it's not just bus shelters. it isal everything on the street that kind of blocks sight, sight views to our police officers and residents, particularly in areas where we do have high levels of low-level crime such as drug dealing. so, i know that continues to be an issue. and i would really, know, like to work with the mta and see what strategies we can implement particularly in the tenderloin neighborhood where i know we're getting lots of requests to remove bus shelters. we're getting another request again from one of our more active corners. ~ you know i wonder if we can be more creative about t. one, besides bus shelters, we understand because we have a lot of seniors and disabled residents as well. we want them to sit while they wait from the bus or have shelter from the rain. some folks have brought up questions about whether we can remove the wall behind the chairs so at least there is some sight views so police officers that are driving down the street, so people aren't hiding kind of behind the walls. on

for the next bus. many commuters woke up an hour early to catch a bus in downtown oakland because of the bart strike. the first bus in san francisco after 5:30 and you can see it was packed with 20 more people boarding at 20th and broadway. a woman told me she prepared for the strike. >> we picked up a hotel downtown because we have one car for two of us going different direction and both rely on bart. we are working it out. ange transit is not striking allowing riders an alternative. a.c. transit will run a shuttle to the transbay terminal. we have seen people show up at the bart station not realize there was a strike and they walked over to the bus station. the next bus leaves at 6:33. >> the buses will end up in san francisco. abc7 news reporter, katie marzullo, is at the transbay terminal. >> we started to see the buses rolling in and out. they are packed. if you can look across here, they are letting people off along the other said at main. it is hard to see from this point. we talked with people

i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind.he second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >> i'm often anxious that i'm going to miss the bus that i need, simply because i'm not fast enough to scamper down and find out which bus is lined up behind the bus that is currently in front of me. what i'm going to work and i take the van ness street buses to work, sometimes, one of them will pull up right next to the other one. not in a bus stop, but parallel to it. and i do not know it is there. i also do not feel comfortable walking out into the street. >> is that my boss over there? i think that is my boss -- bus. i'm going to miss it. i don't know how many times i have missed buses because of this. >> i do not double park. it is not safe for our customers, and especially the visually impaired. anything could happen, and it is muni's policy not to double park. normally what i do, if i can safely

muni says you're user our bus stops. if you -- you're using our bus stops. if you are going to park here, you have to pay. >>> reporter: we have all heard the complaints about the magical mystery tours. >> i can't move anymore. >> reporter: private shuttles often unmarked packed with techies and parking in zones designated for, you guessed it, public buses. >> i call 311 complain to the city. >> reporter: now a bit of order is coming to the wild west. >> we really feel like this is a good first step. >> reporter: muni wants to test the solution and see if it works. the plan, an 18-month pilot study that involves sharing. >> the pilot is to create a network of 100 to 200 muni stops that meet specific criteria that would be able to be shared between muni and these private commuter shuttles. >> reporter: part of the proposal, no more mysteries. >> we would be asking shuttles to share data with us. we would want to know where are they going, what their schedule is, which stops they would be intending to use out of this network. >> reporter: private shuttles will

the extra bus was an extra bus that a.c.put in service to speed it up and get people going to the city. there are three buses an hour rather than two. we saw the extra bus, as well, so a.c. transit is trying to speed up the process. they have extra long buses. usually they are a short bus. now they are extra long. yesterday at this time, there was a 45 minute wait from 7:00 to 9:00 and the people who arrived before 7:00 have a much better experience headed into the city than those who arrive at 7:00. many who came today were here yesterday and they say their experience was fine and it took them, and this is maybe the low expectation they have, it took them to or three ho were happy. maybe the idea is to get up early and get to the bus station early and have low expectations. >> that is tomorrow morning. thanks. we have seen lines at the ferries and we will check with katie marzullo from jack london square in oakland. >> lots of things happening here and this used to the line to san francisco but as we come back over this way

did this bus -- is this -- was this bus going down this interstate that we see it on, or did it flipverpass? what happened? >> we're not -- we're not really sure right now exactly how the accident occurred. our team 6 has arrived on the scene to reconstruct what happened, and hopefully we'll have some definitive answers coming out later this evening. >> and so we don't know if this -- it appears that this is -- this bus is the only vehicle, to your knowledge, involved in this crash right now, correct? >> that's my understanding, that the bus is the only vehicle that was involved, yes. >> okay. they're asking people who may have loved ones or know people on this bus to go to a church. where is this church? do you know where this church is? >> that's information that i do not have available right now. i'm not aware of the passengers or -- anything right now. >> we're being told this church is at 8140 chapel hill road if they want more information. but these were all teens that were returning from camp? that's what the fire department is reporting. >> okay. that might be what they have.

