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"content": "\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission will consider requiring drivers for all ride services, including Uber and Lyft, to undergo fingerprint background checks, just as Uber is facing more scrutiny over its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, commissioner Liane Randolph declined to recommend more rigorous screenings for ride-service drivers. But in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/26/california-regulators-propose-new-round-of-rules-for-uber-lyft\" target=\"_blank\">proposing a new set of rules for transportation network companies\u003c/a>, Randolph wrote that the CPUC would issue a ruling \"posing questions about background checks and establishing the identity of drivers through methods such as fingerprinting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randolph did propose fingerprint checks in the revised rules for services like Shuddle, which transport unaccompanied minors. The full CPUC is scheduled to consider the proposals March 17 in what's called \"Phase II\" of the regulatory process for transportation network companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest ride-service company, Uber, has come under more criticism in recent days over its background checks following a mass shooting in Michigan. The attack was allegedly committed by an Uber driver, who is charged with killing six people and wounding two others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QDZtTpMY2CL6gtqNB6t1oUDnUjE67Tkt\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company officials have said no red flags were raised about 45-year-old Jason Dalton, although a rider reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/22/kalamazoo-shooting-spree-jason-dalton-uber-ignored-safety-complaint\" target=\"_blank\">he was \"driving dangerously\" \u003c/a>before the rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No background process would have made a difference in this case because the person had no criminal history,\" Uber's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/uberbriefingkalamazoo/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters in a conference call.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber uses \u003ca href=\"https://checkr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Checkr\u003c/a>, which looks at a person's criminal history for the past seven years. The ride-service company \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/details-on-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">has maintained\u003c/a> that all background checks available today contain flaws, even though fingerprint checks are considered by many law enforcement, transportation and taxicab industry officials to be the \"gold standard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kind of background checks Uber uses are the same kind of screenings any company might do on a prospective employee, but not for someone being placed in a position of trust, said Dave Sutton, the spokesman for \u003ca href=\"http://www.whosdrivingyou.org\" target=\"_blank\">Who's Driving You\u003c/a>, a public safety campaign of the Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not all background checks are alike,\" said Sutton. \"What we're really talking about are fingerprint-based background checks conducted by government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton said the vast majority of large U.S. cities require fingerprint checks for taxi drivers, who have been arguing that ride services should face the same kind of background checks and training that they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/11/uber-is-about-to-pay-its-u-s-riders-28-5-million-heres-why/\" target=\"_blank\">settle two lawsuits for $28 million\u003c/a> that accused the company of misrepresenting its background check process as \"industry-leading.\" The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles also filed suit against the company for \"misleading and false\" statements about its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When those \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DA-major-flaws-in-Uber-background-checks-allow-6453865.php\" target=\"_blank\">prosecutors filed an updated complaint\u003c/a> against Uber in August, they noted that there were 25 cases in Los Angeles where Uber's background check process failed, allowing registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars and a convicted murderer to become drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10878394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10878394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The private background check companies employed by Uber do not have access to (California Department of Justice) and federal databases of criminal history repositories,\" the district attorneys' complaint stated. \"The background check companies employed by Uber search for criminal convictions in commercial databases that do not index their records by unique biometric identifiers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber contends that fingerprint background checks are not 100 percent accurate, and can include people not actually convicted of the crimes they were accused of, a point the two district attorneys have also called \"false and misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our problem with fingerprinting is, we think it’s discriminatory, meaning there’s a lot of people who might have been arrested who were not convicted that will be denied this opportunity,” Uber senior adviser David Plouffe said this week, according to\u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2016/02/uber_don_t_fingerprint_our_drivers\" target=\"_blank\"> the Boston Herald\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced that it would give people convicted of nonviolent felonies whose crimes were reduced to misdemeanors under California's Proposition 47, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-13/uber-to-help-california-ex-felons-get-driver-gigs\" target=\"_blank\">an opportunity to drive\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It’s quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sutton believes the reason Uber is opposed to fingerprint checks is that half of Uber's 400,000 drivers in the U.S. are part-timers, driving less than 10 hours a week, and many would rather not go through the process of getting fingerprinted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The companies are convinced that these people who drive casually will not bother to sign up if it's too cumbersome to do so,\" Sutton said. \"It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It's quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current California regulations require ride services to conduct criminal background checks that go back seven years, but not fingerprint checks. Sutton