they are the people also receiving the benefit of the transbay depot. thank you. >> you want to handle that? >> well, mr. patrick brings up a very good point on the passenger facility charges. absolutely when caltrain and high speed rail come into the center they will be paying a passenger facility fee or charge as ac transit and certainly greg if you'd like to address that. >> i was going to say, good idea and it's already been done. >> when we meet with sfmta and golden gate transit we'll be asking the same. >> that was item 14, move into 15, safety and security operations for the transbay transit center. >> denise will also report on this item. >> here is the how, why, where and when on the concept of operations. the concept of operations is a large compendium of documents. they are designed to prevent, mitigate and respond to events regardless of the event that goes on, normal day-to-day as well as exceptional conditions. it is safety and security operational efforts to deter, delay, prevent, detect before a bad event happens. so it would be normal

the transbay district shows aproffer of all of these.his shows a post office at ymca gym, now to the terms of their rights least. at this time staff is requesting authorization of their rights lease. the lease enables the developers to construct a project within the air rights partial of the blockade site. they were designated by the responsible units. ocii will retain these upon construction and once this is completed they will retain this to the mayor's office of housing and community development. that is a 99 year term lease with the initial term at 75 years with a 24 year option. the annual rent is sent at 10% of the fair market value of the property. the annual rent has 2 components. >>>1st, a base rent of $50,000 which comes out the projects in operating expenses. and accrues if not paid. and 2nd a residual rent which is due on the residual basis of class flow. and this will not defer any decidual project for the 1st 55 years of the project. their rights lease and ask certain restrictions such as certain affordability levels and co

for issuance of bonds in transbay. most preently recently the state approved legislation that allowed to issue that so in terms of going forward the challenge will be on [inaudible] with development or cost increases with infrastructure, the [inaudible] already executed so have the ability to issue that on their behalf. it could be [inaudible] we have a recession or not, but in terms of the project and develops we have partnerships with we don't anticipate there to be a issue. what could potentially be something we will have to observe in the long run is the timing of when development comes on line so there is enough [inaudible] with housing as needed. most importantly it is probably timing of when development comes on line but the [inaudible] is already pledged to the development and center a agreement from department of finances that have those allowable contracts. >> great, thank you. colleagues any questions, comments? okay, seeing none we'll move on to mr. olson lee. >> good morning supervisors. my name is olson l

>>we did that for transbay 6. >>mercy housing are doing a very good job. know you know.we have lots of jobs with them. deena how many? we did look at the number of projects that mercy was funded one in the last 10 years and ocii funded in the last 10 years and mercy was one of them. >>thank you. >>do we have any more comments and questions commissioners? >>i want full disclosure that i was taught by mission of mercy by st. peter's in the mission district. >>i do not think that is a conflict but we will defer to counsel >>[laughing] >>that is how long ago. but they are a good group of nuns who have done some- actually the city of san francisco is a lot of them because they are the ones that took over the county hospital in the city cannot take care of the hospital and they're also sisters it came from the island and took care of the people when people got sick and they never got reimbursed for. we talk about affordable units for families, are m mantre is to keep the families in san francisco and bring those families back so there is 23 3 bedroom units and i

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the transbay district shows aproffer of all of these. this shows a post office at ymca gym, now to the terms of their rights least. at this time staff is requesting authorization of their rights lease. the lease enables the developers to construct a project within the air rights partial of the blockade site. they were designated by the responsible units. ocii will retain these upon construction and once this is completed they will retain this to the mayor's office of housing and community development. that is a 99 year term lease with the initial term at 75 years with a 24 year option. the annual rent is sent at 10% of the fair market value of the property. the annual rent has 2 components. >>>1st, a base rent of $50,000 which comes out the projects in operating expenses. and accrues if not paid. and 2nd a residual rent which is due on the residual basis of class flow. and this will not defer any decidual project for the 1st 55 years of the project. their rights lease and ask certain restrictions such as certain affordability levels and