on our bus fleet. this is the transportation for the city. it's clearly a billion dollar investment just in our bus fleet. you heard some of the features today. this has additional safety features both on the outside of the bus. it has state of the art cameras, not only to help with toll lanes and exclusive transit lanes only but to see everything on the bus. cameras on the outside to help guide the drivers as numerous people have said we've worked closely with all the constituents and stake holders to design this bus. the number one cause of munis delay. we are having these buses roll on the streets as opposed to hit the streets. we want rolling. this is a big step for us but only the first one. as you heard of other programs the help of the mayor, his administration, our board analyzed -- and the leadership of ed. this is going to make a difference in moving us forward. i will be happy to tell you more about the buses but more anxious for to you see them and take a ride. this is a collective effort a

bus at 2:45 a.m. >> so early? >> want to make sure i get on the bus. they only have so many seats. they are only allows 200 or 400 riders on each bus. i want to make sure i get on the bus. >> trying to get to work? >> yes, yes. >> you are a good employee. >> hope my boss is listening. >> bart will provide buses from these stations. it includes dublin/pleasanton and walnut creek and fremont. consider an early start. look at fellow passengers, some are already here. they say they are not sure what to expect. there are no rules or guidelines and they remember the chaos of the last strike. though are nervous. they are here early. >> casual car pooling is an alternative many may consider using to get across the bay. morning pickups are between 6:00 and 9:30 at the car pool stops in the east bay marked by these signs. passengers cross together saving on toll and time and are dropped off on fremont street in downtown san francisco. evening pickup is between howard and full fullsome. cornell? >> good morning, guys, we are bracing for what could be an epic monday morning commute now that ba

and the bus driver. in saturday's accident, the 68-year-old driver, a church member, told police the brakes failed. the church owns the bus and said it was properly maintained and inspected. tonight 16 injured still in the hospital, one in critical condition, all are expected to survive. lester? >> john yang, thank you. >>> in the hudson river just north of new york city officials have now recovered two bodies following this weekend's tragic boat accident that is believed to have claimed the lives of a young bride-to-be and her fiance's best man. katy tur has our report. >> reporter: a mangled bow, this is what's left of a friday night boat trip that ended with the bride and best man believed dead. a groom and three others seriously injured. >> i can't talk about it right now. >> reporter: speaking to reporters saturday, the bride's parents hoped for a miracle. >> they just wanted a nice night on the river. >> reporter: but sunday police recovered two bodies believed to be lindsey stewart and mark lennon

the question is around geneva bus rapid transit. there's been a lot of concern around members of my district to make sure there's an effort to look at light rail along geneva corridor and the bus rapid transit perhaps there's a way to look at this towards light rail and it's important inform address the study that will be moving forward particle today. if i could get a response from staff or the mta on the feasibility of that analysis? >> feel free to come to the mid again. on this item on page 182 with respect to the scope of the awarding contract. we included an optional task just to - i want to emphasis this is a short-term improvement of the extort transit district that's something to the development agreement that's going to be put into place. and the sfmta information on this the mta is interested in the operational benefits which could enable the transit to into up to the market street tunnel. and to not prevent access it that facility. i'm understanding clarifying the revenue service ridership potential just recognizing it's

some of these buses without a key. >> bus drivers say stealing a bus is not hard. >> press a button. >> what is hard is getting away with it. >> that's pretty gutsy. a guy that took it, i don't know what he was thinking. you can't get far with that bus. >> a gps helped the chp track it down. the driver led officers on a 20 minute chase. they stopped the bus by using spike strips to flatten the tires. officers arrested a san francisco man, 29-year-old, justin moss, officials say this was a stand by bus parked at the transbay terminal. >> i have been here t eigh years and i can't recall that ever happening. >> and muni officials say they have never had their buses stolen. the bus drivers say they are not surprised. >> there's not much security for as far as locking the bus, we don't have keys to the bus. >> doesn't think the suspect is a former driver for them. but they think he has training. >> it's not like operating an airplane, there are procedural things you have to go through. >> i feel there was previous knowledge with how to operate a commercial-type vehicle. because he doesn't

