Labor Day Weekend BART Riders Coping During Transbay Tube Closure
Some of BART's estimated 80,000 weekend riders are taking the bus since the transit agency closed the Transbay Tube for maintenance, repairs and upgrades.
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Some of BART's estimated 80,000 weekend riders are taking the bus since the transit agency closed the Transbay Tube for maintenance, repairs and upgrades.
Transit agencies are pitching in get people between the East Bay and San Francisco this weekend as BART's Transbay Tube closes for three days.
BART police Wednesday said they plan to seek attempted murder charges against a Union City man who allegedly shot himself during a struggle with officers at the West Oakland station Tuesday night.
Trains did not stop at the West Oakland BART Station for several hours Tuesday night after police said a man shot himself in the stomach during a confrontation with officers.
BART police arrested a man for public drunkenness, a parole violation and warrants Sunday afternoon on a BART train at the 19th Street station in Oakland, police said.
San Francisco's Embarcadero BART station reopened Monday afternoon over three hours after a person died after being hit by a train in an apparent suicide this afternoon, BART and fire officials said.
A robbery suspect sent police on a roughly one-hour foot pursuit through the BART tunnels near the Lake Merritt station Monday, a BART police lieutenant said.
BART service has resumed in San Francisco after an equipment problem on the tracks caused trains to stop between 24th Street and Daly City Sunday morning.
Starting Monday, BART will begin cleaning and replacing the flooring in all of its 127 elevators at stations and parking garages throughout the Bay Area.
BART issued a press release Thursday, saying repairs made during the Transbay Tube shutdown earlier this month reduced noise on the tracks. But passengers are questioning if the tube is really quieter.
BART trains are back in service between Oakland and San Francisco after the Transbay Tube was shut down for the weekend.
Ridership on the San Francisco Bay Ferry nearly doubled on Saturday between Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco, ferry officials said.
A woman was arrested in Hayward on suspicion of killing her mother on Monday afternoon, according to police.
A BART station agent was stabbed in the abdomen on Friday afternoon outside the Powell Street BART Station in San Francisco, according to BART officials.
A woman who got her arm stuck in a San Francisco BART station escalator Wednesday afternoon was taken to a hospital but was not seriously injured, BART police and San Francisco fire officials said.
BART is recovering from a 10 to 15 minute delay this morning due to equipment problems, according to an alert on Twitter, posted at about 6 a.m.
People who rely on BART to travel between San Francisco and the Peninsula to the East Bay will have to find alternate ways across the bay later this summer. The transit agency will close the Transbay tube for repairs during the first weekend in August and over Labor Day weekend.
BART officials Wednesday morning said the system is running on time again following delays due to pine needles catching fire on the tracks.
A BART train narrowly missed striking a 57-year-old woman who fell onto the tracks at the North Concord/Martinez station Friday evening, a BART police lieutenant said.
Riders who depend on BART to ship them to and from work, school and appointments notice delays are becoming more common. And they're not the only ones.
All BART stations are now open after a fire on a train closed multiple stations in Alameda County earlier Thursday, according to BART officials.
BART trains through the Transbay Tube are delayed over 20 minutes in the East Bay and San Francisco directions Monday afternoon because maintenance crews needed to take a measurement, a BART spokesman said.
A fight or disturbance between six or seven people at a San Francisco BART station was the reason for major delays in part of the system Sunday night, a BART police officer said.
It was a party getting into San Francisco for Sunday's Gay Pride Parade. Paradegoers were in a raucous, good mood as they crowded onto BART trains, ferries, and Caltrains heading to The City.
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A man who was convicted in a series of attacks targeting elderly victims in Oakland's Chinatown during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged in connection with a series of new attacks, prosecutors said.
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The increased patrol is planned through Aug. 3, and will include coordination with tactical and traffic units.
A man who was convicted in a series of attacks targeting elderly victims in Oakland's Chinatown during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged in connection with a series of new attacks, prosecutors said.
An East Bay man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly shot and robbed his ex-girlfriend outside a Berkeley home last month, while his mother was also arrested for being an alleged accessory, police said.
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