. >>> the mystery problem inside the transbay tube that could make your bart commute more crowded. >>> don't worry about it little marco. >> no holding back last night in detroit. >>> if you're looking at a morning commute, the rain not being here is actually helping us out quite a bit. you'll see the traffic on the san ma tay owe bridge doesn't look bad. traffic is moving well. we'll be back with more with mornings on two after this. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that ta in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a coact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. whatit's old.it to you? you'd rather use newer technology? defitely. you'dwell, i've got nsomething to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. >>> the presidential candidates regrouping

. >> >> i called this meeting for thursday, february 11 transbay joint powers authority good would you please call the roll >> all note for the record sartipi has a scheduling conflict. two actors kim, here. peskin, here. gee, here., here. harper, here. we have a quorum. i will call you next item. item 3 medications and directors are not aware of any. >> no communications. next item >> next item item for new and old business >> i have some new business one of the thing that's been going on at the board neglecting has been the required review of our officers. so, at the next meeting were going to have that closed session and at the next meeting is just what we talked about how to structure that review. that will be-in terms of agenda planning that's going to be on the next agenda. okay next item >> item 5 executive directors report. >> good morning everyone. so, every first four board meeting of the year i always present all vehicle shreds of the prior year. this case 2015. and all we plan to do in 2016. this is a really for the benefit of our new board member director gee so we conceiv

they are the people also receiving the benefit of the transbay depot. thank you. >> you want to handle that? >> well, mr. patrick brings up a very good point on the passenger facility charges. absolutely when caltrain and high speed rail come into the center they will be paying a passenger facility fee or charge as ac transit and certainly greg if you'd like to address that. >> i was going to say, good idea and it's already been done. >> when we meet with sfmta and golden gate transit we'll be asking the same. >> that was item 14, move into 15, safety and security operations for the transbay transit center. >> denise will also report on this item. >> here is the how, why, where and when on the concept of operations. the concept of operations is a large compendium of documents. they are designed to prevent, mitigate and respond to events regardless of the event that goes on, normal day-to-day as well as exceptional conditions. it is safety and security operational efforts to deter, delay, prevent, detect before a bad event happens. so it would be normal

some sort of a technical issue that relates to the transbay tube. that's where the cars are being knocked out of service between the east bay and san francisco. right now there are about 80 cars that are being repaired at the maintenance yard. they have burned out electrical components on their propulsions systems. i am told by bart that 40 cars were taken out of service on monday alone. bart officials suspect that the cars are being damaged by some kind of a power surge as they move through a substation or pass by a substation that's near the exist end of the tube on the oakland side. of course, this is certainly not the news that riders want to he has. i talked with one woman who commutes on bart. she told me she trusts bart will get things fixed. >> maybe shorter trains. maybe a, you know, you never know what's -- i have ridden for three, three and a half years every day and i have seen them go through ups and downs. i complain about it. but you know what? it's better than driving. >> reporter: now, bart representatives told me this has been a pe

it will be a key part of the new transbay terminal in san francisco. when finished it will be about 3,000 feet long, 44 feet tall and wrap around the entire four- block exterior. san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi was on site and said the new terminal will connect 11 transit systems and bring the future to the city. >> so if you're talking about growing our economy, creating good paying jobs with bigger paychecks, if you're talking about cleaner air and a better quality of life, transbay terminal is the answer. >> the pattern is named after the man who discovered it, roger penrose. it can be extended infinitely without repeating itself. >>> health officials now say eight people here in california have contracted the zika virus. now there is a push to educate the public. >> today a symposium was held at ucsf to try to get the word out about the virus. five people have contracted it. those most at risk are people who have traveled to countries in central or south america, especially pregnant women. the virus has been linked to birth defects. >> zik