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what is bus rapid transit? it's the dedicated transit lane is the obvious item but there are subtle features and signal authority and opt minimization to make sure the buses get the extra jump on the rest of the traffic lie continuing to allow the traffic to move efficiently. all buses to maximize the speed for which people can board the coaches and of course pedestrian improvements and high quality stations are critical to encourage people to use the system and feel comfortable being able to take the system to their destination along the corridor and walk the final distance. the expected benefits of the van ness project up to a [inaudible] percent in transit time. up to 50% improvement in reliability and expected 35% or increase in boardings while maintaining the same corridor person you there put. in layman's term means we're taking a lane of traffic for bus only service for the bus service and removal of lanes for opt minimization and expect to move the same people along the corridor if not more once the pro

police say they abused the bus driver. >> they're doing it while he's driving the bus. >> yeah. he's trying to drive the bus, keep them safe, keep himself safe. you see him point, indicating you guys have to go. the guy's verbally get into it with the bus driver. the but driver pointing to tell them to get off. finally, the pair believed to be in their 40s, get off the bus. but not without some parting shots at bus driver. watch what the woman does. >> oh. >> what a -- >> she spit on him. >> shows a great lack of class, indecency. the guy gets back on the bus, pushes him, throws punches at the driver. >> these two are losers. no such thing as a free ride. >> 7 news in australia caught up with the bus drive somewhere he talked about the incident. >> it's quite disgusting. more than anything else, most traut mattic. >> in the city, bus drivers are the only public transportation drivers that are not protected. >> they are now considering getting protection for them. >> it would be absolute a shame if australia had to be cut off completely to avoid this behavior. >> a popular tv sho

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because the bus was too full and they had to wait half an hour for the next bus.said they are fought running center buses this morning but starting at 7:00 this will be three buses an hour. the next bus was scheduled to be here at 6:33 and it is 6:35 so the people are waiting but i see a san francisco bus coming right now. they will get on shortly. >> bart is shifting buses for free shuttle to accommodate high demand. there will be 20 buses for passengers at walnut creek station seven more than yesterday and monday. yesterday bart ran out of seats for walnut creek passengers. the vice president of programming for use 7 is on the shuttle from walnut creek, he started in walnut creek and he said on the way to san francisco it was faster today than yesterday taking 60 minutes but he left really, really early, too, so the early birds have it better. >> it took a while. complete coverage of the bart strike ahead and we will check with leyla gulen and the traffic center to see if there are crashes making the commute worse . >> it looks to be the same spot where we last

in fact, the first bus, the first bus full of passengers just left the station. it was supposed to be 5:00, but it's just past 5:30 right now and the first bus just leaving, a couple empty buses now being rerouted at this point because there's six buses out here. and only enough passengers to fill one bus. the chartered buses began arriving at 4:15his morning. the buses will take you to the west oakland b.a.r.t. station, and from there you'll have to jump on another chartered bus, which will take you into the city. you cannot drive to the west oakland b.a.r.t. station and jump on one of those buses. you have to have a special ticket obtained from one of only four selected b.a.r.t. stations with this bus service. the other stations with chartered bus service are el sorritos, walnut creek and pleasanton. first-come, first-serve basis and no standing. we ran into a couple who didn't know there was a strike and had to resort to an expensive cab ride. >> we were just expecting good customer service, you know? it's good if they want to go on strike, just let us know in

i boarded a greyhound bus. i traveled from detroit to my memory, and a young lawyer by the name of fred graham, who had been a lawyer -- fred gray, who had been a lawyer for rosa parks and dr. king, met me at the greyhound bus station and drove me to the first baptist church to see a colleague of dr. king. and he assured me in to the -- and he ushered me into the offices of the church. dr. king spoke up and said, are you the boy youtroy? are you john lewis? said, and dr. king, i am john robert louis. i gave my whole name. this man, i admired him. i loved this man. he inspired me. he lifted me. philosophyme with a of love and nonviolence. he was a funny man and could make you laugh. he could tell jokes. you try say, john, do to preach? and i would say, yes, sometimes, when i'm taking a shower. and hewould just laugh would mach some of the ministers that he knew, and the deacons in the church. and he was laughing at his own jokes. he thought he was so funny. he was wonderful. i remember one time we were driving i

bus service begins at 3:00 p.m.. the last bus leaves at 7:00 p.m..telling people to still alive before then. again it's all on a first come first serve. this bus is completely full. many of these people are happy they don't have to rely on always having to take these buses. happy service will resume again at 3:00 p.m. today. but most of them will most likely be taking the free afternoon buses. back here to the east bay. reporting live from fremont janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> charter buss are not your only option. all major public transit agencies in the bay area including ac transit are running on normal weekday schedules today. some agent sills like ac transit will run additional shuttles but the bay ferry will not have more >>> fire works display in southern california turned dangerous for spectators. some of the fire works accidentally went off in the crowd. our reporter al is live. you talk to people who were there. they saw the horror and panic. >> reporter: by all accounts this was a really, really scary people. i talked to peopl

