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Dont want to hear the stories. Reporter so 50 cars were knocked out of service 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 thats 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 barts 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. Were going to see that on the ballot this november appear thats going to be a catch22 because while a lot of passengers know that bart needs money ....
Bart is running shorter trains so they are packed with people. And thats 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. Lets 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. Thats the case right now. Slowandgo 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. Thats that area of highway 4. A lot of folks might use that ....