Workers to vote on whether to give union management the authority it needs to call a strike if its contract expires at the end of the month. The agency is working with regional transportation officials on backup plans if it needs to shut down trains. Both sides expect to reach a deal.
Read More →By remaining on BART's payroll, Dorothy Dugger accrued almost two extra months of vacation time, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The months of extra pay were on top of the $920,000 BART paid her to leave.
Read More →Under the new contract, which is effective July 1, 2013, the company will assume additional responsibilities including dispatching duties for a 200 vehicle fleet and employing a Developmental Disability Specialist in its Certification Department, who will bring expertise for eligibility determinations of applicants with cognitive disabilities.
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The commemorative video features interviews from both riders and employees — all recounting memories of the past 40 years.
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When using the QuickPlanner website or mobile site, the trip plan will show an icon with three heads, two heads or one head — indicating “heavy crowding expected,” “moderate crowding expected” or “light crowding expected.”
Read More →Completed the first year of work on the Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension Project.
Read More →The Clipper Card fare payment system will be used once the Warm Springs Extension opens in 2015.
Read More →Developed by University of California, Berkeley seismologists, it sends alerts over the Internet to the transit system and other end users, such as Google.
Read More →Ridership, in its first year of service in 1972, totaled 15,000 trips per weekday. Last month, ridership reached 384,000 trips per weekday, the busiest in BART's history.
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