[BC] Yes, EAS works!

D. Wayne Woollard CPBE woollard at inreach.com
Thu Jun 14 18:45:16 CDT 2012


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meuser"

> On 6/14/12 6:57 PM, David Kaye wrote:
>> I'm wondering if EAS would have been appropriate for today when a
>> major fire blocked the BART subway tunnel from Oakland, leaving about
>> 75,000 transbay commuters without service this morning. The lack of
>> BART service also meant that the Bay Bridge was packed beyond capacity
>> with waits up to 2 hours at the toll booths. Would that have been an
>> appropriate use of EAS?
>
The appropriate thing to do would have been for the bridge authority to 
cancel the toll for an emergency.  Count the cars and charge the City of 
Oakland!

DWW 



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