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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> California Secretary of Labor Marty Morgenstern announced at about 10:50 p.m. in Oakland that BART's two striking unions have agreed to return to work as negotiations with management continue. Train service is to resume at 3 p.m. Friday. More details: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/04/bart-strike-update-strike-over-trains-will-roll-friday-afternoon/\" target=\"_blank\">Strike is over, for now: Unions agree to return to work while talks continue\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bartstrike&src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">Latest from Twitter\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:40 p.m. tonight:\u003c/strong> As noted below, BART's saying there's no sign the strike will be over by tomorrow morning. But if you're looking for a hopeful sign, we offer this: Negotiations continue at Caltrans District 4 headquarters in downtown Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:30 p.m. \u003c/strong>Sent out by BART tonight ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"BART has received no indication that ATU and SEIU will return to work Fri., July 5th. Commuters should make alternative plans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9 p.m.\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130704.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">BART Plans Limited Charter Bus Service On Friday, July 5 If No Train Service\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>Morning Service: First Come, First Served 7 buses at 5am at El Cerrito del Norte, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton, Fremont & West Oakland Stations\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If BART trains continue to remain out of service on Friday, July 5, BART will provide limited charter bus service to and from San Francisco during the peak commute periods: starting at 5am from five East Bay stations and 3pm - 7pm from San Francisco. Accessible vans will be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limited charter bus service and accessible van service will pick up riders at the following five BART stations: West Oakland, El Cerrito del Norte, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont stations. At 5am, 7 buses will arrive at each of these stations. Once a bus is filled it will leave for San Francisco. There will be no transfers in West Oakland. This is first come, first served. Each bus carries 50 passengers. The service will only last until all seven buses are filled or 8am, whichever comes first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trip home will be a direct ride to each of the 5 stations with 7 buses and accessible vans serving each destination from 3pm - 7pm. The last bus and van to each station will leave at 7pm so riders need to arrive before then.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And on the negotiations front, from \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9161362\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART and its striking unions spent much of the Fourth of July holiday in negotiations behind closed doors .... There wasn't much coming from inside the negotiations. In fact, one negotiator told ABC7 News that nothing of substance has been discussed. But outside the negotiations, there were loud complaints from the unions and calls for BART's general manager to bargain with them face to face. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9161362\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-union-leader-We-re-not-close-4647084.php#page-2\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a>, on the possibility of BART unilaterally imposing a contract on striking workers ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART management has scheduled - and canceled - two special board meetings for each day of the strike, with an agenda that includes items calling for \"unilateral implementation of certain terms and conditions of employment for employees\" represented by the two striking unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's simply a precaution dictated by state open meeting laws that require 24 hours' notice before a public body such as the BART board can act, said Alicia Trost, a spokeswoman for the transit agency...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with more than 2,300 workers already on the bricks and trains shut down for four days and counting, BART leaders may decide they have little to lose from threatening to impose a contract if there's no movement in the contract talks.\u003cbr>\n\"That's not what we want to do,\" Trost said. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-union-leader-We-re-not-close-4647084.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's Laura Anthony\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU says BART trying to break unions in an update to members. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/65DWXP3IHn\">pic.twitter.com/65DWXP3IHn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU negotiator says talks with BART \"not going well\" but they're not at impasse. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QVhdkMOexZ\">pic.twitter.com/QVhdkMOexZ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/statuses/352882475984355328\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/04/bart-negotiatons-planned-for-holiday-after-long-night-of-talks/#.UdXkXYbt1iw.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">CBS San Francisco\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Joe Bomberger with the Service Employees International Union told reporters as he entered the negotiating site in Oakland Thursday that Bay Area Rapid Transit officials were not “substantially addressing” any of the safety concerns that the unions have for the public and workers. Bomberger was then pulled away by another union official. The two sides have been told by a state mediator not to speak to the media.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1 p.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/352875122010488832\" target=\"_blank\">KTVU\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> After meeting for about an hour, BART and union negotiators have broken for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KTVU (@KTVU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/statuses/352875122010488832\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 News' Laura Anthony\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU negotiator says he's \"tired and frustrated\" with bargaining process with BART, \"never seen it like this.