Bad news for lovers of driving into San Francisco and uncrowded BART trains; the Bay Bridge is currently closed indefinitely after pieces from a repair made over Labor Day weekend came crashing down and hit three cars. The incident took place late Tuesday afternoon and was coincidentally in the same location as a critical flaw that was discovered and repaired during the bridge’s Labor Day closure. read more »
Thanksgiving weekend’s over and you’re deciding on booking the flight back to Berkeley: do you fly into Oakland International or San Francisco International?
Sure the flight into Oakland’s a bit cheaper, but the three dollars exact change policy and the half hour ride on the AirBART doesn’t seem so enticing wedged between getting off your plane and getting on BART. SFO ftw.
BART decided to make your decision a little harder. The Oakland Airport Connector, a 3.2-mile extension between the Oakland Coliseum Station and the airport, may be completed by 2013. Just in time for you to graduate. read more »
Posted by
Diana Newby on Monday, September 14, 2009 02:12 pm
If you’re planning to hop on the train tonight, better check the schedule first—service reductions for off-peak hours are in effect as of today. And we thought the worst was over … We’re blaming our false sense of security on the chocolate.
The changes, which serve as a means of addressing BART’s rather hefty deficit, apply to weekdays after 7 p.m., weekends and holidays. They include extending service from 15 to 20 minutes, as well as ending the Dublin/Pleasanton line at Daly City rather than Millbrae.
Pittsburgh/Bay Point will run all the way to SFO, however, and there also promises to be “more even spacing of trains throughout the system.” Silver lining?
Find out exactly how your travel plans are affected with this brochure.
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Off-peak service reductions begin Monday, September 14th [BART]
Posted by
Jill Cowan on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 05:50 pm
Um, of course you do. So get your butt on BART this Friday morning sometime between 6 and 9 a.m. because that’s when they’ll be giving riders free Ghirardelli Luxe Milk Almond Chocolates, along with coupons, which we assume will lead to more chocolate.
You can pick up your goodies at several of the higher-traffic stations, including the Downtown Berkeley station. Hopefully this will make the pissed off commuters who can’t drive over the Bay Bridge a little less vicious. Yeah, in case you haven’t heard about it yet, the Bay Bridge will be closed starting this Thursday at 8 p.m. until Tuesday at 5 p.m. Heads up.
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BART Thanks Riders With Free Ghirardelli Chocolate on Friday [SFist]
Bay Bridge Closure [Bay Bridge Info]
Wait, saywhat? It looks like there won’t be any strikes for a while now … hopefully. In an about-face of baffling proportions, the one union, ATU, Local 1555, preventing the previous round of contract negotiations from finishing decided to OK the new contract. Why the change now?
Maybe it’s a brilliant ploy to read more »
Good news for all of you who have been panicking for the last four days about your lack of transportation: The BART strike, scheduled to start in just a few short hours, has been called off.
Apparently a tentative agreement has been reached with the union, and the trains will continue running tomorrow morning. Now here’s hoping this is the last we hear of this for awhile.
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Earlier: It’s Happening, No, Really This Time
BART strike averted, tentative deal reached [SF Chronicle]
Ok, so we hate to bug you with this again, but we’re hearing it’s for real this time.
According to Jesse Hunt, head of one of BART’s unions, announced at a press conference today that workers will be striking beginning read more »
Well, we alerted you awhile ago to the possible BART strike. At the time, we said the contract deadline had been extended until July 9. Perhaps, after said date coming and going without incident, you felt you were safe from any major transportation-strike hijinks. O fair transit-goer, how wrong you were. read more »
If you happen to be one of the approximately 335,000 people who relies on BART for transport on weekdays, you might want to begin exploring your alternatives, as BART tries to avert a strike among its workers. read more »
Posted by
Alex Bigman on Friday, June 12, 2009 08:12 pm
Those of you who squeeze together point A and point B with a skeleton-horse-of-two-wheels, better known as a bicycle, rejoice! The Downtown Berkeley BART station is about to get a whole lot more accommodating of your wild, wiry contraptions. BART signed a lease last week for an expanded bicycle station near Shattuck and Allston Way that will be open sometime this year. Hey, it beats Shoe Pavilion. read more »
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