right is just crawling along towards the lower deck backed up as we approach the evening hours here. commuters crowding on to buses, ferries and freeways after bart workers went on strike for the first time since 1997. good afternoon, everyone. here are the latest developments now on the bart strike. there are no sked yumed talks at the moment. these workers picketing outside montgomery station in san francisco. bart is asking to return to the bargaining table and union leaders say they re waiting for bart to offer a better offer. sky 7 shows you back up today, take a look at this mess. maybe you got caught in it. traffic officials report commutes from east bay into san francisco took about an hour longer than usual and the situation is expected to be the same tonight. let s take a look outside right now. this is the san francisco skye way. you see traffic is on the lower deck of the bay bridge heading east and it s slow going but much lighter for drivers haetding out