believes regulators have been slow to require a stricter screening process because of Uber's political power and success in beating back tougher regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest regulatory battles is happening in Austin, Texas, where both Uber and Lyft threatened to leave after the city council voted to require fingerprint checks. Uber then supported a successful campaign to \u003ca href=\"http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/council-sets-may-7-ballot-on-ride-hailing/nqRgm/\" target=\"_blank\">put the issue before voters\u003c/a> this May, while signatures to recall a city councilwoman who pushed for fingerprint checks have been \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/23/petition-to-recall-ann-kitchen-to-be-validated-by-clerks-office/\" target=\"_blank\">submitted to the city clerk\u003c/a>. Both Uber and Lyft have said they \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/01/petition-organized-to-recall-austin-council-member-ann-kitchen/\" target=\"_blank\">do not support the recall effort\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, two efforts in the state Legislature by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) that would have required fingerprint checks died in committee. However, Assemblyman Jim Cooper hopes a bill he introduced in September requiring stricter background checks will pass this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I scratch my head when I hear that Uber drivers in New York are fingerprinted,\" said Cooper, a former sheriff's captain. \"Whatever Uber's background check is, it should be consistent. And right now, in talking to other jurisdictions, it's inconsistent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper, whose daughter is an Uber driver, said he believes the CPUC hasn't required tougher background checks because it lacks resources and is \"spread very thin.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he agrees fingerprint checks are the gold standard, his bill doesn't explicitly require fingerprint checks because the Elk Grove Democrat said he wants to first have a dialogue with the companies. For now, his bill calls for \"comprehensive criminal background checks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their current reporting standard is subpar at best,\" said Cooper, whose bill is expected to get its first committee hearing in the Senate later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton said ride-service companies may likely change their policies on background checks when enough customers demand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Essentially, what's happening is exactly what happened in the taxi industry,\" Sutton said. \"Enough bad things happened that enough people become aware that this is absolutely a must-do, and so the political will was established.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No background process would have made a difference in this case because the person had no criminal history,\" Uber's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/uberbriefingkalamazoo/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters in a conference call.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber uses \u003ca href=\"https://checkr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Checkr\u003c/a>, which looks at a person's criminal history for the past seven years. The ride-service company \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/details-on-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">has maintained\u003c/a> that all background checks available today contain flaws, even though fingerprint checks are considered by many law enforcement, transportation and taxicab industry officials to be the \"gold standard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kind of background checks Uber uses are the same kind of screenings any company might do on a prospective employee, but not for someone being placed in a position of trust, said Dave Sutton, the spokesman for \u003ca href=\"http://www.whosdrivingyou.org\" target=\"_blank\">Who's Driving You\u003c/a>, a public safety campaign of the Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not all background checks are alike,\" said Sutton. \"What we're really talking about are fingerprint-based background checks conducted by government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton said the vast majority of large U.S. cities require fingerprint checks for taxi drivers, who have been arguing that ride services should face the same kind of background checks and training that they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/11/uber-is-about-to-pay-its-u-s-riders-28-5-million-heres-why/\" target=\"_blank\">settle two lawsuits for $28 million\u003c/a> that accused the company of misrepresenting its background check process as \"industry-leading.\" The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles also filed suit against the company for \"misleading and false\" statements about its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When those \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DA-major-flaws-in-Uber-background-checks-allow-6453865.php\" target=\"_blank\">prosecutors filed an updated complaint\u003c/a> against Uber in August, they noted that there were 25 cases in Los Angeles where Uber's background check process failed, allowing registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars and a convicted murderer to become drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10878394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10878394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The private background check companies employed by Uber do not have access to (California Department of Justice) and federal databases of criminal history repositories,\" the district attorneys' complaint stated. \"The background check companies employed by Uber search for criminal convictions in commercial databases that do not index their records by unique biometric identifiers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber contends that fingerprint background checks are not 100 percent accurate, and can include people not actually convicted of the crimes they were accused of, a point the two district attorneys have also called \"false and misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our problem with fingerprinting is, we think it’s discriminatory, meaning there’s a lot of people who might have been arrested who were not convicted that will be denied this opportunity,” Uber senior adviser David Plouffe said this week, according to\u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2016/02/uber_don_t_fingerprint_our_drivers\" target=\"_blank\"> the Boston Herald\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced that it would give people convicted of nonviolent felonies whose crimes were reduced to misdemeanors under California's Proposition 47, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-13/uber-to-help-california-ex-felons-get-driver-gigs\" target=\"_blank\">an opportunity to drive\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It’s quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sutton believes the reason Uber is opposed to fingerprint checks is that half of Uber's 400,000 drivers in the U.S. are part-timers, driving less than 10 hours a week, and many would rather not go through the process of getting fingerprinted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The companies are convinced that these people who drive casually will not bother to sign up if it's too cumbersome to do so,\" Sutton said. \"It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It's quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current California regulations require ride services to conduct criminal background checks that go back seven years, but not fingerprint checks. Sutton believes regulators have been slow to require a stricter screening process because of Uber's political power and success in beating back tougher regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest regulatory battles is happening in Austin, Texas, where both Uber and Lyft threatened to leave after the city council voted to require fingerprint checks. Uber then supported a successful campaign to \u003ca href=\"http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/council-sets-may-7-ballot-on-ride-hailing/nqRgm/\" target=\"_blank\">put the issue before voters\u003c/a> this May, while signatures to recall a city councilwoman who pushed for fingerprint checks have been \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/23/petition-to-recall-ann-kitchen-to-be-validated-by-clerks-office/\" target=\"_blank\">submitted to the city clerk\u003c/a>. Both Uber and Lyft have said they \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/01/petition-organized-to-recall-austin-council-member-ann-kitchen/\" target=\"_blank\">do not support the recall effort\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, two efforts in the state Legislature by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) that would have required fingerprint checks died in committee. However, Assemblyman Jim Cooper hopes a bill he introduced in September requiring stricter background checks will pass this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I scratch my head when I hear that Uber drivers in New York are fingerprinted,\" said Cooper, a former sheriff's captain. \"Whatever Uber's background check is, it should be consistent. 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"content": "\u003cp>Given \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/29/427161157/beam-me-up-teleporting-is-real-even-if-trekkie-transport-isnt\">recent advances\u003c/a> in teleportation, it's reassuring to know that the human brain's navigation system appears to work just fine when we're beamed from place to place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who experienced virtual teleportation in a video game were able to mentally navigate to known destinations without relying on visual information or perceived motion, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(16)00092-1\">study\u003c/a> published Thursday by the journal \u003cem>Neuron\u003c/em>. 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At an altitude above 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see the Earth below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of development, Virgin Galactic appeared to be nearing the goal of turning ordinary civilians into astronauts when the first \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/31/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-destroyed-in-test-flight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceShipTwo broke apart\u003c/a> on Oct. 31, 2014, during its fourth rocket-powered flight. 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He said engineers, astronauts and members of the public helped convince him that space travel is too important to give up on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crash investigation found that co-pilot Michael Alsbury prematurely unlocked the so-called feathering system that is intended to slow and stabilize the craft as it re-enters the atmosphere. Alsbury was killed, but pilot Peter Siebold, although seriously injured, parachuted to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “feathers” — a term derived from the design of a badminton shuttlecock — are tail structures that extend rearward from each wingtip. They are designed to swivel upward at an angle to create drag as the spacecraft reaches its apogee, preventing a buildup of speed and heat as the craft descends. The feathers then rotate back down to normal flying position as the craft enters the lower atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/29/427473040/spaceship-2-pilot-was-thrown-from-the-vehicle-high-in-atmosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A National Transportation Safety Board investigation found\u003c/a> that Scaled Composites, a company that was developing SpaceShipTwo with Virgin Galactic and was responsible for its test program, should have had systems to compensate for human error. The NTSB chairman, Christopher Hart, said it wasn’t a matter of shortcuts but of not considering a crew member would make the mistake that occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Virgin Galactic subsequently assumed full responsibility to complete the test program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company stressed in a statement Thursday its commitment to testing from the level of individual parts on up to the complete craft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our team’s job is to plan out not just the obvious tests but also the strange and inventive ones, to conduct those tests, and to use the data from those tests to re-examine everything about our vehicle to ensure we can take the next step forward,” it said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company did not project a timeline for actually carrying space tourists, noting that “our new vehicle will remain on the ground for a while after her unveiling, as we run her through full-vehicle tests of her electrical systems and all of her moving parts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SpaceShipTwo is the successor to SpaceShipOne, the winged rocket plane that won the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004 by demonstrating a reusable spacecraft capable of carrying three people could make two flights within two weeks to an altitude of least 100 kilometers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prize announced in 1996 was intended to spur the development of private manned spaceflight in the same way the Orteig Prize offered in 1919 fostered trans-Atlantic aviation. 