Commuter concerns over coronavirus. We get tips from a doctor on how to ride safely. Stock markets suffer as coronavirus spreads. But experts say it isnt time to panic yet. And the commissioner back for the First Time Since firing the police chief. Abc 7 news starts right now. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. Tonight the very latesten the coronavirus outbreak. In salono county a state of emergency has been declared. The first woman to contract the virus, even though she has no known contact with anyone who has the disease. And newsom says there have been 33 confirmed case said in california. Newsom emphasized the most urgent need in the state is more testing locations with quick turn around as the cdc broadened the criteria as to who can be tested for the virus. At uc davis one person is being tested. The person is being quarantined, as are two roommates not showing symptoms. They think the student had contact with someone with coronavirus but wouldnt specify w
Drop in temperatures. 60s at 4 00. The rest of us in the 70s. Jobina . Happy friday to you. We made it. We have our mass transit updates. Ferries running with no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 12 training running on time. Ace 1 is on time as well. I have a vta commuter alert. The blue and green lines will have a bus bridge in place between the karina and civic center stations. Julian and kumasi . Thank you. Some developing news to get to. Countries around the world are taking steps this morning to protect their Public Transit systems from the spread of the coronavirus. In the bay area, transit officials are preparing. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . Hi, good morning. B. A. R. T. Officials say right now theyre not doing anything major yesterday. Theyre taking a wait and see approach. So its business as usual right now. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors had a lot of questions yesterday for the general manager at the Board Meeting about what was being don trepare
We have a quorum. Thank you. Would you please read the next item. Item 2. Citizens Advisory Committee report. Information item. Good morning, mr. Larson. Good morning commissioners, i am chair of the citizens Advisory Committee. This is my report on february 20th meeting of the cac. Members welcomed the seamless transit principles on item sixty the agenda working towards 27 bay area transit agencies to coordinate. One member commented the first subject he worked on was consolidation of Regional Transit agencies in 1984. Other members affirmed addressing equity in the principals, importance of a geographically Diverse Coalition and proposed task force should look at creating a regional structure to accomplish the goal of providing seamless Regional Transit service. The cac had a number of followup questions concerning the proposed 61 million for light rail vehicle procurement. Item 70 you your your an item s. These included pin breaks and the overall performance goals. The specific issu
But this has moved off to the shoulder. Moving over to hayward, following two crashes, southbound 880 before winton avenue and southbound 880 at 92. Both of these incidents are blocking one lane and involving three cars each. So you can expect delays in this area. Mexico is confirming the first two cases of the coronavirus in the country. One patient is in mexico city, tneither of them is seriously ill and likely contracted the virus while visiting illny. The cdc transferred a patient with coronavirus to San Mateo County. Few details are being released about the case but county Health Officials are warning people to take extra precautions, wash those hands often, stock up on supplies and have a plan just in case a family or employee gets sick somewhere where you work. San mateo Health Officials plan to meet with all School Districts in the county today to discuss what to do if an outbreak happens there. Solano county declared a state of emergency. Youll recall yesterday we told you tha
Good morning. Welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for tuesday, march 10, 2020. The clerk could you please call the roll. roll call . We have a quorum. Thank you. Would you please read the next item. Item 2. Citizens Advisory Committee report. Information item. Good morning, mr. Larson. Good morning commissioners, i am chair of the citizens Advisory Committee. This is my report on february 20th meeting of the cac. Members welcomed the seamless transit principles on item sixty the agenda working towards 27 bay area transit agencies to coordinate. One member commented the first subject he worked on was consolidation of Regional Transit agencies in 1984. Other members affirmed addressing equity in the principals, importance of a geographically Diverse Coalition and proposed task force should look at creating a regional structure to accomplish the goal of providing seamless Regional Transit service. The cac had a number of followup questions concerning the p