the graphic is a illustration of the ridership growth in the peak direction in the transbay over the last 3 or so years. it has gone up to 20 thousand in 26 thousand in 3 years. ridership growth and bart is experiencing as a result of that very packed trains so the results are showing the national subway standard for train occupancy is 115 people per vehicle and bart is often experiencing loads of 140 per vehicle and where experience this every day so well aware it is packed like sardines. bart is working on several initiatives to address the problem in the medium and long term. you may have heard in the news the facktd new train cars are coming and will provide additional capacity but in the short term we are sunching is there anythingee can kooto relieve crowding for riders. also of great interest to us since this is a congestion problem. we are in conversation what we can do and intrigued by a pilot program in singapore where they reduced crowding on their transit system. so, moving to give a overview of the scope of the project, we are working on goals objectives and design incen

the problem inside the transbay tube that damaged 80 train cars. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. >>> a bay area couple says it was the victim of a random and violent attack. now one of them is speaking out about just what happened. >> i can't believe that this happened. i couldn't believe when it was happening, and it's really hard to even believe it now. >> tonight san francisco police are still trying to track down the four men who they say attacked that couple. >> the two say they were just four blocks away from their home when it all happened. ktvu's tara moriarty has their stor

i call the board's attention the examiner today transbay tube times two. there's a whole new thinking about the transbay tube to connect san francisco to the east bay. good news. bad news. this board has been derelict in their duty in talking about that. no design effort has given to that. no thought has been given to that. you won't find it mentioned in the environmental impact report. you won't find-were selling properties in the way of any title going forward. we think were doing a great job. i think were missing the boat. we should be taking a leadership for connecting to this fabulous terminal that we built. where are we on a? we are no place. as near as i can tell from everything i've read. i think that is wrong. the board needs to discuss that make a decision is up. what is the board's policy about connecting to the state? by joe, hiv-positive. i believe that i've no reason to believe that. number two, we had a ross article about some of the policies within this board and i'm surprised it wasn't brought to the board's attention to what are our polic

the graphic is a illustration of the ridership growth in the peak direction in the transbay over the last 3 or so years. it has gone up to 20 thousand in 26 thousand in 3 years. ridership growth and bart is experiencing as a result of that very packed trains so the results are showing the national subway standard for train occupancy is 115 people per vehicle and bart is often experiencing loads of 140 per vehicle and where experience this every day so well aware it is packed like sardines. bart is working on several initiatives to address the problem in the medium and long term. you may have heard in the news the facktd new train cars are coming and will provide additional capacity but in the short term we are sunching is there anythingee can kooto relieve crowding for riders. also of great interest to us since this is a congestion problem. we are in conversation what we can do and intrigued by a pilot program in singapore where they reduced crowding on their transit system. so, moving to give a overview of the scope of the project, we are working on goals objectives and design incen

it's better than driving. >> bart says this has been an ongoing problem in the transbay tube. the situation worsened over the last couple of weeks. those damaged cars are being repaired, but bart officials are not sure when they will all be returned to service. >>> the republican presidential candidates are running out of time to catch frontrunner donald trump. they worked hard to throw trump off balance in a raucous debate last night in detroit. >> breathe, breathe, breathe. you can do it. breathe. i know it's hard. i know it's hard. but just -- >> when they are done with the yoga, can i answer a question? >> i cannot. > [ laughter ] >> i really hope that we don't -- you don't see yoga on this stage. >> well, some feel there was an unspoken agreement between senators marco rubio and ted cruz to focus their attacks on trump. they questioned him on immigration and a lawsuit stemming from the now defunct trump university. it even got personal with social media blowing up over trump's response to an attack from rubio on his sides of his hands. >> look at those hands. are they sma

and the transmission, transit core, capacity study that is looking at a potential second, transbay, two across the bay. the planning department will also present the rad study at the transportation, authority, and advisory committee, and to connect, wednesday evening. and finally as a third, related development, the sfmta has released its own, strategy for muni on friday in light of the heavy demapdz today and the significant growth that we as a city and a region need to accommodate, it is critical for us to better understand the capacity and the reliability needed across the muni rail, network over the next quarter century, we need to invest in strategies to remove bottle necks and to keep the city, liveable and accessible. and i look forward to learning more about the proposals and how we can integrate, muni and bart, and high speed rail in a county-wide long range plan that integrates into the regional plan and to make sure that we have great rail service around the bay area. and this also ties into the subway master plan that i requested via the legislation, last year. to learn more