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One of the moderates, Supervisor Scott Wiener, says the real intent of the reported deal is \"to make the shuttles go away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, Supervisors David Campos, Norman Yee and London Breed announced they had brokered a tentative agreement with tech companies that would grant a one-year extension for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttles-policy-and-pilot-program\" target=\"_blank\">a city program\u003c/a> that allows the shuttles to use Muni bus stops in return for a fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firms involved in the talks include Google, Apple, Facebook and Genentech. Thousands of workers for those companies and others ride the shuttles every day to get to and from campuses on the Peninsula and in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The proposed changes to the shuttle program by several of my colleagues are nothing more than an effort to tear down the shuttle system.'\u003ccite>Supervisor Scott Wiener\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The prospective deal also calls for a six-month review that would assess the shuttles' impact on air pollution and traffic congestion. The review would also consider capping the number of Muni stops the shuttles could use at 125, creating centralized stops or hubs for some shuttle routes and barring the big buses from narrow neighborhood streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement would allow the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to avoid, for now, a full environmental impact report on the shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the deal provoked angry responses from Wiener and Supervisor Mark Farrell, who accused Campos et al. of trying to kill the tech shuttles by making it harder for them to operate. Farrell and Wiener were joined by Supervisor Katy Tang on Tuesday in voting against a resolution to delay action on extending the shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no need to delay the program further with politically motivated, nonbinding recommendations that have not been vetted by any transportation experts,\" Farrell said in an email after the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The continued delay of this vote -- and the proposed changes to the shuttle program by several of my colleagues -- are nothing more than an effort to tear down the shuttle system,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said some shuttle riders would have to take at least one Muni bus to get to prospective hubs, adding more time to their commute and probably leading more of them to drive to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the intent of the supervisors who are pushing this -- to make the shuttles go away and, they hope, the tech workers with them,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener and a spokesman for the Bay Area Council, a business lobbying group, question whether the tech companies ever agreed to the deal Campos described.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no formal agreement on proposed amendments to the approved shuttle program,\" said Rufus Jeffris, vice president of communications for the council. He said talks involving the tech companies, the council, the SFMTA and members of the Board of Supervisors are ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's confounding to see how a program that is removing 2 million car trips a year from our congested roads and highways is not viewed as a major benefit for all San Francisco residents,\" said Jeffris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the companies involved in the negotiations, only Genentech responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10859170\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10859170\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10859170\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-400x252.jpg\" alt=\"A permit issued by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the city's tech shuttle pilot program.\" width=\"400\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-768x485.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-1440x909.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-960x606.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A permit issued by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the city's tech shuttle pilot program. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We are hopeful that all parties involved in ongoing discussions around the shuttle program will work together to reach a resolution that will take cars off the road and allow employees to commute to work in a practical and environmentally sustainable way,\" said Susan Wilson, a Genentech spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos said Thursday the talks are ongoing. \"I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to finalize the tentative agreement,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Program critics say the shuttles have accelerated gentrification and displacement in many San Francisco neighborhoods and have been pressing the Board of Supervisors to require an environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA has studied the idea of \"hubs\" in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Glen Park and Balboa BART stations, Candlestick Point, Alemany Farmers' Market and the future Transbay Terminal were reviewed as potential hub locations, according to a memo the transit agency sent to the Board of Supervisors last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Maguire, who heads the agency's Sustainable Streets initiative, wrote that for a hub to serve as a feasible location, it would need to have enough space for dozens of shuttles every hour, be available during morning and afternoon peak hours, and be accessible to mass transit and nearby highways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is limited physical space, if any, to accommodate the commuter shuttle buses in one concentrated location,\" Maguire said. \"Concentrating commuter shuttles at hubs could have more intense air quality impacts and roadway congestion than the adopted program's distributed network.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Farrell and Wiener were joined by Supervisor Katy Tang on Tuesday in voting against a resolution to delay action on extending the shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no need to delay the program further with politically motivated, nonbinding recommendations that have not been vetted by any transportation experts,\" Farrell said in an email after the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The continued delay of this vote -- and the proposed changes to the shuttle program by several of my colleagues -- are nothing more than an effort to tear down the shuttle system,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said some shuttle riders would have to take at least one Muni bus to get to prospective hubs, adding more time to their commute and probably leading more of them to drive to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the intent of the supervisors who are pushing this -- to make the shuttles go away and, they hope, the tech workers with them,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener and a spokesman for the Bay Area Council, a business lobbying group, question whether the tech companies ever agreed to the deal Campos described.