by the 19th street bart station. just check bart .gov to confirm there is a meeting if you want to come. i alluded to some new tactile features on the platform, there is the yellow truncated domes and black truncated domes where the door ways are. we have made some changes to this. the truncated dome will be wider pursuant to the california building code. we've (teddy -- tested it out a lot. we are in the station right now. it will be useful in my opinion to passengers travel by wheelchair. there is also always a conflict to providing between a pathway for blind users and wheelchair users that have to divert across this. there is a wider space between the dots and we are also making it all yellow. right now there is black. so the purpose behind that is to comply with ada federal and state standards, but we will be marking the door ways in other ways. so people will know where to lineup with the sticker. we are still trying that out. we want to present first and foremost a color contrast. that's the intent, a visual a

it's a change order to bart. the solutions are we can remove a pole, we can take out a seat very easily with these new trains. we are going to have a lot more cars with this new fleet in service and hopefully that will ease crowding but when it gets crowding again, there are options. i am the coordinator. i intend to voice my opinion, not that they will listen to me all the time. [ laughter ] . >> well, i have to ask that question and one final question. it's always the elephant in the room in san francisco when we talk about bart and that's the elevator situation in the downtown station. you have to go down one level to get off the ticketing level down to the exchange levels. i want to say it so you hear it and take it back that we still need to work on that. >> okay, i have heard it and we are looking at that physically and we are also, if you look on bart, on the station pages, it gives an accessible pathway. it's a poor description right now. it gives you directions to the elevator. in washington d.c. they ha

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by the 19th street bart station. just check bart .gov to confirm there is a meeting if you want to come. i alluded to some new tactile features on the platform, there is the yellow truncated domes and black truncated domes where the door ways are. we have made some changes to this. the truncated dome will be wider pursuant to the california building code. we've (teddy -- tested it out a lot. we are in the station right now. it will be

decides is success there is no reason for them to pursue later bart hours than that would be a shame didn't there's a flier attached with the colored ones we can send to you to help promote it's important why really go there a lot i came back in one piece. >> ms. johnson it says is darts at 256 and other times is that it. >> no. your better at this where you are it was this is additional service that was already provided go ahead. >> it's both. >> who are you. >> benefit sorry it's he additional service on the 8 hundred line to the east bay as well as the additional bus route the a-22 runs 3 times roughly between one and two but in addition the 8 that hundred service that exists the head ways from 20 to to minutes reduction so you have a lot more bus service. >> those are leaving from 16th and mission and 24th this is along the market street back so this hopefully also will tag into where people have begun since they've started the 8 hundred service arrest on the east side bay side between various city's there's additional. >> i think that's helpful it comes every 20 minutes or half

night housing red is somewhat and as previously mention bart not running auto necessity was by far the issue that people said were effecting their travel issues but several other issues were responded to where someone abby a majority of the residents including the bus service is articulating too long or require a interfere or taxis are too expensive or concerned about safety when walking or biking as well as the expensive uber and concerned about personal safety or security when on transit in addition to this question or a lot of interesting things in the surveys some contained in the report but in summary form is available on the sf night liquify website we reviewed the testimony from a year ago to encapita late all the things people encounter bans that we have arranged those two 5 categories the report is structured that excludes the availability and coverage in particular about the transportation coaches and the fees or reliability safety and security and the traffic safety, awareness and comfortable and cost of equality so one of the first things we did recognizing the transit avai

a meeting with bart to have general discussion and they also provided a presentation on a better bart which i mean will likely schedule if not urgent but schedule that you're aware of the bart scheduled projects that they're working on. >> and also, they mentioned that the affair only covered 75 percent of their costs so in new york their central station underground lots of restaurants and shops and that yes, i did. >> a lot of revenue and mentioned in asia like the 81 pa and hong kong and underground the way station there's an underground shopping mall so asked him to consider that >> i may add one point of discussion a substantial amount of discussion twenty-four hour in light of our hourly workforce and sort of the mitigation of where they live and the complexity of bart to be able to do that. >> i've met with tom and the s.b.a. and they plan to have classes in chinese in chinatown and the city college campus and wanted to have a mixer so in chinatown it will be sponsored by the east west bank i told her to meet with the east west bank they're a provider as well as the. >> okay. >>