passengers on the bus? >> no word on passengers on the bus. but the driver ended up ramming it into an electricity post to get it to stop. >> you blink your eye and that car is smashed. looks like something from a junkyard. >> the company that manages this bus said it just passed all inspections in june, so they don't know what possibly could have caused the brakes to fail. >>> you're on video, don't swear. >> this in alberta, canada. something in peril and that something happens to be a cow. >> that does not seem like an effective rescue vessel. >> she wasn't trying to put the cow on the vessel and bring it back with her, she is just trying to get out to the cow, what she's going to try to do, put a harness around its neck and pull it to shore. she gets the harness successfully around the neck. >> and they are going to pull the cow. >>y god, oh, my god! >> the guy gets the noose off. and she gets up on all fours, three guys approach the cow and help her up onto land. a day of quading definitely better because they saved a cow. >>> a throwdown

unlike greyhound mega bus does not have a bus terminal. it picks up passengers occur curb side.s tickets on line. greyhound and mega bus have wi-fi and power outlet. one mega bus customer called the service spotty. but will continue to raid it. >> i'm not here for the wi-fi. hiram because it's cheap and affordable and convenient. >>reporter: mega bus in the bay area pick up passengers curb side. across the sfreet san francisco cal train station in san jose at the train station hear and near the west oakland bart station. this is 7 0than your side. >> never get caught in the rough again. what may the future of golf. that story is ahead on 7 news at 9:00. >> hi everybody. this is the abc morning news traffic reporter. be smart and enjoy the drive xhuingt. check out our web site slash contest right now and you can drive away with brand new smart car. lucky whipper friday august 2nd ♪ a wise jamaican once said, "drinking beer is like dancing with your lady. always better when you slow down." red stripe. hooray beer! vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male anno

and north of union there is a 230-foot-long bus zones which essentially just means the bus pulls up and passengers board on the right. ~ stockton so, our project is proposing we turn that into -- turn the buses into bus zones, extend the sidewalk and allow pedestrian issues be taken care of. : standard proposal has a transit only lane between filbert and stockton with stockton green intersection. that's the expanded proposal. the moderate proposal does not include that transit overlay. that's just an example of kind of how we differentiated those i do want to point out that the mta board does not have or will not probably be taking all of the expanded or all of the moderate. it will be a mishmash of different proposal going forwardth. right now the e-i-r that's kind of how things are broken out. that concludes my update and i'd be happy to take any questions or comments. >> thank you. we'll open it up for public comment if there is any. is there any public comment on this item? >>> [inaudible]. >> ma'am, if you want to [speaker not understood], you need to come up to the microphone. >>

guilty on one bus. it will be tough for the bay area commute. if you normally take bart, take a.c. transit. good luck. the a.c. transit are not on strike. contract negotiations are continuing. at broadway and 20 county in downtown oakland. >> this is a story of two transportation services at 20th and broadway. you can see the bart station will be quiet until the strike ends. but the a.c. transit bus stop is busy, the first bus to san francisco is scheduled to leave at 5:33 and is expected to run a shuttle during peak hours to the temporary transbay terminal every three to five minutes. bus top locations will be popping up with fines for blocking the temporary bus zones can range to $300. usny commuters will turn to b today in the bay and the temperature transbay terminal in san francisco, the drop off point, will be busy. katie marzullo? >> this is a busy spot anyway, and a lot more will want to talk the bus. we have been watching this board all morning which has been changing. when the bart screen come

bus drivers say stealing a bus is not hard. >> you just press the button and start the bus right up. >> reporter: what is hard is getting away with it. >> that's pretty gutsy. the guy who took it, i mean, i don't know what he was thinking, but, you know, you can't get far with that bus, you know. >> reporter: a gps in the ac transit bus helped the chp track it down. the driver led officers on a 20- minute chase. they stopped the bus by using spike strips to flatten the tires. officers arrested a san francisco man, 29-year-old justin moss. ac transit officials say this was a standby bus parked at the transbay terminal. >> i have been here eight years and i can't recall that ever happening at least in that period of time. >> reporter: and muni officials say they have never had their buses stolen. the bus drivers say they are not surprised. >> being that there's not very much security as far as locking the bus, we don't have keys to the bus. >> reporter: ac transit doesn't think the suspect is a former driver for them. but they think he has some training. >> it's not quite like operatin