it was in the transbay tube taking 80 train cars out of service and repairing these cars is not easy. >> it isn't readily available making the problem worse. we are able to quickly fix the piece of equipment by borrowing from a different car. >> reporter: so commuters who are using bart this morning will be boarding shorter trains today. trains with fewer cars. and that means of course they are going to be more crowded at a time when bart is already seeing record ridership numbers. we are going to hear more from the bart spokesman later this morning about how they expect this morning's commute to go but be prepared for long waits shorter trains and might want to take your car. but, of course, that's going to cause more traffic. we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> some riders have been using twitter to vent about delays but the agency says, bart was built to transport far fewer people and much of our system has reached the end of its useful life. this is our reality." one woman served back some tough love saying, you had over 20 years to plan for cro

last week it took out 80 train cars in the transbay tube. >> it's not a safety issue.n if you are on the car when it happens, no risk. but the car is damaged and we can't use it until we replace the propulsion equipment. >> reporter: so that means crowded trains fewer cars available. bart has no estimated time when things will be back to normal. bart's been having a hard time getting its hands on the parts it needs because these are outdated parts for an aging system. live in north concord, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> skipping bart instead using the freeways, we are going to see busy conditions an highway 4. 18 minutes hillcrest to 242. better at the eastshore freeway but once you get on 80 delays heading westbound possible slowing into berkeley. slow-and-go conditions at emeryville on the bay bridge where the metering lights are on, slow backed up into the maze. san mateo bridge also sluggish. >> i think you should stay home and just work on your brackets. good morning, everyone! this is our live weather camera looking towards the bay bridge where we have temperatures i

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losing power when traveling under >>> bart is dealing with a mysterious problem happening in the transbayrains losing power when traveling under the bay. kpix 5's jackie ward is live in west oakland where bart workers are trying to solve the mystery. jackie. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. so this is where this temporary fix is located at the west oakland bart stop. so by turning off the substation here they fixed the problem temporarily but the mystery of what's knocking out power to dozens of bart cars remains. power problems that took 80 bart cars out of service could be traced back to here the substation at the west oakland bart stop the same one replaced in october of last year. >> it's not an uncommon problem at bart. but i do admit that, yes, 80 cars is a lot in one week period to have a propulsion problem. >> reporter: a bart spokesman tells me that this problem actually happens in about five cars every day. the issue only became a major concern when it started happening to dozens of trains going eastbound through the transbay tunnel. people who take bart all the time say there were s

this week. 80 cars were benched two weeks ago because of a similar mystery surge problem in the transbay tube. bart is running shorter trains so they are packed with people. and that's affected trains systemwide so bart is ordering parts for these cars that normally takes about five months for the parts to come in so bart is trying to work with the manufacturer to make that a little bit shorter amount of time so they can get these cars back on track. it will cost up to $100,000. let's check in with gianna franco in the "kcbs traffic" center for the latest on your friday morning commute. gianna. >> thanks, anne. because of the bart closures you might see extra busy conditions on 4 this morning. that's the case right now. slow-and-go conditions westbound 4 as you work your way hillcrest to highway 242. drive times from 7 minutes now to 11 minutes with speeds down to 25 miles per hour. that's that area of highway 4. a lot of folks might use that instead of using bart this morning. now, we have another trouble spot as you work your way out of san jose this morning. injury accident north 101

those trains going through the transbay tube. at issue here is an aging fleet because reality is a lot of these b.a.r.t. cars date back to the 1970s. costly and timely trying to find parts when it comes tathese repairs. >> cost about $1,000 when we get them. but not everybody makes them. and, so, we're reaching out to our suppliers and our supply chain to try to expedite the delivery of this car. >> and we can expect to hear about b.a.r.t.'s multibillion dollar bond measure that will go up on the november ballot. they would use public funds to make repairs on this aging transit system but still needs to be improved by b.a.r.t.'s board of directors. >> pete, thank you very much. >>> three san francisco sheriff deputies charged with running a jailhouse fight club are about to face alleged victims in civil court. three city jail inmates filed suit this week against four deputies and the san francisco sheriff's department. the suit claims that the deputies forced them into gladiator-style matches as guards watched for fun. earlier th

