A budget crisis for the Golden Gate Bridge district. Good evening, im alan martin. Im elizabeth cook. Board directors were faced with either raising the toll or cutting jobs. Don ford on the tough decision made just a few hours ago. Reporter the Golden Gate Bridge is in financial trouble. Serious financial trouble. Today, the board of directors took action. The Golden Gate Bridge is looking at a 48 million shortfall. The bridge says southbound traffic crossing the gate is significantly down. Bus ridership is down by 75 . And is down a shocking 96 . About 155 employees would be laid off. The total number of affected positions is a little over 200 and we have about 840 employees. So about a quarter of our workforce will be impacted. Reporter the decisions were made this morning on a conference call. One of the choices was to raise the total by two dollars, making it eight dollars to cross. That idea was rejected. Our board decided that on ballots, the best thing to do is to strike a bala
Bart, that commute may take you a little longer. Thats because bart has now slowed down their service after temperatures rose over 100 degrees to try to prevent and avoid a potential heatrelated derailment. Now meantime, climate experts say we need to start expecting more frequent heatwaves as the planet continues to heat up. Were sweltering for sure. Reporter sweltering sun and tripledigit temperatures. Thats the trend we need to start expecting here in the bay area. Ive been playing tennis since the age of 6. And i got to say, this is one of the hottest summers that ive been facing. Reps the rt hit the brakes on some of its east bay lines, slowing trains to 44 Miles Per Hour or less to prevent potential problems in the heat. All part of the agencys new policy after tracks warped in tripledigit heat in june, triggering a minor derailment. Stanford professor noah divenbock says we should expect the frequent heatwave shows the up more frequently. Not only is the globe warming, but calif