we want to bring in jim allison. jim allison is the bart spokesperson, jim, are you there? >> yes. >> jim allison, spokesperson for bart, can you tell us what you are doing as a result of this earthquake? >> well we want went through our standard -- we went through our standard procedure and then to inspect the tracks and once the tracks are deemed safe, we get back up and running again. >> you know one of the things is, we live in earthquake country and do you have a protocol for damage on the track, what

jim allison is live on the phone. tell us what bart did. >> we stopped the trains and did a quick check on the tracks. we are about 10 minutes behind right now. it was essentially a very minor event. we are always prepared. >>mark: >>james: what is the drill that bart goes through? demo we stop the trains where they are for 5 minutes to make sure there is not another stronger after shock. once it seems that everything is settled down, the trains moved slowly. the trains above ground level are the most vulnerable. once it is determines that everything is safe, we get back up to our normal speeds. we have sensors to out the bay area that can detect earthquakes and help us determine earthquakes independent of the usgs. >>james: what does that mean? to the attendants walked the track? new speaker the train operator looks for a visible signs that there is but structural damage or damage to the we have been going through earthquake retrofitting. >>james: whenever an earthquake happens and we think about bart, we think about

we have jim allison all the line from bart to give us an update. >> the update is, what we are doing truck inspections right now. so far we do not see any damage or injuries. >>pam: for you guys, this is twice in one day that you had to send out crews. is this unusual? >> this is actually the third time today. >>pam: bart is experiencing a 15 minute delays. after an earthquake, bart inspects the tracks. you are looking at 15 minute delays right now. so far, it looks as though everything is ok. >>jaqueline: this earthquake has been downgraded once again. the usgs is citing this as a bad attitude 2.33.8 . here in the studio, it certainly felt like a strong jolt. this one felt pretty strong and it was quick. we have seen quite a few pictures and heard a few stories of things falling off of shelves, but no significant damage. >>pam: we are going back to the newsroom. >>grant: i am starting the internet to your people are saying. it looks like paul simon is a plane tonight at the greek theater in berkeley. people are saying on the web site, for several thousand in the greek theatre the ea

let us find out as we talk with the bart spokesperson jim allison i understand he is on the kron4 news good morning and tell us what is going on and what passengers can expect. >> right now we have substantial delays but it appears that we will be back in service a very shortly as you said there was a person on the track, there were persons off the track with love and they're trying to find him. in the meantime we are trying to make sure everything is safe and wanted is determined to be safe to get the trains running on time again. >>george: this situation was here at the oakland west station. they say a person it was on the trackway, but they have not found that person. bart's police are still looking. give yourself an extra 15 minutes. on the bay bridge westbound, there are no backups, delays or metering lights. your san mateo bridge ride looks good. on the left is the westbound direction. no problems as he had from the peninsula to the east bay. your ride on the golden gate bridge also looks good. 101 is fog free. let's get a check on weather as we go to the weather center.% there i

jim allison is telling us, they are recommending commuters who cannot accommodate a 30 or more minute delay actually look for alternate transportation. it is not often that bart says that. it is not because a particular station problem, there is no bus bridges that will be agreed. the problem is that switching to trains through the station, the richmond fremont line, the dublin and pleasanton, daly city line and fremont, any trains heading through the transbay tube in the westbound direction are likely to be affected and again. we are talking about as much as 20 minute delays. again, they say this is not related to the problem with the earthquake this morning. that is not our only hot spot. let's check a couple of other problems. as the ride on the dublin grade into san leandro and castro valley, it is backed up because of an earlier accident. that is still tying up the right. there is an overturned accident here at kit not erode on highway 92. it is still tying up traffic leading out of half moon bay because of a one-way traffic control. we will have the bridge approaches but no surp

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