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"content": "\u003cp>As AC Transit begins construction on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/planning-focus/your-guide-to-bus-rapid-transit/brt-in-the-east-bay/\" target=\"_blank\">Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Boulevard_%28Oakland,_California%29\" target=\"_blank\">International Boulevard\u003c/a> in Oakland, we wanted to take a moment to consider the impact of the new transit design on one population that relies heavily on the bus system: seniors, particularly low-income seniors, many of whom travel along this corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One commonly voiced fear about the new BRT line is that better transit will raise \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/06/oakland-real-estate-prices-surge-for-a-second-year-still-below-2007-peak/\" target=\"_blank\">real estate prices\u003c/a> in an area of historically lower-income residents. Low-income seniors living in rapidly changing neighborhoods are in gentrification’s crosshairs. Safe access to reliable transit is one of the most important factors that allows them to age in place and stay in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It gives [seniors] independence, especially when they have to give up their car.'\u003ccite>Chonita Chew, travel trainer with USOAC\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The BRT line will replace the 1 and 1R lines on International Boulevard, providing connections from San Leandro to downtown Oakland. Stops on the new line will be spaced one-third of a mile apart (about the distance to walk from 12th Street BART across Broadway and Frank Ogawa Plaza to Oakland City Hall).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BRT is projected to increase ridership along this corridor from 25,000 trips per day to 36,000. “I’m really, really happy about that,” said Chonita Chew, a travel trainer with \u003ca href=\"http://www.usoac.org/\" target=\"_blank\">United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC)\u003c/a>, which helps seniors 55 and older transition from driving to taking transit.. “I’m happy about the BRT. It’s going to make my job easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The BRT route is heavily traveled by seniors and people with disabilities,” said Joel Ramos, regional planning director at \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/\" target=\"_blank\">TransForm\u003c/a>. Planners put together a list of about 100 senior destinations along the proposed route when they first started working on the BRT project eight years ago. Those destinations helped determine the locations of many of the BRT stops. Ramos said that seniors and senior advocates played an important role in shaping the services that will be offered by BRT in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Transit] cuts back on isolation,” said Chew. “It’s the benefits of going somewhere and getting around. 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Station features that benefit seniors, such as level boarding from a raised platform, make access seamless for baby strollers as well as wheelchairs by eliminating the need to climb stairs to get on the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major [problem] I hear is crossing International,” Chew said. BRT will provide a safe place to stop in the middle of the street for seniors who need two signal cycles to make it across. “It’s just going to increase ridership,” she added. “And I think it’s going to take a lot more cars off the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we heard from a lot of seniors,” said Ramos, is “we just want to get places safely and comfortably.” He added, “Nobody likes waiting around for a bus … standing around effectively exposing yourself to crime and any kind of danger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well-lit and sheltered BRT stations and buses scheduled to arrive every five minutes will enhance safety for seniors and all riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community input into the design process drilled down to the fine points of user experience. Sidewalks near BRT stations will be textured, to alert blind residents that they are close to the bus stop. Based on input from seniors, the texture won’t be so bumpy that it is hard to navigate with a walker. “Little things like that are being put into the station design so that universal accessibility designs are not just met but exceeded,” said Ramos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland riders of all ages will get a chance to compare the operation of the BRT to its potential sometime in 2017 when work is completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about USOAC’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.usoac.org/?page_id=69\" target=\"_blank\">travel training\u003c/a> for older adults, you can contact travel trainer Chonita Chew at (510) 729-0851.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Laura McCamy wrote this article with support from the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program of the Gerontological Society of America and New America Media, sponsored by AARP. This is the first in a series about the effect of gentrification on seniors in Oakland.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Local\u003c/a>, a KQED News Associate site.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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This board is appointed under the authority of Government Code section 3612, subdivision (a), because a strike will, if permitted to occur, significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the public’s health, safety, or welfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three individuals appointed to the board of investigation are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Southworth, Chairperson\u003cbr>\nJosie Camacho\u003cbr>\nMicki Callahan\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Government Code prohibits any strike or lockout while the board completes its investigation. (Gov. Code, § 3612, subd. (b).)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board is directed to provide me with a written report within seven days. For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge both sides to take this matter seriously and to continue working to find a fair solution.