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no formal agreement on proposed amendments to the approved shuttle program,\" said Rufus Jeffris, vice president of communications for the council. 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"content": "\u003cp>A statewide conflict over whether to allow more trains carrying crude oil into California is coming to a head in communities hundreds of miles apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Coast town of San Luis Obispo and the Bay Area city of Benicia are poised to make decisions in the coming days that would have broad implications for the future of this type of import.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime San Luis Obispo resident Heidi Harmon hopes to stop trains from hauling crude through her town, citing what she calls an “elevated risk of derailment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oil trains would likely have to cross a 19th century bridge just a mile from the city’s thriving downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see the antiquated style with which this was put together” says Harmon, gesturing to rail tracks perched on top of the trestle’s steel rods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She describes Stenner Creek Trestle as “stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half-long oil train coming over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245438020″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trains hauling up to 80 tanker cars could cross the trestle bridge multiple times a week if Phillips 66 gets wins approval for a plan to build a rail spur at its nearby refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has applied for a permit to connect its Santa Maria refinery to the nearby Union Pacific line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A steady decline in California oil production has compelled Phillips 66 to look for ways to bring in crude from other states. The company’s landlocked refinery in Santa Maria has no pipeline connection to do that — and no nearby port terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission held hearings that began Thursday on whether to allow the rail spur project. County staff has \u003ca href=\"http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/5611/SXRlbSBEb2N1bWVudCAoUHVibGljKSA=/14/n/56220.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advised against it\u003c/a>, saying it poses too great a risk to public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harmon and hundreds of other opponents packed the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10855863\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10855863 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"San Luis Obispo resident Heidi Harmon describes Stenner Creek Trestle as “stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half long oil train coming over.”\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Luis Obispo resident Heidi Harmon describes Stenner Creek Trestle as ‘stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half-long oil train coming over.’ \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have an opportunity in San Luis Obispo to say we do not want this train” said Harmon. “We do not want the dangers — the air pollution hazards and the increased cancer risks — we do not want this in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of accidents, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lac-megantic-study-findings-feb4-1.3433215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster\u003c/a> that killed 47 people in Quebec, have fueled fears and community opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phillips 66 officials declined an interview for this story but said in an email the company uses “one of the most modern railcar fleets in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 100 government agencies and school boards, including many from the San Francisco Bay Area, also oppose the rail spur in San Luis Obispo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar project at the Valero refinery in Benicia also faces strong opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero also wants to connect its operations to Union Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia’s planning commission has set a public hearing on that crude-by-rail project Monday. Staff there is \u003ca href=\"https://beniciaca.govoffice2.com/vertical/Sites/%7B3436CBED-6A58-4FEF-BFDF-5F9331215932%7D/uploads/February_CBR_Single_Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommending approval\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political leadership is divided, but many residents are opposed. Some of those municipal governments of nearby cities want more safeguards included in the project. To get to Benicia, the crude would first pass through communities far north, including Auburn, Sacramento and the university town of Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rail line passes through the heart of our downtown and has a few geographic elements to it that raise concerns when oil trains are going through it,” said Mike Webb, city planner for Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not trying to stop the project,” Webb emphasized. “Our primary mission is to ensure that, to the extent that these trains and these materials are going through our communities, let’s make it as safe as it can possibly be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”KKygue9aisZnDrq0dvkYNw74zHGlWiD5″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis officials and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) are pushing for a commitment from Valero and UP to use technology that automatically slows trains in densely populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public safety and first responder advance notification is of paramount concern,” said Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor, a former council chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also want a commitment to provide more training and funding for first responders in communities along the route and for emergency crews to get warned before an oil train comes down the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Howe, a manager for Valero, testified at a public hearing last year on the Benicia oil-by-rail project that the company is committed to strong safety standards and modern technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have from the start planned to utilize in our project upgraded railcars.” Howe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero is also working with an experienced railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect UP railroad — which is the prime railroad that we’ll be utilizing to move those trains — to do so safely,” Howe said. “Many of the incidents that have happened have occurred on much smaller, less well maintained railroads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10855887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10855887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"San Antonio-based Valero Corp. is the nation's biggest refiner. The Benicia refinery is one of two the company operates in California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-400x296.