>> they call it the battle of the barts.ight, the transportation giant accuses a local beer company of stealing its name. >> one more thing brewing tonight. a chance of weekend rain. we will have the details after a break. >> a mystery in san jose tonight. how did a dead body wind up at the bottom of a high school swimming pool? here is what andria borba found out. >> reporter: beyond the 15-foot fence and barbs wire. students at piedmont hills high found a body in the pool in the deep end hidden by the cool cover and weighted down. >> it was secured from the inside and it was an intentional effort for someone to climb over that fence and get into the pool. >> reporter: by the time firefighters arrived, there was no hope of reviving the adult male who had to be retrieved with search and rescue equipment. >> the person at the bottom of the pool in that extended period of time. it had already met criteria for a determination of death. >> reporter: the pool was locked up 6:30 p.m. thursday night following swimming practice allo

bart is suing 5050 brewery over this bart beer. barrel aged really tasty is the acronym. bart is also an acronym for bay area rapid transit. this has sparked the trade mark lawsuit. bay area rapid transit said quote use of the bart name by unauthorized party for commercial game whether or not they are in the rapid transit business is a violation of trade mark law and something bart must protect itself against. we will keep you posted on that battle. >>> a new experimental drug is showing promising results for people in the early stages of alzheimer's. drug maker biogen released findings today. it shows the drug may slow memory loss in alzheimer's patience when the disease is still in a mild stage and reduces the plaque in the brain associated with alzheimer's. a much larger study is needed to confirm the results. >> call it an extreme case of the scenic route. four family members took off from stockton and headed to the park yesterday. after driving six hours they were loss on the dirt road in the middle of the forest so they called 911. sheriff deputies said families smo

it's a battle bart is struggling to keep up with. it's one of bart riders' most common complaints. >> it was so nasty. >> reporter: overall station and one of the smelliest examples the elevators the worst in downtown san francisco stations where urine seeps into cracks in the elevator flooring. >> i wouldn't take the elevator if i had a choice. >> reporter: but she has to because of knee surgery. >> i don't do the elevator because it's nasty. i would rather walk up 150,000 steps than get on that elevator. >> it's an uphill battle. >> reporter: bart says the filth is a consequence of record ridership. >> we are trying to keep up with it but it's impossible. >> reporter: bart showed us new metal elevator flooring going in, in 127 elevators systemwide to make them easier to clean. no cracks, no seepage. there's also a new three-man brightness crew focusing only on cleaning the eight dirtiest stations. here at the civic center station, one of the dirtiest. you can see the power washing makes the yellow steps reappear. and inside the tra

capacity we have the impact development fees on the development we've had that not a penny to bart for the capacity we used all the capacity when used when we bought the bart system we have to now pay for it and fourth a woo i understand there is runthd user reluctant continues if we did a bridge toll and really investing that p there was a lot of tunnel and other things but core system bart transit and getting people across the corridors we can work well together so i know the t d i f will come back to you and look at it whether what capacity needs do we need to have in the plans to make sure growth is paying for growth and we're building the infrastructure to sustain the additional trips that's a conversation we should have sooner or later and the number of projects that we up to date this is a great conversation and thinking about it you know not only multi agency but multi jurisdictions what should we be doing and the other thing san francisco does have a seated regional body sending a clear message to the city about what the city needs to be the economic engine for the region from

bart will replace 3,000 ft. of rail and about thousand wooden ties between the coliseum in but also replace a switch the has the train is going at slower speeds. bills shut down the tracks completely between the two stations. bart will do this primarily from saturday night to this at 7:00. but what about 11 times through a process. bart will put a bust rich and between them when they close down the track that means delays could be of up to one hour perry at a how this will impact your commute will be coming up at 8:00. >> reporter: this set a process is set is known for having this track assaults of the shutdown. but with an ax and with a's and the giants announced and how well and implant those closures. >> reporter: other big news we are following for you this morning. days after veteran san jose police officer michael johnson was gunned down in the line of duty. support continues to pour in. from across the bay area. memorials are set up across the south bay to remember officer johnson. kron-4's philippe djeg

jordan or participating are bart stooernl the service a good lifetime service it can assess the public that's convenient for the service needs to be improved and frequency and where the service going is one piece of that as the presentation sat down better safety and waiting it is more important in the night time and it is good you address all those things i want to say we're excited to work with the partners and making the recommendations for the funding to implement this truly needs to be a partnering with the regional agencies to serve all the users and thank you, again. >> thank you very much. >> hello supervisors my name is glen done i'm a former entertainment commissioner and one point want to start by saying one of the major concerns i've heard as a neighborhood representative was the noise and participant that go on in people's cars especially in supervisor jane kim's district n this is around the clubs and also about three years ago, i moved out to the o m i i've been out 5 times since then and as a former drag queen that's sad i'm no longer going out to night life the other t