for issuance of bonds in transbay.ost preently recently the state approved legislation that allowed to issue that so in terms of going forward the challenge will be on [inaudible] with development or cost increases with infrastructure, the [inaudible] already executed so have the ability to issue that on their behalf. it could be [inaudible] we have a recession or not, but in terms of the project and develops we have partnerships with we don't anticipate there to be a issue. what could potentially be something we will have to observe in the long run is the timing of when development comes on line so there is enough [inaudible] with housing as needed. most importantly it is probably timing of when development comes on line but the [inaudible] is already pledged to the development and center a agreement from department of finances that have those allowable contracts. >> great, thank you. colleagues any questions, comments? okay, seeing none we'll move on to mr. olson lee. >> good morning supervisors. my name is olson lee

bart perks we are working together with bart to [inaudible] corroded portionoffs the system, the transbay [inaudible] embarcadero and mun gumry stations and the idea is sign up for the program and earn points through the clipper card for shifting travel outside of the peak period to ease the congestion problems on bart and extend [inaudible] this doesn't take place medium and long term capital planning but a important way we can partner with the community and public to extend the life and the capacity of our system. you can find more nrgz at sf [inaudible]/bart travel incenseive. in terms of the local work the treasure island management team put together 3 grant applications so hopefully we will be successful working with ticd the [inaudible] community development and [inaudible] we submitted a state cap and trade grant for affordable housing and. we submitted a federal tiger grant for a hybrid vessel we hope toacquire for the ferry service and applied for federal inclusive planning impact grant. i highlight these because it is terrific to see there are no programs forwarded at the federa

a growing number of bart cars are out of service because a technical problem in the transbay tube. alex savage is at the bart station at walnut creek. what are riders saying? >>reporter: this is not what commuters want to hear. bart has lost quite a few of cars over the past few weeks. the agency has not pin pointed the issue but they know it centers aren't the transbay tube and these cars are being knocked out of service as they passed through the tube. this according to the chronicle, 80 cars are being repaired right now with burned out electrical components on their propulsion systems and 40 of the cars were knocked out of service on monday alone. they say they're being damaged by a power surge as they pass by a substation near the east end of the tube on the oakland side. some compute commuters say they aren't surprised to hear about the problem. >> from a maintenance standpoint, there's got to be something. you watch the trains come by on a consistent basis and you watch them and there's missing pieces on the bottom part. they just aren't doing something from a maintenance sta

. >> is in similar to what you saw through the transbay terminal recently? >> absolutely. the same thing. we do not know if it is the same cause. give yourself plenty of time because the trains are shorter and less frequent fred into oakland. >> what your thoughts on the bart issues? we want to hear from you. use has been dear bart. the man suspected of a morgan hill's kidnap asking murder is if court, garcia-torres claimed to have had d.n.a. of sierra lamar on his jeans and her hair was found in his car. her body was never been found. the morgan hill teen disappeared while walking to the bus stop four years ago. senators for her ended last year but on saturday morning, volunteers will go back to an area near the reservoir to search again. year, family and friends gathered at one of her favorite restaurants in fremont for dipper to mark the 4th anniversary of the disappearance. >> the man of killing an off-duty richmond police officer has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. he i don't get life the richmond police officer gus vegas was killed in his home. the suspect