\" Talks to resume at 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/statuses/352845461478060032\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:30 a.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayArea/status/352673074077892608\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7News\u003c/a> last night ....\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>All \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have ended for the night and will resume at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 4th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayArea/statuses/352673074077892608\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also see ...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/july-4-transit-and-parking-around-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">July 4th Transit and Parking Around the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>July 3rd Updates\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10 p.m.\u003c/strong> From BART tonight ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART has received no indication that ATU and SEIU will return to work Thursday, July 4th. Commuters should make alternative plans. Should ATU/SEIU call off their strike we will notify the public via bart.gov and the strike alert email notifications. Sign up for strike alerts at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/alerts/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bart.gov/news/alerts\u003c/a>/.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8 p.m.\u003c/strong> From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23596201/bart-strike-talks-stretch-toward-holiday-service-eye\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a 36-hour break since the shutdown began, BART management and unions Tuesday returned to the negotiating table for nine hours, stretching into the wee hours Wednesday morning. Following a quick break to catch up on sleep, they returned Wednesday afternoon and were set to bargain into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear whether any progress has been made toward a deal, or if either side has submitted new proposals on the key sticking points: pay hikes and contributions to pensions and health care benefits. That's because the two top state mediators sent in by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered both sides to keep the talks confidential until a deal is reached.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And this ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On Wednesday, the BART board of directors indicated it might unilaterally impose new \"terms and conditions of employment\" on the unions. The board used a similar strategy during its last round of labor talks, voting unanimously to impose working conditions on its unions in 2009.Workers responded initially by threatening to strike, but quickly reached a settlement without walking off the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Rick) Rice, the BART spokesman, downplayed the possible re-emergence of the strategy, saying that the board is still committed to reaching a deal through negotiations. But, he said, \"We have to be prepared for all possibilities.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23596201/bart-strike-talks-stretch-toward-holiday-service-eye\" target=\"_blank\">Full article here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart/\" target=\"_blank\">So How Much Do Striking BART Workers Make, Anyway?\u003c/a> (News Fix)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thenation.com/blog/175063/bart-strike-another-instance-media-portraying-workers-greedy\">BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy\u003c/a> (Alison Kilkenny, The Nation)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cwnevius/2013/07/03/bart-workers-overplay-their-hand/\" target=\"_blank\">BART workers overplay their hand\u003c/a> (C.W. Nevius, SF Chronicle)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/july-4-transit-and-parking-around-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">July 4 Transit and Parking Around the Bay Area\u003c/a> (News Fix)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>BART says that if the strike continues into Jul 4, it will provide \"very limited charter bus service to and from San Francisco during the peak commute periods.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130625.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Read details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No word yet on today's negotiations. But even if an agreement were to be announced like, right now, there's this ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>For those wondering: It will take about 18 hours for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a> to resume service once \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> ends. Plenty of logistical challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/352546397981114368\">July 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102321\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/baybridgetraffic20130703-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102321\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/baybridgetraffic20130703-640-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Commuter traffic backs up approaching the toll plaza to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuter traffic backs up approaching the toll plaza to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The BART strike is now in its third day, with commuters experiencing more of the same -- long waits in line at ferry terminals and horrific traffic congestion around the Bay Area. Transit agencies are encouraging commuters to jump in a casual carpool, telecommute or just avoid travel altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans says that carpool lanes will continue to be open weekdays from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and the two major unions representing striking workers were scheduled to return to the bargaining table at 1 p.m. today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, a negotiator with Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, spoke early Wednesday morning after a marathon negotiating session with BART officials that started Tuesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\">KQED's Guide to BART Alternatives \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\">511.org BART Strike Info\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/bart-strike-the-cost-of-public-employee-strikes\">Are Walkouts Worth It?