-Noriega and 38 Geary. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>AC Transit:\u003c/strong> All transbay lines will serve the station starting Sunday, Aug. 12. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Others\u003c/strong>: Westcat (from western Contra Costa County), Greyhound and Amtrak. \u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]11[/dropcap] \u003cstrong>What plans are in place to address security and homelessness in the park?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Transbay Joint Powers Authority has contracted with the San Francisco Police Department to provide service for the facility. The agency has also retained Allied Universal to provide unarmed guards and \"ambassadors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJPA Executive Director Mark Zabaneh said on \"Forum\" the ambassadors will be onsite to \"help the public and also any person in need.\" Zabaneh also said his agency has worked closely with the city's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Services, \"and anybody who's in need of services, we can guide them to the right place.\" \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">1\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>What is it? Where is it?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salesforce Transit center will serve at first as a hub for commuter bus service, mostly from the East Bay to San Francisco. It's also designed as an eventual terminal for Caltrain and California high-speed rail. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond that, it's intended to serve as a center of neighborhood activity, with a 5.4-acre park atop its roof and nearly three dozen shops and restaurants. The facility also features \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838501/lets-talk-about-the-public-art-at-the-new-transbay-transit-center\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a wide array of public art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The location: The center is sandwiched between two old South of Market alleys, Minna and Natoma streets -- they're parallel to and just south of Mission Street -- and extends from Beale Street on the east almost to Second Street on the west. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ciframe\n src='https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3152.985778874297!2d-122.39736737369667!3d37.790373045205726!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x808580635b37f819%3A0xfc2ecef94a22fe5e!2sSalesforce+Transit+Center!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1534015019181&w=800&h=600'\n title='https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3152.985778874297!2d-122.39736737369667!3d37.790373045205726!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x808580635b37f819%3A0xfc2ecef94a22fe5e!2sSalesforce+Transit+Center!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1534015019181&w=800&h=600'\n width='800'\n height='600'\n scrolling='no'\n frameborder='no'>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">2\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When does the spectacular new transit center officially open for service?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday morning, Aug. 12,when the first buses from the East Bay roll off the Bay Bridge and cross the cool-looking new stayed-cable ramp onto the transit center's upstairs bus deck. We hear the very first bus will be running on AC Transit's O line, running from Fruitvale BART through Alameda. It's supposed to arrive at the center at 5:39 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">3\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Why do you keep calling it \"spectacular?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're struck by the scale, the form, the imagination of the structure, which is so much more than a utilitarian terminal for comings and goings. Here are a couple of visuals that show what we mean:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>de zeen:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/07/pelli-clarke-pelli-architects-salesforce-transit-center-opens-san-francisco/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pelli Clarke Pelli's Salesforce Transit Center opens in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-s-new-transit-center-finally-13129993.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco imposing new transit center ready to roll at last\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">4\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>Do I have to call it the 'Salesforce Transit Center'? And why is it called the Salesforce Transit Center, anyway?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686349\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/aerial-with-parcel-f-e1533950295555.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/aerial-with-parcel-f-1020x1362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11686349\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's rendering of the rooftop city park atop the Salesforce Transit Center, as seen from above Second Street. \u003ccite>(Transbay Joint Powers Authority)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No one will force you to utter the words \"Salesforce Transit Center,\" though we'd bet the company's founder and co-CEO, Marc Benioff, would love it if you say it as often as you can. (The San Francisco Chronicle's John King noted during an episode of KQED's \"Forum\" program this week that Muni, the city's transit system, may have come up with a sly workaround that avoids using the word \"Salesforce\" on its buses. The Muni lines that terminate there -- the 5 Fulton, the 7 Haight-Noriega and the 38 Geary -- have destination signs saying \"SF Transit Center.\") \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to why it's being called the Salesforce Transit Center, instead of the plain old Transbay Transit Center: It's strictly a matter of dollars and cents. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the agency formed to build and operate the center, says the sprawling complex will cost something like $27 million a year to run. The authority sold naming rights to Salesforce, whose new megatower shares a portion of the transit center site. The proceeds: $110 million for 25 years (That's $4.4 million a year. Where will the rest of the money come from? The main sources are bridge tolls collected through Regional Measures 2 and 3 and proceeds from leases on the center's retail space.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">5\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>The transit center has a park on top?