this week. 80 cars were benched two weeks ago because of a similar mystery surge problem in the transbay tube. bart is running shorter trains so they are packed with people. and that's affected trains systemwide so bart is ordering parts for these cars that normally takes about five months for the parts to come in so bart is trying to work with the manufacturer to make that a little bit shorter amount of time so they can get these cars back on track. it will cost up to $100,000. frank and michelle. >> okay. anne, just one question before you go. who is footing the bill for this? >> reporter: well, it is coming out of bart's operating budget. but in the meantime, you may know that bart is trying to ask voters for a lot more money for maintaining and upgrading their system. we're going to see that on the ballot this november appear that's going to be a catch-22 because while a lot of passengers know that bart needs money to get the system up to par, a lot of them don't like the way their money currently is being spent. live in concord anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> if you don't want to commute

the problem is happening in the transbay tubas trains head east they are shut down.icials do not know why. that man cars out of operation means short are trains. commuters really have to squeeze in. people we talked to at this hour say it is not too bad right now. but they feel for you would leave later. [ inaudible ] >> it will be a problem. as far as i know, it is okay. it is usually. >> this comes as bart is grow in popularity, a record number of people took bart last month. this would be a good time to add trains, not take they will away. east car can carry 150 people so losing even one makes a big difference, bart is down 80 with the new problem. >>> we want to get back to breaking news right now in san jose. a deadly crash has claimed the life of a man, and our reporter is near camden and lee avenue. janet? >> a yes, look behind us, this is the scene of the accident, you can see it is a lamb area with debris all over the place and there are two cars involved in this crash. first, the silver truck on the cushion the sidewalk and, next, you can see the red dodge

there was a power surge affecting trains coming out of the transbay tube in oakland. bart doesn't know if the same problem is bhoind both incidents. the bus bridge will be running until the problem is fixed. we have a live report coming up at 4:30. >>> meanwhile, bart is getting a lot of attention for how it responded to complaints on twitter. they used the hash tag # thisisourreality. for the next several hours bart directly responded to dozens of other tweets by acknowledging the problems and explaining the history of our problems. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the bart situation. we are posting updates on our facebook and twitter and our free ktvu mobile app. this was even in the new york times yesterday which surprised me but cool to see it. >>> we are looking at commutes for the roads. the bart situation has put more people on the roads. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're looking at interstate 880 in oakland and that traffic is moving nicely with no major problems. if you're driving in san jose north bound 280 is right through there. n

even if it just goes away as the twin transbay tunnel, did even if the goes away, it could come barks and you don't want to start damaging those new cars when they show up. >> so more eyes on the problem could help. >> especially eight days in. >>> we are learning more about the men behind tuesday's coordinated terror attacks in brussel. >> reporter: reporter greg palkot is in brussels. >> reporter: emotions high at a memorial to the victims incentral brussels. people gathering to hold a moment of silence. it belgian's king and queen joining a wreath laying. >> the liberty of daily life was slaughtered. that same liberty is at the foundation of democracy, our desire to live together n harmony. >> reporter: authorities are looking for the third airport attacker. local media report a second subway attacker may also be on the run. >> the government and the competent authorities will do their utmost to shed light on both these attacks and all of the defense. >> reporter: officials say the subway bomber rented a house in paris, another link to last year's deadly siege. turkish officials sa

. >> it happened in the transbay two and then we thought it was okay and now it's happening again. >> it's been a week and bart can't pinpoint what's behind the mysterious power surges that are knocking out cars and leaving officials scratching their heads. >> i sure wish i knew, phil, they have everything, they've brought in experts from across the country and they're running test tracks and they don't know, so i don't know. >> in all, 100 cars have been taken out of the service and many have been repaired, bart is running short on spare parts. even if the problem is fixed, it could take months before the system is back fully running. >> this is a big breakdown and thousands are being inconvenienced. >> they think it's because everything is old but i don't think we know that, it could be something different related to pg and e. >> the first outage is here and the other one is here, at the end of the line, but if there's an outage here or in the heart of san francisco? >> we'd see a disaster. >> did you catch a break because it was at the end of the line? >> i do, i think so. >> or ju

