Aug 11, 2013, 1:06 pm
Last edit by: Boraxo
BART STRIKE IS NOW OVER!!!
BART Striking on Friday Oct 18 -
check www.511.org for alternatives
Key steps re the BART labor dispute:
On August 11, 2013, the San Francisco Superior Court, at the request of Governor Brown, issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a BART strike or lockout for 60 days, (until midnight, October 10, 2013).
As of October 11, 2013, the cooling-off period has ended and the parties continue to negotiate while BART service continues.
At 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17, BART and two bargaining units reached impasse. FMCS did not deem it could be of further service at this time and was heading back to Washington.
As of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 BART is CLOSED due to a strike by the 2 major BART unions.
As of Tuesday Oct. 22, BART is expected to re-open by 6am, though full service may not be restored for several hours.. It appears that all issues have been resolved, though the members of both unions must still vote to approve the contracts.
BART Striking on Friday Oct 18 -
check www.511.org for alternatives
Key steps re the BART labor dispute:
On August 11, 2013, the San Francisco Superior Court, at the request of Governor Brown, issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a BART strike or lockout for 60 days, (until midnight, October 10, 2013).
As of October 11, 2013, the cooling-off period has ended and the parties continue to negotiate while BART service continues.
At 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17, BART and two bargaining units reached impasse. FMCS did not deem it could be of further service at this time and was heading back to Washington.
As of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 BART is CLOSED due to a strike by the 2 major BART unions.
As of Tuesday Oct. 22, BART is expected to re-open by 6am, though full service may not be restored for several hours.. It appears that all issues have been resolved, though the members of both unions must still vote to approve the contracts.
Alternatives to/from SFO if BART strike
Oct 21, 2013, 10:15 am
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I just found out today that there's a shuttle from the Oyster Point Ferry Terminal in South San Francisco to SFO. I saw the buses when I got there this morning:
At San Francisco International Airport, free shuttles will take passengers between the SFO BART station at the International terminal and the Millbrae Caltrain station and the San Francisco Bay Ferry dock in South San Francisco.
http://berkeley.patch.com/groups/pol...rries-berkeley
At San Francisco International Airport, free shuttles will take passengers between the SFO BART station at the International terminal and the Millbrae Caltrain station and the San Francisco Bay Ferry dock in South San Francisco.
http://berkeley.patch.com/groups/pol...rries-berkeley
Oct 21, 2013, 11:37 am
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http://www.flysfo.com/flight-info/al...uttle-schedule
Oct 21, 2013, 11:34 pm
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The strike seems to be over, although trains won't be running the full schedule until tomorrow afternoon/evening
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci...uld-get-trains
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci...uld-get-trains
Oct 22, 2013, 12:14 am
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Good news for travelers, traffic should be much better Tuesday if you are trying to get to/from the airport, and of course you will also be able to take BART to SFO or OAK. Everything should be back to normal by Wednesday morning.
Oct 22, 2013, 7:47 am
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But as the wiki notes correctly, this is a tentative settlement and subject to approval by the rank-and-file union members. So it's best to regard service as temporarily restored, until the members ratify.
Oct 22, 2013, 9:29 am
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Freeways are a real mess this morning, but mostly due to a few horrendous accidents that have snarled traffic on major arteries. Reported delays of 3 hours to get from East Bay into San Francisco. BART is running with about 1/2 the usual # of trains.