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Southworth has been deputy secretary and general counsel at the California Transportation Agency since 2013. He held multiple positions at the California Attorney General’s Office from 1997 to 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camacho has been executive secretary-treasurer at the Alameda Labor Council since 2010. She was director of constituent services in the Office of Mayor Ron Dellums from 2007 to 2009. She is a founder of the national Asian Pacific Islander constituency group and has served on the board of Asian Immigrant Women Advocates and Congresswoman Barbara Lee's advisory committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Callahan has been director of Human Resources for the City and County of San Francisco since 2007, where she served as employee relations director in 2005. She held multiple positions at the State Mediation and Conciliation Service from 1996 to 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 3:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Officials with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 say they will return to negotiations with AC Transit later today. Gov. Jerry Brown still hasn't announced whether he will grant the district's request to initiate a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. ATU 192 has notified AC Transit it could strike as early as midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Still no word from Gov. Jerry Brown's office on whether he will start the process for a cooling-off period. AC Transit officials said this morning they've sent a letter to Yvonne Williams, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 president, seeking a resumption of talks in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post (Tuesday):\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to act on a week-old request from the East Bay's AC Transit for a 60-day cooling-off period to head off what could be a transit nightmare for many in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, the union representing the district's 1,800 bus drivers, mechanics and other workers gave notice they could strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Thursday. That would force the 100,000 or so people who ride AC Transit every weekday, including 7,000 or so transbay riders, to seek alternate transportation. And with a BART strike also possible, a bus strike would eliminate a key option for stranded train riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit contract dispute has been simmering for months, with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/AC-Transit-workers-reject-2nd-contract-offer-4863342.php\" target=\"_blank\">twice rejecting contract offers\u003c/a> from the district. 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(Deborah Svoboda/KQED) \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Wednesday:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and other workers for AC Transit reached a tentative agreement with their employer late Tuesday, avoiding a strike that threatened to affect hundreds of thousands of commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District struck the deal shortly before midnight, when the union had vowed to go on strike. It gives about 1,800 workers a 9.5 percent raise over the course of three years, with employees contributing for the first time to their medical benefits. Those payments will reach $180 per month in the third year of the contract. Workers will still not have to make any payments toward their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit drivers are paid an average salary of $55,000 a year, or $103,000 with benefits, transit system spokesman Clarence Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yvonne Williams, president of ATU Local 192, said, a ratification vote will occur later this month. \"We’ve been in negotiations for over five months,\" she said. \"At times it seemed that we weren’t going to be able to get an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit board member Elsa Ortiz said the parties came into Tuesday's talks determined to make a deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think one of the things that helped both sides reach an agreement was that we were very respectful of each other. We were very professional and very courteous, so I think that created an environment conducive to reaching an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 181,000 trips are taken daily on the transit system.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest: AC Transit management and union leaders are continuing negotiations in order to avert a walkout that could begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. A press release from AC Transit said the two sides are very close to an agreement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Most notably, on the key issues of wages and health care, the distance between the two parties has narrowed substantially. On wages, AC Transit is proposing a nine percent (9%) wage increase over the life of a three-year contract while the ATU now seeks a nine point seventy-five percent (9.75%) wage increase over the same period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the more sticky matter of ATU employees making contributions toward health care costs, there is only a ten dollar ($10.00) difference between the two parties. Both the District and ATU agree on monthly contributions of $70 and $180, respectively, for the first and third years of the contract. However, during the second year of the contract, AC Transit is hoping for $145 monthly contribution while the union is offering a $135 monthly payment.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But despite the narrowing gap in the talks, Local 192 President Yvonne Williams said via Twitter that \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_23808846\" target=\"_blank\">a report in the Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> that the two sides \"might have reached a tentative pact\" was premature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"We hope to get a tentative agreement,\" is the quote from President Yvonne Williams. Other reports premature. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23strike&src=hash\">#strike\u003c/a> @ATUComms \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ACTransit&src=hash\">#ACTransit\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Yvonne M. Williams (@atulocal192) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/atulocal192/statuses/364938047885815810\">August 7, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors met earlier this evening in closed session to review the status of negotiations. KQED reporter Andrew Stelzer said a one-minute-long public board meeting included a union representative saying during audience comment, \"I hope there is an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit provides service to 13 cities and unincorporated areas in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, as well as transbay service via the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. Buses also cross the Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges. The transit system has been locked in months-long negotiations with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union’s current contract expired on July 1, but workers chose not to strike at the same time as BART. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192, which represents 1,625 mechanics and bus operators, notified the board about a possible work stoppage on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's at Stake?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has offered the union a 9 percent salary increase over three years and wants union workers to pay 10 percent of their health care premiums -- what other district employees pay. The union wanted a 10.5 percent raise and to phase in health care payments at a \"reasonable level,\" but didn't share details about what that might mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said he's optimistic an agreement with the union can be reached by midnight tonight, despite the gaps on the wage hike and health care plan contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://actransitstrike.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit 511.org for commute options if AC Transit workers strike\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We're now only about $4 million apart, as of last night,\" Johnson said. \"We're about 1 percentage point apart in our wage proposals. We're offering 9 percent. The union is now seeking 10 percent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said a strike would be \"catastrophic.\" About 181,000 trips are taken on AC Transit daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Miller, who said he's been an AC Transit bus driver for 25 years, showed up at an AC Transit press conference Tuesday morning to correct what he called misinformation. He said safety and wages are the big concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't had a raise in almost 15 years. And the raise that they so-called are offering is absorbed by the additional medical payments that they want us to pay,\" Miller said. \"They want us to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 percent of the total costs, which would eat up the entire 9 percent that they're asking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides have been talking through a state mediator. Johnson was uncertain whether overnight bus service would end at midnight if a strike is called. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105881\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit20130806-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-105881 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit20130806-640-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"An AC Transit bus waits at Macarthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus waits at MacArthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Wednesday:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and other workers for AC Transit reached a tentative agreement with their employer late Tuesday, avoiding a strike that threatened to affect hundreds of thousands of commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District struck the deal shortly before midnight, when the union had vowed to go on strike. It gives about 1,800 workers a 9.5 percent raise over the course of three years, with employees contributing for the first time to their medical benefits. Those payments will reach $180 per month in the third year of the contract. Workers will still not have to make any payments toward their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit drivers are paid an average salary of $55,000 a year, or $103,000 with benefits, transit system spokesman Clarence Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yvonne Williams, president of ATU Local 192, said, a ratification vote will occur later this month. \"We’ve been in negotiations for over five months,\" she said. \"At times it seemed that we weren’t going to be able to get an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit board member Elsa Ortiz said the parties came into Tuesday's talks determined to make a deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think one of the things that helped both sides reach an agreement was that we were very respectful of each other. We were very professional and very courteous, so I think that created an environment conducive to reaching an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 181,000 trips are taken daily on the transit system.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest: AC Transit management and union leaders are continuing negotiations in order to avert a walkout that could begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. A press release from AC Transit said the two sides are very close to an agreement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Most notably, on the key issues of wages and health care, the distance between the two parties has narrowed substantially. On wages, AC Transit is proposing a nine percent (9%) wage increase over the life of a three-year contract while the ATU now seeks a nine point seventy-five percent (9.75%) wage increase over the same period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the more sticky matter of ATU employees making contributions toward health care costs, there is only a ten dollar ($10.00) difference between the two parties. Both the District and ATU agree on monthly contributions of $70 and $180, respectively, for the first and third years of the contract. However, during the second year of the contract, AC Transit is hoping for $145 monthly contribution while the union is offering a $135 monthly payment.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But despite the narrowing gap in the talks, Local 192 President Yvonne Williams said via Twitter that \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_23808846\" target=\"_blank\">a report in the Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> that the two sides \"might have reached a tentative pact\" was premature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"We hope to get a tentative agreement,\" is the quote from President Yvonne Williams. Other reports premature. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23strike&src=hash\">#strike\u003c/a> @ATUComms \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ACTransit&src=hash\">#ACTransit\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Yvonne M. Williams (@atulocal192) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/atulocal192/statuses/364938047885815810\">August 7, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors met earlier this evening in closed session to review the status of negotiations. KQED reporter Andrew Stelzer said a one-minute-long public board meeting included a union representative saying during audience comment, \"I hope there is an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit provides service to 13 cities and unincorporated areas in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, as well as transbay service via the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. Buses also cross the Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges. The transit system has been locked in months-long negotiations with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union’s current contract expired on July 1, but workers chose not to strike at the same time as BART. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192, which represents 1,625 mechanics and bus operators, notified the board about a possible work stoppage on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's at Stake?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has offered the union a 9 percent salary increase over three years and wants union workers to pay 10 percent of their health care premiums -- what other district employees pay. The union wanted a 10.5 percent raise and to phase in health care payments at a \"reasonable level,\" but didn't share details about what that might mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said he's optimistic an agreement with the union can be reached by midnight tonight, despite the gaps on the wage hike and health care plan contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://actransitstrike.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit 511.org for commute options if AC Transit workers strike\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We're now only about $4 million apart, as of last night,\" Johnson said. \"We're about 1 percentage point apart in our wage proposals. We're offering 9 percent. The union is now seeking 10 percent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said a strike would be \"catastrophic.\" About 181,000 trips are taken on AC Transit daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Miller, who said he's been an AC Transit bus driver for 25 years, showed up at an AC Transit press conference Tuesday morning to correct what he called misinformation. He said safety and wages are the big concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't had a raise in almost 15 years. And the raise that they so-called are offering is absorbed by the additional medical payments that they want us to pay,\" Miller said. \"They want us to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 percent of the total costs, which would eat up the entire 9 percent that they're asking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides have been talking through a state mediator. Johnson was uncertain whether overnight bus service would end at midnight if a strike is called. He said that would be up to the unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reliance on AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Lynee has a medical condition that requires frequent visits to the doctor. She was running critical errands Tuesday in case there's a strike tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am totally dependent on AC Transit and BART,\" Lynee said, while waiting for an AC Transit bus in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm doing my little bit of shopping. I'm stopping at Kaiser to drop off some forms,\" Lynee said. \"I'm doing it today so that the important stuff is done, and then tomorrow I'll just be in. I'll just be at home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to the story:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F104336319\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>First the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/04/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-go-down-to-the-wire-again/\" target=\"_blank\">BART-ocalypse that didn't happen\u003c/a> today, then the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/05/i-80-traffic-jam/\" target=\"_blank\">I-80 traffic jam\u003c/a> that did, and now ... more Bay Area transit Summer of Discontent news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105742\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit.jpg.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-105742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit.jpg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"An AC Transit bus at the Transbay terminal in San Francisco (Deb Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus at the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco (Deb Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District employee union delivered a strike notice to the transit agency's board of directors at its meeting in Oakland this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union workers are threatening a walk-off as early as this Wednesday. AC Transit -- which runs buses from Richmond to Fremont and across the Bay Bridge -- has been locked in a months-long negotiation with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192. The union’s current contract expired on June 30, but workers chose not to strike at the same time as BART. Both transit agencies on strike at the same time could have been debilitating for local commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192, which represents 1,625 mechanics and bus operators, notified the board about a possible work stoppage beginning as soon as 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has offered the union a 9 percent salary raise over three years and wants union workers to pay 10 percent to their healthcare costs, what other district employees pay. The union wants a 10.5 percent raise and to phase in healthcare payments at a \"reasonable level,\" but didn't share details about what that might mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson says he's not sure why the unions have chosen this moment to announce a possible strike, when substantial progress is still being made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's slow but steady progress in the talks,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said a strike \"would be catastrophic.” About 181,000 trips are taken on AC Transit daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're hopeful we will be able to come to some sort of resolution without disruption to service,\" AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ATU Local 192 officials did not return requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>-- Reporting by Isabel Angell\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_69358\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/fireworks-in-the-Bay-Area.