a mysterious problem in the transbay tube is making a more crowded commute for bart riders. bart officials say 80 train cars are being repaired right now because of burned out electrical components. those cars are being knocked out of service while traveling through the tube. the chronicle reports the problem might be connected to last year's rail replacement project. bart has been forced to run short her trains while the damaged cars gettics ifed. >> from a maintenance stand by, there is got to be something. you look at the bottoms of the trains. there are missing pieces. they are missing parts. there has to be something from consistency standpoint they are not doing from a maintenance standpoint. >> from monday alone 40 cars have been taken out of service. they may be being damaged by a power surge. >>> following some of the top stories afternoon the bay, dave clark is in the studio. >> thank you. here are tomorrow of the top storyies we are following. new security cameras are helping investigators identify people involved in a big fight there. now, take a look at the vide

they all have electrical problems and it is happen as they head east in the transbay tube, they go out bart said that they do not know why. this means even shorter trains. >> they are crowded. they should put more trains and allow people to come to work on time. >> how crowded is it? >> really crowded. a lot of people. people cannot move inside the cars. >> this problem comes as bart ridership is purpose a record number of people taking bart in february. bart said they are working on the problem but you might want to consider commuting during off-peak hours if you can. at least until they get this figured out. >> thank you, amy, a day after santa clara county sheriff laurie smith installed cameras she paid for herself in the jail, a major fight between inmates was caught on camera on the upper left hand of the scene is where it begins and the sheriff said the fight broke out yesterday afternoon in the maximum security unit of the jail in san jose and we told you about the fight on abc7 at 4:00, the unit was in lockdown for hours. the sheriff said that in gores were hurt trying to break

the graphic is a illustration of the ridership growth in the peak direction in the transbay over the last 3 or so years. it has gone up to 20 thousand in 26 thousand in 3 years. ridership growth and bart is experiencing as a result of that very packed trains so the results are showing the national subway standard for train occupancy is 115 people per vehicle and bart is often experiencing loads of 140 per vehicle and where experience this every day so well aware it is packed like sardines. bart is working on several initiatives to address the problem in the medium and long term. you may have heard in the news the facktd new train cars are coming and will provide additional capacity but in the short term we are sunching is there anythingee can kooto relieve crowding for riders. also of great interest to us since this is a congestion problem. we are in conversation what we can do and intrigued by a pilot program in singapore where they reduced crowding on their transit system. so, moving to give a overview of the scope of the project, we are working on goals objectives and design incen

it's the same thing that benched 80 cars last month through the transbay tube. bart never solved that, either. today they said it went away. >> there's a lot of moving parts to this a lot of conflicting evidence, a lot of things that make folks just scratch their heads and say, what the heck is going on here! >> reporter: in the meantime, bart is running four-car shuttle trains on the questionable section of track in contra costa county. and workers are taking apart cars to use to fix the broken ones. >> they are working around the clock. i was out there on sunday. they looked like hell. >> reporter: bart has the parts on order that they need to repair their cars and they are trying to plan a public meeting now in pittsburg to talk directly with the bart riders who are affected by this. in the meantime, that shuttle system is in place for the foreseeable future. live in oakland, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> in the south bay, construction of apple's new spaceship campus is stopped as unions are locked in a stalemate over worker wages. kpix 5's kiet do reports, now l

and 80 damned by similar issue in the transbay tube. that is 138 cars damageed. that is out of 669 so a significant snub, more than 20% or one in five cars is out of service. >> we tracked down the guy behind bart's twitter account. he is not backing down. that is taylor huckabee slam down ride are criticism on sole media. and admit the system is outdated. he said and i quote, "paying employees poorly does not attract talent," he said "bart is if serious need of funding." being honest allows people to fix the problems and it does not do government any good to say nothing. this is a tendency to be overly cautious. >> bart has been mentioned on twitter 1.2 million times. that is continue times more than normal. you can join in on the conversation by posting social media # dearbart. you can share your videos or comments right here. >> now over to san jose with police went you to look at new surveillance video of a man who stabbed someone else in a bar. they spent months trying to figure who this guy is. can you help? matt keller is in san jose. matt? >> this happene