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does. And by all accounts -- we have not been up there yet, but you can see dense foliage atop the building if you're in the neighborhood -- it's a wonder to behold. The park includes 10 distinct gardens, including a redwood forest, wetland garden and Australian and South African gardens. The rooftop also features a music stage and children's playground. For more on the park, see:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Super-cool-transit-center-and-park-opens-in-13150443.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Public most on board with Transbay Transit Center's 'super cool' new park\u003c/a>'\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/salesforce-park/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official park website\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://salesforcetransitcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TJPA-Park-Rules-Adopted-9-7-17.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official park rules\u003c/a>, from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">6\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>How much did the transit center cost?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price tag: $2.159 billion. That sounds like, and is, a lot. For a sliver of historical context: The original Transbay Terminal, built as an adjunct to the Bay Bridge, cost about $3 million, equivalent to about $55.8 million in 2018 dollars. But the two facilities are vastly different: The new transit center includes a double-deck underground train platform in preparation for the day when Caltrain, the Peninsula commuter service, and California high-speed rail can roll into San Francisco. The new center also features a quarter-mile-long, 5.4-acre rooftop park, a major amenity in the city's downtown core. For more on the park:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">7\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>When will the transit center connect to Caltrain and high-speed rail? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's uncertain, and a huge amount of work needs to be done before trains can get to the new terminal: The rail route that currently carries Caltrain into the city must be extended from 4th and Townsend streets, its current terminus, another mile and a half to Mission and Fremont streets. That likely will involve a major tunneling project. But before any of that happens, the city and partner transportation agencies will need to choose the exact alignment and rail/tunnel configuration -- a decision due by the end of this year. The city's \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/__Agendas+and+Minutes/JPB/2018/2018-08-02+-+RAB+study+revised.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">current preferred alternative\u003c/a> is to run a tunnel under Pennsylvania Avenue from near Cesar Chavez Street, then zigzag into downtown by way of Townsend and Second streets. The new route and tunnel would cost at least $6 billion, and Caltrain could start rolling into downtown by 2026 or 2027. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for high-speed rail, current estimates are it could begin service by the end of the next decade. No, that doesn't sound very soon or like we know it will happen for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">8\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Does the center connect to BART?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not yet. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority envisions building an 800-foot tunnel under Beale Street from the transit center to the Embarcadero BART/Muni Metro station on Market Street. There's no date set for that project. In the meantime, you can continue your brisk above-ground hike to BART. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">9\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> \u003cstrong>I want to eat and drink and shop. Can I do that at the new transit center? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, although the process of leasing retail space is only partly completed and only pop-up retail shops will be in place at first. 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Those three deaths were followed last week by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684907/police-search-for-man-accused-of-stabbing-two-people-on-bart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an incident\u003c/a> in which a passenger allegedly slashed two other riders with a box cutter, also at MacArthur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s 12-point proposal included a range of immediate, short-term actions such as canceling regular days off for BART police officers and encouraging more use of the BART Watch app, which patrons can use to report crimes. Those are steps the district can take without a board vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative also included measures that need substantial funding — the package’s price tag is estimated at $28 million — and thus require board approval. Those longer-term investments include upgrading the system’s extensive network of surveillance cameras and implementing a system that would allow real-time monitoring and response to the network’s planned 5,000-plus cameras. The package also include an anti-panhandling ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Virtually every one of the proposals was the subject of some form of criticism from the large crowd that showed up to comment during Thursday’s board meeting in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alarm About Surveillance Proposal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many took aim at comments earlier this week by board member Nick Josefowitz, who suggested earlier this week that facial recognition technology could be used in conjunction with BART’s camera network to identify people “who have a warrant out for their arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The board should explicitly reject the suggestion from at least one board member to add face surveillance to the BART system,” Mike Chase, a member of the American Civil Liberties Northern California board of directors, said. “This technology is biased, dangerous — it has no place on the BART system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chase and others also took BART to task for releasing a major surveillance proposal while providing no details about how it would work. 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