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-69358\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/fireworks-in-the-Bay-Area-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Communities around the Bay Area will set off fireworks to celebrate Indepdence Day. (Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Communities around the Bay Area will set off fireworks to celebrate Indepdence Day. (Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With a BART strike that could stretch into the July 4 holiday, you just may want to start thinking ahead about how to get to all those barbecues and fireworks shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are transit and parking enforcement plans for major agencies in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Transit:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/\">BART\u003c/a> - BART is updating their website with the latest news about ongoing labor negotiations. If the BART strike continues into the holiday follow \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\">511.org\u003c/a> for commute options between the East Bay and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/transit-and-traffic-advisory-san-francisco-independence-day-fireworks\">SFMTA\u003c/a> - The annual Independence Day celebration will start at 2 p.m. along the waterfront near the Municipal Pier and Pier 39. The fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. Here is a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/transit-and-traffic-advisory-san-francisco-independence-day-fireworks\" target=\"_blank\">list of street and area closures\u003c/a> related to these events.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://tripplanner.transit.511.org/mtc/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?#tab1Selected\" target=\"_blank\">Plan a trip with 511.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekendtimetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain schedule\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/maps/#\" target=\"_blank\">AC Transit maps and schedules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps.html\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans schedules and maps\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/schedules/schedules_bynumber.html\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Valley Transit Schedules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/transit/july4th2013.php#july4th\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Transit July 4 schedules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A Sunday service schedule will be in effect for \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/transit\">Muni\u003c/a>, but the agency is also offering additional service on certain routes, including pre-event bus shuttles to Pier 39 and Van Ness Avenue and Chestnut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The America's Cup Challenger Series, the Louis Vuitton Cup, also opens Thursday. Muni will provide bus shuttles from Pier 27 to the Marina Green between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The E-Embarcadero streetcar line will operate between the Fisherman’s Wharf and the 4th and King Caltrain Station from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/transit-and-traffic-advisory-san-francisco-independence-day-fireworks\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a complete list of service advisories related to Jul 4 events\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\">AC Transit\u003c/a> - AC Transit management is in labor negotiations with its transit union, so there is a chance of a walkout. Assuming AC Transit is running, the system will follow a Sunday schedule. Check the site for updates about individual bus lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Parking Enforcement:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco - The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/transit-and-traffic-advisory-san-francisco-independence-day-fireworks\">SFMTA\u003c/a> indicates that parking meters, posted time-limit zones and seven-day street sweeping will be enforced citywide on the holiday. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102066\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102066\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/5403_transform-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic to the Bay Bridge began backing up around 6:30 a.m. Monday. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the four-day BART strike early in July Bay Area roadways were snarled and commute times often more than doubled. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lisa Pickoff-White and Kelly Dunleavy-O'Mara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>BART unions may go on strike early on Monday, August 5. Here are several transit options and advice to help you get to where you need to go.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">During the July strike, MTC urged residents to work from home if possible and asked employers to offer flexible schedules. Roads are expected to be packed, so taking public transit or biking is heavily encouraged. If you must drive, officials are recommending that people carpool and are warning you to expect extra long commutes. Parking at BART lots and at Park & Ride lots will be free. Leave your car there and carpool or take alternative transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Casual Carpooling\u003c/strong>: If carpooling with neighbors or co-workers isn't an option, casual carpooling allows strangers to meet up and share rides. Check out \u003ca href=\"http://traffic.511.org/#bartstrike\" target=\"_blank\">511's casual carpooling map\u003c/a> for places to meet with other commuters. Or, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.ridenow.org/carpool/\" target=\"_blank\">RideNow\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://sfcasualcarpool.com\" target=\"_blank\">SF Casual Carpooling\u003c/a> for places to find a ride, pick-up other commutes, and get more information. Or use \u003ca href=\"http://bartstrike.com\" target=\"_blank\">ride-sharing apps\u003c/a> (some of which are capitalizing on the situation to market themselves) to find rides and split costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">While Oakland's casual carpool lines have been longer than normal, many pickup spots are seeing normal traffic.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Biking: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">The \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bike Coalition\u003c/a> has resources for finding bike routes, maps, and bike parking. Expect bike racks on buses to be close to capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: BART has limited weekday round-trip charter bus service from the El Cerrito del Norte, Walnut Creek, Dublin/ Pleasanton and Fremont stations into San Francisco from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and back from a stop near the San Francisco Transbay Terminal from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at no charge. The service will operate in the commute direction only. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis in the morning at those four stations only. People without those round-trip tickets will not be allowed to board in San Francisco to return to the East Bay in the evening. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov\" target=\"_blank\">online\u003c/a> after 3 p.m. for information about bus service the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: AC Transit’s contract also expired Sunday night. But currently AC Transit is continuing regular service. The agency has reported some additional seating capacity on existing local and transbay lines. AC Transit is also planning to supplement transbay lines to San Francisco with extra service when possible. In the event of a BART strike, bus stops located inside BART stations will move outside BART property. \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/bart-disruption-station-information-sheets/\">BART station information sheets\u003c/a> contain maps of the alternative locations. Get more information about AC Transit contingency plans on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/06/26/in-the-event-of-a-bart-disruption/\" target=\"_blank\">its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue and Gold Ferry\u003c/a>/Baylink Ferry\u003c/strong>: The Blue and Gold Ferry operates ferries from Alameda, Sausalito, Tiburon, Oakland, Vallejo, and South San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry-services/ferry-schedules/\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules can be found online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Caltrain will operate its regular schedule, but has said it will monitor travel patterns and attempt to respond to increased demand with additional service. SamTrans also will provide a temporary shuttle from Daly City and Colma to a temporary transit center on Mission Street. The free shuttle will operate during commute hours, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SamTrans customers should look for their regular buses at temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. In Daly City, the temporary shuttle stops will be on DeLong Street, adjacent to the BART station. In Colma, the temporary shuttle stop will be at the Colma Park and Ride lot, located behind the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary transit center will be located at Mission and Crocker streets in the northbound direction and Mission and Goethe streets in the southbound direction. Passengers will be able to transfer to SamTrans Route 391 and San Francisco Muni 14 at the transit center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Check \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">goldengate.org/bart\u003c/a> for updates on strike service. Golden Gate operates ferries from Larkspur and Sausalito to the Ferry Building in San Francisco, as well as buses from the San Rafael Transit Center into the city. Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry will operate an additional high-capacity (715 passengers) weekday trip departing Larkspur at 7:30am during the BART strike. Golden Gate Transit is warning commuters, however, that the Golden Gate Larkspur ferries are already operating at 100 percent capacity at commute times and therefore are “not recommended as a commute alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: SFMTA will operate a regular schedule with increased service where possible. Updates on any changes can be found \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com\" target=\"_blank\">online\u003c/a> or from @sfmta_muni on Twitter. The MTA announced it will prioritize service along the BART corridor along the 14 and 49 bus lines, as well as the J Church and N Judah rail lines. Stay current at \u003ca href=\"alert.511.org\">alert.511.org\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org\" target=\"_blank\">.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Regular ferries operate at commute times from Alameda, Harbor Bay, Oakland, and Vallejo to the San Francisco Ferry Building. \u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/route/hbi/sffb\" target=\"_blank\">Get schedules and updates online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Amtrak: \u003c/strong>During the BART strike in early July, Amtrak was underutilized by commuters. But trains run throughout the Bay Area. \u003ca href=\"http://www.amtrak.com/san-francisco-bay-area-northern-california-train-routes\">Get schedules and tickets online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/orphan/SFOBulletin/bart-strike.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Getting to SFO\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The San Francisco International Airport is operating free\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/orphan/SFOBulletin/index.html\"> busses\u003c/a> between the airport and the Millbrae Caltrain station. Free buses are also going to the Ferry Boat terminal in South San Francisco, which offers connections to all Bay Ferry Services. A \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/docs/bart_strike_2013-Supplemental.pdf\">map\u003c/a> of the bus routes is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Getting to Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> The AirBART bus shuttle has suspended service during the BART Strike. 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Get more information about AC Transit contingency plans on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/06/26/in-the-event-of-a-bart-disruption/\" target=\"_blank\">its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue and Gold Ferry\u003c/a>/Baylink Ferry\u003c/strong>: The Blue and Gold Ferry operates ferries from Alameda, Sausalito, Tiburon, Oakland, Vallejo, and South San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry-services/ferry-schedules/\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules can be found online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Caltrain will operate its regular schedule, but has said it will monitor travel patterns and attempt to respond to increased demand with additional service. SamTrans also will provide a temporary shuttle from Daly City and Colma to a temporary transit center on Mission Street. The free shuttle will operate during commute hours, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SamTrans customers should look for their regular buses at temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. In Daly City, the temporary shuttle stops will be on DeLong Street, adjacent to the BART station. In Colma, the temporary shuttle stop will be at the Colma Park and Ride lot, located behind the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary transit center will be located at Mission and Crocker streets in the northbound direction and Mission and Goethe streets in the southbound direction. Passengers will be able to transfer to SamTrans Route 391 and San Francisco Muni 14 at the transit center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Check \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">goldengate.org/bart\u003c/a> for updates on strike service. Golden Gate operates ferries from Larkspur and Sausalito to the Ferry Building in San Francisco, as well as buses from the San Rafael Transit Center into the city. Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry will operate an additional high-capacity (715 passengers) weekday trip departing Larkspur at 7:30am during the BART strike. 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