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-768x569.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-1440x1067.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-1180x875.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-960x712.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Antonio-based Valero Corp. is the nation’s biggest refiner. The Benicia refinery is one of two the company operates in California. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Union Pacific says it has made changes to reduce the risk of hauling crude: implementing slower speeds in high-population areas and creating analytical tools to find the safest routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two projects under consideration are among a handful of crude-by-rail projects proposed in recent years to take advantage of inexpensive crude from North Dakota, Canada and Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the recent plunge in oil prices has made hauling it by train more expensive, causing some of those plans to unravel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rail economics have changed the calculus for some companies” said Gordon Schremp, a senior fuel analyst with the California Energy Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year WesPac abandoned a plan to build a rail terminal in the Bay Area town of Pittsburg, citing a lack of investors for the project. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She describes Stenner Creek Trestle as “stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half-long oil train coming over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245438020″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245438020″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trains hauling up to 80 tanker cars could cross the trestle bridge multiple times a week if Phillips 66 gets wins approval for a plan to build a rail spur at its nearby refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has applied for a permit to connect its Santa Maria refinery to the nearby Union Pacific line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A steady decline in California oil production has compelled Phillips 66 to look for ways to bring in crude from other states. The company’s landlocked refinery in Santa Maria has no pipeline connection to do that — and no nearby port terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission held hearings that began Thursday on whether to allow the rail spur project. County staff has \u003ca href=\"http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/5611/SXRlbSBEb2N1bWVudCAoUHVibGljKSA=/14/n/56220.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advised against it\u003c/a>, saying it poses too great a risk to public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harmon and hundreds of other opponents packed the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10855863\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10855863 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"San Luis Obispo resident Heidi Harmon describes Stenner Creek Trestle as “stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half long oil train coming over.”\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/SLOTrestle-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Luis Obispo resident Heidi Harmon describes Stenner Creek Trestle as ‘stunning to look at but terrifying to consider a mile-and-a-half-long oil train coming over.’ \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have an opportunity in San Luis Obispo to say we do not want this train” said Harmon. “We do not want the dangers — the air pollution hazards and the increased cancer risks — we do not want this in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of accidents, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lac-megantic-study-findings-feb4-1.3433215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster\u003c/a> that killed 47 people in Quebec, have fueled fears and community opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phillips 66 officials declined an interview for this story but said in an email the company uses “one of the most modern railcar fleets in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 100 government agencies and school boards, including many from the San Francisco Bay Area, also oppose the rail spur in San Luis Obispo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar project at the Valero refinery in Benicia also faces strong opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero also wants to connect its operations to Union Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia’s planning commission has set a public hearing on that crude-by-rail project Monday. Staff there is \u003ca href=\"https://beniciaca.govoffice2.com/vertical/Sites/%7B3436CBED-6A58-4FEF-BFDF-5F9331215932%7D/uploads/February_CBR_Single_Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommending approval\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political leadership is divided, but many residents are opposed. Some of those municipal governments of nearby cities want more safeguards included in the project. To get to Benicia, the crude would first pass through communities far north, including Auburn, Sacramento and the university town of Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rail line passes through the heart of our downtown and has a few geographic elements to it that raise concerns when oil trains are going through it,” said Mike Webb, city planner for Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not trying to stop the project,” Webb emphasized. “Our primary mission is to ensure that, to the extent that these trains and these materials are going through our communities, let’s make it as safe as it can possibly be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis officials and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) are pushing for a commitment from Valero and UP to use technology that automatically slows trains in densely populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public safety and first responder advance notification is of paramount concern,” said Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor, a former council chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also want a commitment to provide more training and funding for first responders in communities along the route and for emergency crews to get warned before an oil train comes down the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Howe, a manager for Valero, testified at a public hearing last year on the Benicia oil-by-rail project that the company is committed to strong safety standards and modern technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have from the start planned to utilize in our project upgraded railcars.” Howe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero is also working with an experienced railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect UP railroad — which is the prime railroad that we’ll be utilizing to move those trains — to do so safely,” Howe said. “Many of the incidents that have happened have occurred on much smaller, less well maintained railroads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10855887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10855887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/ValeroRefinery-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"San Antonio-based Valero Corp. is the nation's biggest refiner. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you ride BART, you've noticed the crowds, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With trains at capacity during every rush hour -- who knew so many people could become such close friends? -- BART is testing a new seating layout that will allow more passengers to board each car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New seating layout\" is a little bit of a euphemism, actually. What BART is doing is replacing seven double seats with seven single seats on a group of test cars. In other words, each of those cars will have seven fewer seats, but more room for passengers to stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said via email that a total of 20 of the system's 669 cars will be retrofitted with the test layout, and seven are already in service. She adds that it's not clear yet how many extra passengers might fit aboard \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/26/after-a-million-miles-bart-is-hella-old\" target=\"_blank\">BART's aging cars\u003c/a> with the new configuration -- that's one of the points of the test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is looking for passenger feedback on the new configuration -- go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/testcar\" target=\"_blank\">www.bart.gov/testcar\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10854507\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10854507\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10854507\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-400x221.jpg\" alt=\"BART's inviting feedback on experimental car layout.\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-400x221.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-800x442.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-768x424.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-1440x796.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-1180x652.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-960x531.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-672x372.jpg 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/bartlayouttest-1038x576.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART's inviting feedback on experimental car layout. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While formal study results still haven't come in, Trost says she conducted her own informal survey when she got on one of the retrofitted cars last week, on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are those who want a seat at all cost because they travel a long distance on the train, and there are others who appreciate more breathing room and how it is easier to get on and off the train car because there is more floor space to maneuver around people,\" Trost said. \"One person said it will make it harder for people with disabilities to get a seat because there will be more demand for the seats.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own take, having been surprised to board one of the test cars well after the morning rush on Wednesday: I kind of liked the novelty of the single seats. However, my preferred mode of BART travel is asleep -- I'm luckier than most in the daily BART seat scramble -- and I think that sitting in those singles during a sardine-can evening commute might feel a little more claustrophobic than the current double seats do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, I'm describing what's really a luxury commute experience. Here's \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/33qxTMA9XTA\" target=\"_blank\">what real crowding looks like\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Transportation officials are \u003ca href=\"http://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2016%200120_SFOBB%20West%20Span%20BPM%20Public%20Workshop%20Presentation-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">narrowing the final designs\u003c/a> for a bike and pedestrian path on the western span of the Bay Bridge, something bike advocates have been dreaming about for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it could still be another decade before the 2.9-mile structure from Yerba Buena Island to San Francisco is funded and built, according to the Bay Area Toll Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even two years ago, I wouldn't have thought we'd be where we are,\" said Renee Rivera, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://bikeeastbay.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Bike East Bay\u003c/a>. \"It seems crazy to be excited about something that's not going to happen for 10 years, but the thing is we've been working on this for maybe 25 years already.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impetus to build a western path comes from a desire to make it possible to ride all the way from Oakland to San Francisco. The new eastern span's biking and walking path currently \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Chronicle-Watch-Bay-Bridge-bike-path-still-a-6603266.php?t=fcbbee0674baa6eec6&cmpid=twitter-premium\" target=\"_blank\">stops short of Yerba Buena Island\u003c/a> because of a long series of construction delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent community meeting that drew more than 100 people, representatives of engineering and design firm \u003ca href=\"http://www.arup.