. >>> bart police are using an unusual-looking mobile device keeping eye on krimcriminals at bart stations. it is not pretty but it is getting more attention. amy? >> hi, cheryl. it's eye-catching for sure. we've noticed a lot of bart passengers looking up at it but what they're hoping is that the criminals will notice it. it definitely stands out. >> it's a little star warsy. >> it's 25-feet tall making those on the ground feel pretty small. >> pretty imposing. >> reporter: and it's a bit mysterious with the dark windows. >> it's intimidating. bart police say that's the point, to intimidate criminals and hopefully scare them away. >> i think that's a great idea. i think, you know, we need the protection. people need to start doing what they're doing and we want to be safe. >> reporter: bart police say this tower gives them a good view of parking lots so they can see a crime in progress and call it in. the tower is mobil and they tow it to different bart stations that are experiencing an issue with crime. right now it is in north berkeley where police say they've noticed an uptick in bike

bart: it's something exchanges can do. fine.of these exchanges rely upon hft's for liquidity. tom: why not have a delay regulated by guys like you that levels the playing field so we get trust back into our markets? bart: people can do that. it would not be a bad thing for one exchange to do it or another. in germany they talked about slowing down to her three times -- it's how quickly and how smartly they react. i give you something and you react quickly -- if you react wrong, that's not good for your business. tom: we have to go back to this important news. you've been following this -- olivia: a news conference going on about the crash of the german wings flight in france. the prosecutor sing the copilot appears to have refused to open the door seems to have sought to destroy the plane. the copilot was a german citizen. he appears to have wanted to bring down the plane. it could have only been volunteary. the copilot could be heard breathing. brendan: this is a criminal investigation into different countries. -- in two differ

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are parking here we're impacted by ball parkers and people that leave their cars and take muni or bartnd users the streets in the neighborhood this is happened in the last 4 months and impacted by the overflow of the printing school or the church parking lot they fill the lot and look for other parking i urge you to approve that. >> thank you very much. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon ann mitchell number 12 marseille street two things i want to address i hear my neighbors addressing so many other things thank you i see everyday people coming with two cars park one and get out of the car to get in the other car the car they packard they leave there sometimes for a week and that means we're not going to have parking for the people that live there the other thing i want to address on holidays in particular and this year it are seems to be a lot of them people combo the neighborhood and walk a block to bart and don't come back for a welcome then we have all those cars it's anaconda - >> (calling names.) >> >> good afternoon hi i'm kathleen moore i'm on marseille st

the east bay bart service for the next few months because of track work. starting next sunday, bart will close the line between the fruit vail and coliseum stations for the entire day. workers will be replacing wooden ties and a warn out switch that allows the trains to change tracks. the only way to do the work is to shut down the line and bart plans to do this about a dozen times through august. >> he is scheduled these work periods to take place so they don't conflict with a's home games. the warriors are a different matter because they are about to enter the playoffs and the playoff schedule isn't set. what we're going to do is wait until the nba comes out with the playoff schedule and adjust our schedule. >> bart will add a free bus bridge between the two stations while the work is going on. the work on the line between fruitvale and the coliseum will not affect bart's new shuttle to the open airport. the elevated train service which began in november is a success so far. more people are riding the connector than rode the buses they replaced. there ha

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a meeting with bart to have general discussion and they also provided a presentation on a better bart which i mean will likely schedule if not urgent but schedule that you're aware of the bart scheduled projects that they're working on. >> and also, they mentioned that the affair only covered 75 percent of their costs so in new york their central station underground lots of restaurants and shops and that yes, i did. >> a lot of revenue and mentioned in asia like the 81 pa and hong kong and underground the way station there's an underground shopping mall so asked him to consider that >> i may add one point of discussion a

. >>> bart is about to begin some major repairwork. it will cost weekend disruptions through august. a week from tomorrow, bart will close the line between the coliseum and fruitvale stations. workers can replace wooden ties and warn out switch that allows the trains to change tracks. the only way to do the work is to shut down the line. bart plans to do this a dozen times throughout the summer. the work on the line will not affect bart's new elevated shuttle to oakland airport. the service which began in november is being called a success. bart says more people are riding the connector than rode the buses they replaced. it is a $6 fare, but the only way to get to the airport cheaper is to ride a transit bus. >>> lyft passengers will be able to exchange a lot more. introducing a user profile feature. it will give drivers and passengers the chance to learn a little bit about each other ahead of time. the profiles will include the user's hometown, a brief bio, even their musical pace. it will highlight any facebook connections the driver