with xlus sieve authority with exclusive oversight to oversigh all aspects of construction of the transbay project, including design and project controls related to construction, for the purpose of meeting the tjpa's board's schedule for phase i. this authority includes the supervision and direction of the contractors and the tjpa engineers directly overseeing construction as it relates to construction of the transbay project and be it further resolved that sf public works will take direction directly from the board and shall have a mutual obl gaigts with the board to work closely and collaboratively together and be it further resolved the tjpa board of directors authorizes the tjpa to negotiate dregtly with the city with the objective of presenting this agreement to the tjpa for approval as soon as practical with the expectation that compensation to sf public works would be consistent with the board's program budget. >> okay, very good. so we have a motion. >> i have recuse myself. >> no, ed made the phoes, right? is there a second to the motion? we have a second to the motion and we've a

and that could generate lag monument revenue for the transbay terminal hopefully it will come to pass that joins the transbay terminal. >> commissioner vice president richards first which is able to attend the gentrification and displacement we heard when last week it was post by the mayor's office of housing and community development that was an interesting session there were 3 panel i was excuse me. i have to her marion from the employment blue cross her and mccain accident the displacement study and tony from the office of economic workforce development and gore done chin that was the founder of china for the development center the paper will be released i suggest you go to their website on berkley there were two neighborhoods in san francisco that were highlighted one chinatown and that was in the mission in terms of displacement an interesting read and following the summary from the county bay area a couple of things to note - proposed as the building and local development while causing a altercation - thank you commissioner moore thank you, thank you for bringing that up some fo

. >> bart officials are trying to figure what is causing mysterious damage to trains in the transbay tube. it is leading to more crowded trains and longer waits. our reporter is at the san francisco embarcadero station. amy? >> yes, they have had to pull 80 cars out of service and that means short are trains and the passengers are saying, yes, they had a feeling something was going on. >> bart rider say squeezing on to crowded trains is getting tougher and tougher. >> standing room only. >> but in the evening it is ridiculous. we have to go backwards to get a seat. >> many riders did not hear about the latest problem, a mystery issue in the tube that is daning the cars. 80 are out of commission in the maintenance yard. >> that is a lot. >> that is why we are...okay. it explains, a little bit, why it is getting worse. >> bart said it appears to be a power problem, too much power reaching the cars and knowledge daing them starting february 20 and it is getting worse. 40 cars were taken out of service on monday. this leaves riders with questions. >> it is concerning there must be an iss

. >>> a problem in the transbay tube is knocking cars on the line. 80 cars have been damaged. the damage occurs eastbound through the tube. it's possible a power surge is happening as they pass a substation. whatever the cause, the effect is that riders must jam into shorter trains. >> coming in there's a lot more pushing and shoving particularly when they are trying to be the last person to get in to squeeze into the train and tempers get hot. >> a lot of people aren't able to get on the trains. they are more crowded. you hear a lot of -- you know, there's another train coming. we have to close the doors. >> reporter: bart is urgently trying to find the problem in the tube that started last month. >>> people in the north bay can get their first look at the smart train this afternoon. two cars from the sonoma-marin area rail transit are now on display. the public can board them and look inside at a platform on 3rd street in downtown san rafael. passenger trains will soon be running in the area for the first time in more than 50 years. service on the 43-mile stretch will again

park i'm going to be an open misty see that as the - this phase a ambitious the transbay park i seeroviding the open space the area and love it is ambitious i think about the small sort of mid block alley park right behind the transbay building as - sorry the trans america building this it is compared so obviously the owner thought you guys or whoever owns the property in the future years will be responsible for the upkeep of the property i'm confident you'll design some practical i hate this to be landscaping because someone the future decides they don't want to upkeep the trees. in terms of the the gentleman's comments about prop m i see - i don't see the point but we'll see on the very large project to have information coming to us i want to look at more how you guy is are designing and programming the office space and my sorts of thinking on prop m allocation for the space and my understanding is rendering and this presentation has been seen this is a phase that will be competitive the marketplace not just office space that people are not looking for i think is the proton right