what is bus rapid transit? it's the dedicated transit lane is the obvious item but there are subtle features and signal authority and opt minimization to make sure the buses get the extra jump on the rest of the traffic lie continuing to allow the traffic to move efficiently. all buses to maximize the speed for which people can board

the bus. you think he is running late. a few moments later you see several other men running towards the bus and they stop right in front of the bus. they're at the door and start slamming on the windows trying to get the bus driver to open the door. apparently they're screaming things like that man just stabbed someone when she hears that she starts screaming to this man get out of my bus. >> get out of the bus. now. >> the doors open back up. he grabs his bag and starts running towards the back of the bus and does actually end up exiting. there is another angle that shows us what ended up happening after he got off the bus. you see a group of men beating on that guy with the white tank top. they're pulling on it. he manages to get back up on his feet and something that is very dramatic and this could be very difficult for some people to watch is that as the video progresses and we see more of the beating, you see that his shirt starts developing a dark spot in the that is because at that poi

the first bus is expected at 6:30. at the love buts are coming through here potentially with planned if you passengers, people who normally rely on bart and a.c. transit providing extra buses and bart providing buses. san francisco bay ferry is adding extra service this morning due to the bart strike and abc7 news joins from oakland. you have been tweeting it is getting busy. >> they will need the extra service. behind me you can see two boats, and a long growing line of people. the first one arrived at 4:45 this morning and then there were two, then there were four, and now there are more than 100, all the people in that line on the left hand side going to the san francisco ferry terminal and none of them happy about having to do this. no one would normally be taking the ferry boat at this hour. they were here before the sun came up and now the sun is coming up and as the sun comes were they are coming out of the woodwork. >> without normally take this ferry? >>guest: no, i take bart. i am three blocks from the statio

then they start loading people on my bus. >> reporter: that woman was run 30g minutes early. an important lesson to learn about giving yourself enough time as long as the b.a.r.t. strike lasts. >>> ac transit is still running this morning despite its union contract expiring at midnight. abc 7 union reporter mikell ler continues our team coverage, matt. >> reporter: no problem. san francisco to downtown oakland a problem, but for some it was the best option. >> based on what the ferry line looked like, the carpool and the bay bridge toll plaza, i decided to take the bus this morning. better off that way. >> reporter: the longest lines formed between 7:00 to 9:00 this morning with waits lasting 45 minutes. >> if you had to do this all week, all month? >> no, i don't want to do it today but i have to. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. workers showed up to protest but they weren't the only ones prepared for strike. >> does your boss know that you may be coming in late? >> my boss is pretty flexible. so, you know, we -- we work -- we've worked that out before. >> reporter: many people told me

a bus driver didn't hesitate at all. he accelerated. >> you can't under estimate the power of water like that. look what it did. it knocked over an entire bus. >> with temperatures approaching 95 degrees, the michigan humane society was called to east detroit because of a dog in a car. >> we have a dog locked in the car. the windows are cracked and it is way too hot, 93 out here. >> this is dave mcleod, an investigator with the humane society. he is hoping the honking will alert the owners so they can talk to the owner about not leaving the dog in the car and here the comes. >> that's my dog. >> you can't keep your dog in there like this. it is 95 degrees out here. >> i know. >> you know? >> we were just upstairs. >> let me get your information. this dog would have died. you have an attitude about it. >> no, i don't. >> the windows being cracked like that, not enough. if you wouldn't have came down the dog would have been removed and i would have charged you. >> they're putting out the video as a warning, don't leave you

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transit bus.ot this is moving smoothly. >> the crowds are gone, they came here so early that they started to back up around the corner. buses are coming more frequently than ever and that is why you do not see the lines here. people are hoping to run on that bus. the good nenormally peopled be in bed at the time that we saw them this morning. they get up a few hours earlier knowing that bart was not available to them. the game down to ac transit and the transit center of 20 of and broadway, the last stop before you head into san francisco. a lot of people are frustrated and the reason is because one they do not have but available and to that is the bart station across the street and they are picketing with deep would normally be working. while they were waiting in line, based on the whole thing go down across the street. >> it's that bad. i am hoping i will make it to work on time, i'm sure i will but this is bad. much is making pretty good amount of money. i can tape their dad and they can do sec