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We've worked very hard,\" Mooney told reporters. She said she could not comment further because a mediator has asked the parties not to speak to the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is good to see that we're at the table and we're meeting extensively,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another sign of hope: BART has reached an agreement with one of the smaller striking unions, representing 200 supervisors and professional workers. If that's ratified by employees, they'd go back to work, though that wouldn't enable train service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Reality-Check--Breaking-Down-BART-Negotiation-Claims/213923141\" target=\"_blank\">report by NBC Bay Area\u003c/a> Monday night examining the specifics of what the unions have been asking for and what BART has offered. And here's Bay Area News Group's best \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">estimates of how that would break down in terms of actual salary\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's Laura Anthony\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU says BART trying to break unions in an update to members. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/65DWXP3IHn\">pic.twitter.com/65DWXP3IHn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU negotiator says talks with BART \"not going well\" but they're not at impasse. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QVhdkMOexZ\">pic.twitter.com/QVhdkMOexZ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/statuses/352882475984355328\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/04/bart-negotiatons-planned-for-holiday-after-long-night-of-talks/#.UdXkXYbt1iw.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">CBS San Francisco\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Joe Bomberger with the Service Employees International Union told reporters as he entered the negotiating site in Oakland Thursday that Bay Area Rapid Transit officials were not “substantially addressing” any of the safety concerns that the unions have for the public and workers. Bomberger was then pulled away by another union official. The two sides have been told by a state mediator not to speak to the media.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1 p.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/352875122010488832\" target=\"_blank\">KTVU\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> After meeting for about an hour, BART and union negotiators have broken for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KTVU (@KTVU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/statuses/352875122010488832\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 News' Laura Anthony\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>SEIU negotiator says he's \"tired and frustrated\" with bargaining process with BART, \"never seen it like this.\" Talks to resume at 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/statuses/352845461478060032\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:30 a.m. \u003c/strong>From \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayArea/status/352673074077892608\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7News\u003c/a> last night ....\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>All \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have ended for the night and will resume at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 4th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayArea/statuses/352673074077892608\">July 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also see ...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/july-4-transit-and-parking-around-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">July 4th Transit and Parking Around the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>July 3rd Updates\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10 p.m.\u003c/strong> From BART tonight ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART has received no indication that ATU and SEIU will return to work Thursday, July 4th. Commuters should make alternative plans. Should ATU/SEIU call off their strike we will notify the public via bart.gov and the strike alert email notifications. Sign up for strike alerts at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/alerts/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bart.gov/news/alerts\u003c/a>/.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8 p.m.\u003c/strong> From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23596201/bart-strike-talks-stretch-toward-holiday-service-eye\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a 36-hour break since the shutdown began, BART management and unions Tuesday returned to the negotiating table for nine hours, stretching into the wee hours Wednesday morning. Following a quick break to catch up on sleep, they returned Wednesday afternoon and were set to bargain into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear whether any progress has been made toward a deal, or if either side has submitted new proposals on the key sticking points: pay hikes and contributions to pensions and health care benefits. That's because the two top state mediators sent in by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered both sides to keep the talks confidential until a deal is reached.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And this ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On Wednesday, the BART board of directors indicated it might unilaterally impose new \"terms and conditions of employment\" on the unions. The board used a similar strategy during its last round of labor talks, voting unanimously to impose working conditions on its unions in 2009.Workers responded initially by threatening to strike, but quickly reached a settlement without walking off the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Rick) Rice, the BART spokesman, downplayed the possible re-emergence of the strategy, saying that the board is still committed to reaching a deal through negotiations. But, he said, \"We have to be prepared for all possibilities.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23596201/bart-strike-talks-stretch-toward-holiday-service-eye\" target=\"_blank\">Full article here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart/\" target=\"_blank\">So How Much Do Striking BART Workers Make, Anyway?