Chair seeing no other members of the public on this item, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] thank you for that brief, compressed update. Is there any introduction of new items . Im sorry, commissioner mandelman. I was going to express appreciation for chilly chang and ben rosenfield, who had done so much work to pull the group together. We have only had one meeting of the full group, but subgroups meeting. I thought the first meeting, it give me a little bit of hope that, you know, if you put smart folks in the room and start getting feedback from people from other systems, that we may figure some things out and get sort of path forward that is helpful. I felt really good about the first meeting. I want to thank everyone in the Mayors Office as well for their help in pulling it all together. Chair thank you for that closing comment on this ongoing item that we will hear more about. Is there any introduction of new items . Seeing none. Any commissioner walton . Supervisor walton thank y
Were working on is the track brakes. And as soon as i fish, ramona is going to come up here, because shes the expert in that field. Shes the one thats been driving them for quite some time. Another issue that were also trying to address is the mirrors. The lack thereof in terms of having them replaced. The track brakes, in terms of upgrading them and having them installed is not just a shortterm solution, but a longterm solution by saving money in terms of keeping all of these vehicles from breaking down through the flat wheels. Thats, indeed, good news. Id like to break up ramona to give a little more indepth explanation in regards to the track brakes. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for having me here today. Yes. The issue with the track brakes is something that we are pretty much concerned in terms of safety basically. The track basically we might defer in how we see through different lenses. We see track brakes like a secondary a secondary brake on the trains. Currently the l. R.
Washington, d. C. A couple weeks ago to testify before the house highways and transit subcommittee on the topic of pricing strategies. Americas roads. This is the first hearing that the Committee Held to talk about the way to pay for infrastructure. Not only did they discuss the gas tax, the traditional source, which is a declining source, but also explored permile tees, tolling and congestion pricing. So my testimony certainly emphasized the need for more longterm federal funding, in particularly raising the gas tax. But also to be exploring other innovative, diverse sources of revenue as well. On the federal fuel economy standards, as youve seen in the news, the e. P. A. And department of transportation announced new lower standards. Theres a conflict, of course, with our california standards and our stricter requirements. And really pleased that the governor has, along with other 20 other states, filed a lawsuit attorney general has filed a lawsuit to overturn the new rule. Were tra
Certain irony that the president and the officials have spoken about ukraine. Yet there has been no official word from Vladimir Putin. Is right. There have been limited comments from him directly. His kerry today spoke with foreign counterpart, his foreign minister counterpart in russia. They had a conversation about this, and again some of that conversation, the russians have said they are planning to intervene here. Something is happening here. We are getting reports on the ground from people in crimea, reporters who claim they have seen russian troops. We will see what the president has to say, how strong the rhetoric is from the president. So far, other members of the administration are speaking out. The fact that the president is speaking out suggests this has moved up a notch. We have not heard from the president since he was in next ago on ukraine. Interesting to see how tough he sounds when he appears in front of the cameras. As we await the president , i benching is the Senior
Stephen engle attended the Product Launch and started by asking about the infamous reaction in the room when the ceo walked into the room, unveiling this new tablet. You can imagine the kind of reception he got. You know what . When the faithful were there in full force in their red tshirts packing the Convention Center hall beyond capacity, cheering every new Product Launch, from a new hdtv, a new router, and of course the new product was the new mipad. He hates to be compared to steve jobs, but he is clearly taking a page from apple in leveraging its growing phone user base to sell tablets. Already, it sells more phones in china than apple. I caught up with the man who is in charge of the International Push for xiaomi, that is hugo barra. Were going to start probably in southeast asia, and then take it to the other markets we are exploring like india, latin america, and so on. Will you see how it does in the china market . Timeframe is determined by our manufacturing capacity. We hav