On the third day of a record-breaking heat wave, even the Bay Area’s public transportation systems were struggling to adapt.
During the Monday evening commute, some BART trains were running nearly 40 minutes behind schedule.
“We’ve had a lot of mechanical problems — our BART trains don’t like the extreme weather,” a BART communications specialist said Monday.
Heat restrictions also caused serious delays for Caltrain riders.
Caltrain began operating under “level one” heat restrictions Monday afternoon, which requires that passenger trains run at or below 60 miles per hour.
Apparently, @Caltrain 365 shut down because of a power outage due to the extreme heat in Mountain View. Video at Palo Alto, 10-15 people on #bikes we're left behind. @CaltrainBikes @caltraindiaries #heatwave #100degreesF #transit pic.twitter.com/rHQ3UPPLOq
— Taylor Ahlgren 🚶🏽🚲🚃 (@taylorahlgren) June 11, 2019
Monday marked the third — and hottest — day of a record-breaking heat wave in the Bay Area. Several Bay Area cities, including Salinas (101), San Jose (102), Walnut Creek (101), Martinez (100), Antioch (100), and Mountain View (100) — all had broken into triple-digit temperatures.