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Arup\u003c/a> presented several designs. They include a path that would be suspended above the current traffic lanes and options for building paths hung on the north or south sides of the western span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big question is where the path should touch down in San Francisco. Engineers have narrowed those alternatives from 19 to six, including Essex Street, the Embarcadero or a Caltrans paint yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10841824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10841824\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1440x1080.png\" alt=\"The Essex Street touchdown is one of the less costly options. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1440x1080.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-400x300.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-768x576.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1180x885.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-960x720.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Essex Street touchdown is one of the less costly options. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Arup )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rivera says she favors the Essex Street landing, partly because it is simpler, would cost less and brings commute cyclists directly into downtown, where most would likely be headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think Essex is the easiest, the most elegant and the most functional of the options,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimates are that as many as 10,000 bicyclists would use the path daily (1,300 during peak hours), more than cycle daily on the Golden Gate Bridge, said Rich Coffin, principal engineer on the project for Arup. That number also considers an additional 20,000 residents projected to be living on Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A biking and walking structure on the western span presents a number of engineering challenges. Rafael Manzanarez, another Arup engineer working on the project, outlined some of them, \u003ca href=\"http://richmondconfidential.org/2016/01/21/bay-bridge-bike-path-on-track-to-be-finished-in-2025/\" target=\"_blank\">according to this account from Richmond Confidential's\u003c/a> Sam Omar Hill:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Attaching the main span to the Bay Bridge is the “biggest challenge,” Manzanarez said, because it’s not easy to attach new steel to old steel. Old steel gets brittle. It can’t be welded. The old bridge must be partially taken apart and the new parts must be integrated using bolts and plates to replace existing rivets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just surgical work,” Manzanarez said with a laugh. “It’s getting into somebody’s body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also the issue of sinkage. Adding new weight will cause the bridge to be six to eight inches lower, potentially endangering very tall ships and angering the Coast Guard. To solve this problem, Manzanarez said that the suspension wires could be tightened, raising the roadway back up six to eight inches.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Another big question is how to get the path across Yerba Buena Island. The options include a bike and walking path that would be suspended from the ceiling of the Yerba Buena Tunnel, providing a direct connection to the west span. Less costly options include building paths above or below Hillcrest Road, which winds around steep terrain on the south side of the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the project would also feature \"dual high-capacity and high-speed elevators\" on the Embarcadero to quickly move people on and off the path. One option being considered would be to have the elevators open first, in lieu of a ramp touchdown, which could be built later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers hope to come up with four alternative designs and present cost estimates at a meeting planned for September, and then narrow them down to two options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the current design effort is to find a design that can be built for \u003ca href=\"https://bikeeastbay.org/news/contract-awarded-study-lower-cost-designs-west-span-pathway\" target=\"_blank\">under $300 million\u003c/a> -- far less than early estimates for the project. 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Engineers have narrowed those alternatives from 19 to six, including Essex Street, the Embarcadero or a Caltrans paint yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10841824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10841824\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1440x1080.png\" alt=\"The Essex Street touchdown is one of the less costly options. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1440x1080.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-400x300.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-768x576.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-1180x885.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2-960x720.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Essex Street touchdown is one of the less costly options. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Arup )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rivera says she favors the Essex Street landing, partly because it is simpler, would cost less and brings commute cyclists directly into downtown, where most would likely be headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think Essex is the easiest, the most elegant and the most functional of the options,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimates are that as many as 10,000 bicyclists would use the path daily (1,300 during peak hours), more than cycle daily on the Golden Gate Bridge, said Rich Coffin, principal engineer on the project for Arup. 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Less costly options include building paths above or below Hillcrest Road, which winds around steep terrain on the south side of the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the project would also feature \"dual high-capacity and high-speed elevators\" on the Embarcadero to quickly move people on and off the path. One option being considered would be to have the elevators open first, in lieu of a ramp touchdown, which could be built later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers hope to come up with four alternative designs and present cost estimates at a meeting planned for September, and then narrow them down to two options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the current design effort is to find a design that can be built for \u003ca href=\"https://bikeeastbay.org/news/contract-awarded-study-lower-cost-designs-west-span-pathway\" target=\"_blank\">under $300 million\u003c/a> -- far less than early estimates for the project. 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