. >>> still ahead at 4:00, bart's new eye in the sky. how this contraption will help keep riders safe on the system. >> mass car aiding as a member of the green and gold comedian will ferrell's splashy spring training debut that will all benefit a good cause. >> mending strained relations between police and the public. the efforts underway in salinas after a high profile police shooting. >>> michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will answer them here live a little later. you can ask >>> president obama has just arrived in los angeles to raise some money. he's going to squeeze in some fun at the same time. this is a live look at los angeles international airport. where his plane just landed. president obama is heading straight to a taping with jimmy kimmel, after he departs the airport, the president made his first appearance on kimmel via satellite back in 2008 after his initial run for the white house. he's going to sit on the sofa tonight on the show and tape with jimmy kimmel this evening. he'll be in tow

it has done a tour of laugh credit bart -- lafayette bart station. a grant covered the cost. >> the mail controversy surrounded hick took a back seat someone she made a surprise visit to the bay area with the speech focusing on tackling gender equality issues and grabbing diversity in silicon valley. she has tied to the wife of c.e.o. john donohue who was an ambassador to the u.n. council during her time a secretary of state and does not comment on her use of a personal e-mail account while secretary of state. >> san francisco man hopes for the return of his mother's ashes that were taken during a home burglary inside a teardropped we glass urn that was red, one of several items stolen during a burglary on february 25 at a home on 20th in portrero hill neighborhood. the crime happened between 10:45 and 4:45 and the owner is devastated bit theft. >> students from four bay area catholic schools will speak out against what they call antiacceptance rhetoric by san francisco's archbishop. at issue is the morality clause in the teacher hand book. opponents

union, and workers that are not in labor unions varies city departments and operation and muni and bart as well as others from our taxi industry to the tnc with a intensify to improve late night transportation we were able to engage the city transportation authority we needed the expertise around transportation i want to thank liz from the ta for her terrific work and others as well on the important subject so the plan as you'll hear with the working group will make a presentation makes a number of recommendations i am excluding to expand the late night serve we're seeing progress with the bart transit and muni express transbay bus from oakland and beyond and also hear burglary muni i didn't see plan for the offer night service and the report also recommendations you'll hear requesting that bart and other studies for the operational constraint important the longer rail hours and the rail infrastructure needs to operate twenty-four hour service excluding the transbay dubious and creating a pilot for the improvements to improve the safety and comfortable of all night traefltz to install r

coming soon to a bart station near you, a new type of eye in the sky: bart is currently using one of the north berkeley station to cut down on bicycle and car thefts. amy hollyfield is at north berkeley and bart. amy? >> as a commuter told us it looks like something out of star wars. take a look this is parked at the north berkeley bart station. imagine this elevated? it gives bart police a perch to look out from as the expire parking lot. they hope to cash criminals in the act or to deter crime in the parking lot altogether. passengers we talked to are intrigued with the idea. >> less intimidating. for parking purposes and vandalism on the cars, it is a good idea. >> when it is raised, it is up 25' in the air and bart officials paid for 9 $95,000 tower with a brant and it appeared at the lafayette bart station and today at north berkeley. >>> thank you. the mail controversy surrounding hillary clinton took a back seat with a surprise visit to the bay area. she dropped in yesterday on ebay's woman summit and the speech focused on tackling gender equality issues and improving diversit

the san francisco chronicle analyzed bart's bart on-time record since 2012 and it ran on schedule 96% of the time but in the last three months of 2014 that number dropped to an 87% on-time record. bart blames bad weather, demonstrations and aging equipment. bart says many of its cars and sections of track have not been upgraded since bart started service in 1972. the paper also reports cal transis accepting responsibility for eliminating part of the drainage system on the eastern span of the bay bridge. the agency agreed to that as a way to cut costs and speed up construction after many delays. there have been more than 900 leaks on the road deck of the bridge and toll pairs picked up the $.4 million cost to repairs so far. a bridge design firm has been asked for a way to come up with a way to prevent future leaks. no estimate yet for how much that will cost. >>> it's become a battle of the buses in san francisco with political and often controversial ads being placed on the sides of the buses. tomorrow the group stand with us is placing pro-israeli ads on eight buses for a month. one