\u003c/a> (News Fix)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thenation.com/blog/175063/bart-strike-another-instance-media-portraying-workers-greedy\">BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy\u003c/a> (Alison Kilkenny, The Nation)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cwnevius/2013/07/03/bart-workers-overplay-their-hand/\" target=\"_blank\">BART workers overplay their hand\u003c/a> (C.W. Nevius, SF Chronicle)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/july-4-transit-and-parking-around-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">July 4 Transit and Parking Around the Bay Area\u003c/a> (News Fix)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>BART says that if the strike continues into Jul 4, it will provide \"very limited charter bus service to and from San Francisco during the peak commute periods.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130625.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Read details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No word yet on today's negotiations. But even if an agreement were to be announced like, right now, there's this ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>For those wondering: It will take about 18 hours for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a> to resume service once \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> ends. Plenty of logistical challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/352546397981114368\">July 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102321\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/baybridgetraffic20130703-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102321\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/baybridgetraffic20130703-640-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Commuter traffic backs up approaching the toll plaza to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuter traffic backs up approaching the toll plaza to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The BART strike is now in its third day, with commuters experiencing more of the same -- long waits in line at ferry terminals and horrific traffic congestion around the Bay Area. Transit agencies are encouraging commuters to jump in a casual carpool, telecommute or just avoid travel altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans says that carpool lanes will continue to be open weekdays from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and the two major unions representing striking workers were scheduled to return to the bargaining table at 1 p.m. today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, a negotiator with Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, spoke early Wednesday morning after a marathon negotiating session with BART officials that started Tuesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\">KQED's Guide to BART Alternatives \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\">511.org BART Strike Info\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/bart-strike-the-cost-of-public-employee-strikes\">Are Walkouts Worth It?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We've worked very hard,\" Mooney told reporters. 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(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. Commuter tow away, residential parking permits and Monday-Friday daytime street sweeping will not be enforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland - The City of Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/parking/parking_mc&r.htm\">website\u003c/a> indicates that July 4 is a parking meter holiday. \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/SS/index.htm\">Street sweeping in Oakland\u003c/a> will not happen July 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose - San Jose is a meter holiday, but street sweeping will still be enforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Additional Useful Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://511.org/\">511.org\u003c/a> - The general 511 web portal has transit information for just about transit agency in the Bay Area. For an extended list of July 4 agency schedules go \u003ca href=\"http://transit.511.org/schedules/holiday.aspx\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Don Clyde, Dan Brekke, Lisa Aliferis, Lisa Pickoff-White and Alex Emslie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart-strike-update\">Click here for BART Strike Day 3 Updates\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\">KQED's Guide to BART Alternatives \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\">511.org BART Strike Info\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/bart-strike-the-cost-of-public-employee-strikes\">Are Walkouts Worth It?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Back to the negotiating table\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART management and representatives from Service Employees International Union 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union 1555 resumed negotiations tonight, but neither side has released any new proposals. Last anyone has heard, BART offered an 8 percent salary increase over four years, and the unions had only reduced their offer of 23.2 percent. BART employees don't currently pay anything toward their pensions, and they pay a $92 flat fee each month for health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unions argue that BART’s 8 percent offer is partially dependent on boosted ridership, and demanding more for benefit contributions would turn the pay raise offer into a de facto pay cut. The unions also have repeatedly brought up safety concerns, including what they say is inadequate track lighting and protection for station agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So who is bringing the parties together?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California labor secretary urged both sides to talk, and has sent in two new mediators, Anita I. Martinez, chair of the Public Employment Relations Board, and Loretta van der Pol, chief of the State Mediation and Conciliation Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials aren't the only ones concerned about ending the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Council, a business advocacy group, said late yesterday the strike could have a lasting impact on the Bay Area’s economy. The council’s economic institute estimates the strike is costing the Bay Area $73 million per day in lost wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot of money to be lost from an economy that’s just coming back,” Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman said. “This is going to have an impact. It will impact peoples’ wages. It’s going to impact tax revenues. This is serious stuff. This isn’t small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last BART strike in 1997 lasted 6 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tuesday traffic worsens\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102313\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/almetria1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Line at the interim Transbay Terminal. (Almetria Vaba/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line at the interim Transbay Terminal. (Almetria Vaba/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tuesday has been a mess, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-talks-to-restart-as-commute-tightens-4642262.php\" target=\"_blank\">traffic snarling\u003c/a> the Bay Bridge before 6 a.m. Golden Gate Ferries between Larkspur and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">carried twice as many passengers\u003c/a> Tuesday morning as Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The eye test suggests things are about the same today, with maybe a bit more traffic,” AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said late Tuesday afternoon. “Certainly there’s a feeling that because this is a holiday week, people may have had regularly scheduled vacations they took, so there’s the fear that the number of commuters could grow substantially in the coming days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We want you (to tell us about your commute)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the BART strike and thinking to yourself that your commute is really newsworthy, now is your chance. KQED wants to hear your stories about a quirky or especially cumbersome commute during the BART strike. Call us at 415-553-8455. We might share your story on the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Waiting for the boat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With BART workers on strike, thousands of people in the Bay Area have turned to ferries to cross the bay. This morning it took KQED's reporter Andrew Stelzer more than three minutes to bike from the beginning to the end of the queue at Oakland'd Jack London ferry terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/nkk4TA2cTrg?list=UU0FISFbEaHFc5ccrIgkZ3mg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Confusion at SFO\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's worse than jetlag? Flying into a transit strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART strike is causing some confusion for travelers flying into San Francisco International. The airport is providing free shuttle service to the Millbrae CalTrain station, but finding the shuttle can be challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe Quinn from New York says he just arrived to visit friends in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[I] Kept stopping at information station [after] information station to find out where I had to go,\" he said. \"Probably been walking around for about twenty minutes or so. There's no real signage or anything telling you where to go or where things are located.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinn said his friends sent him text messages that BART was down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many other travellers said they didn't know anything about the strike until they reached the BART entrance and found it closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike and Laura Cartner just arrived from Maryland for the their 20th anniversary: \"There was nothing to tell us it was closed before we got here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, a recorded voice periodically announces BART is closed and tells passengers to go to an information booth for help. But it's easy to miss in the din of the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best commute?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Alex Emslie spoke with a man locally known as having the \u003ca href=\"http://archive.oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/09/best-commute-ever\">best commute ever\u003c/a>. Stephen Linaweaver often paddles an old whitewater kayak across the Bay from Oakland to San Francisco. He's made the trip about 100 times -- and says it's empowering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes a big difference, especially at the end of the day when you look up at the bridge or you look at BART, if there's delays or it's not running, and you just get on the water, and you're going to get across probably before most folks who are in cars,\" Linaweaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/1655-SF-South-Beach-Marina-Launch3-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102259\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/1655-SF-South-Beach-Marina-Launch3-web.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Linaweaver paddles out from the South Beach Marina in SF after work. (Photo by Dan Suyeyasu of Oakland.)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Linaweaver paddles out from the South Beach Marina in SF after work. (Photo by Dan Suyeyasu of Oakland)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Green Party member John-Marc Chandonia was inspired by \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/parenting/2011/05/19/the-birth-of-bart-photos-from-the-1960s-and-70s/\">photos of San Franciscans walking and biking through BART's Transbay Tube in the late '60s\u003c/a>, a few years before trains started surging through the tunnel. He jokingly tweeted that BART should reopen the tube to pedestrians during the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Probably it would not be completely safe because there's not a railing, for example, and they'd also have to turn off the third rail,\" Chandonia said. \"But it would be nice if it were possible today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, not very plausible. ... But Linaweaver is looking for paddling companions, and he'll likely be on the water early tomorrow morning, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car-sharing companies win big\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's becoming clear that some of the big winners of the BART strike are car-sharing companies. \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\">Sidecar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://rtr.avego.com/rtr-desktop-web/\">Avego\u003c/a> began promoting their mobile apps and reaching out to drivers in their networks over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Allen, co-founder of Sidecar, said he saw a 50 percent increase in ridership on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We see rides across the bridge and down in the Peninsula every day, and we’re seeing increased usage of that type because of the BART strike,” Allen told KQED's Peter Jon Shuler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get drivers to participate, Sidecar offered extra incentives such as waiving its usual 20 percent of the take and allowing drivers to keep 100 percent. Lyft also waived its surcharge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland City and East Bay Parks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Oakland city employees are back at work today after their one-day strike. But union officials say they could walk out again. Negotiations are scheduled to begin on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Oakland parking enforcement officer crossed picket lines yesterday, though, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_23578167/oakland-meter-maid-crosses-picket-line-tickets-unsuspecting\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Tribune\u003c/a>. The worker, driving a city-issued car, was spotted ticketing cars in the vicinity of Broadway and 40th Street. He refused to give his name to a reporter and said that he got paid well and didn't support the strike. All of the citations will be automatically dismissed, the city announced this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay residents will be happy to know that East Bay Regional Parks will be open on the Fourth of July. Cliff Rocha, president of Local 2428 of AFSCME, which represents employees of the parks, said workers and managers have reached an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:30 a.m. \u003c/strong>Not sure this picture needs much explanation, but that's the Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza -- in case you couldn't immediately identify which toll plaza that was. The big rig got stuck around 8:45 a.m. and was pulled out by 11:30 a.m. It blocked at least three lanes of traffic at one point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102235\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Big-Rig-Stuck07_02_13-e1372790603320.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo courtesy Golden Gate Bridge District via Bay City News)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy Golden Gate Bridge District via Bay City News)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:00 a.m.\u003c/strong> KQED's Matt Williams reports lines at the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal are much longer Tuesday morning than on the first day of the BART strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/transitoption-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102232\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/transitoption-640.jpg\" alt=\" An Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit worker monitors the capacity of an AC Transit bus on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit worker monitors the capacity of a bus on July 2 in Oakland. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED's Andrew Stelzer spoke with ferry commuters Dominic Young and Jessie Groat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in Jack London Square, so I'm pretty fortunate that I can leave my apartment and still get right to work,\" Young said. \"But I woke up early today thinking I'd catch the 7:30, and I missed the cut by five people, and now I'm probably pushed back about a 45-minute wait. So, I'm a little frustrated, but I'm new to the Bay Area. ... Taken BART every day for a few months. Guess I really take it for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/ferryline-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102233\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/ferryline-640.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters wait in line at the the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal in Oakland on July 2, 2013. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters wait in line at the the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal in Oakland on July 2, 2013. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Thank God for the ferries,\" Groat said. \"This has at least put a positive thing on a very dismal situation. I think it's unfortunate that the BART workers take it out on the backs of the AC Transit workers, the ferry workers. I know they’re getting their way, and these guys are here doing the job and picking up the pieces. So, unfortunate situation. It's time to come to the table and get it done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At BART's Millbrae station, commuter Carey Dare complained it was not quite clear where he was supposed to go to catch a bus to SFO. \"My biggest complaint is that SamTrans didn't tell anyone about this stop,\" Dare said. \"I had to find out about it from the SFO stop -- the SFO website.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Commuters, if you liked the commute mess yesterday, you're going to love the chaos today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/casualcarpool-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102181\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/casualcarpool-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"More people are carpooling during the BART strike than normal. At the North Berkeley BART station, between 8-12 cars waited on July 1, 2013 to pick up carpoolers and take them to the Financial District of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More people are carpooling during the BART strike than normal. At the North Berkeley BART station, between 8-12 cars waited on July 1, 2013 to pick up carpoolers and take them to the Financial District of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's not clear how many people are telecommuting, how many people are starting their July Fourth holiday earlier, or how many people may have decided this whole living-in-the-Bay-Area thing isn't for them and have taken to the mountains or retired into Buddhist monasteries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we do know there are lots and lots of people out on the roads who wish they had a BART train to ride (or that some of the other people on the road were on BART). Before sunrise this morning, the Bay Bridge metering lights were turned on -- a good 40 minutes earlier than usual -- and early commute traffic immediately backed up on all the approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our personal view of the experience: One staffer who took the casual carpool from North Berkeley BART was rolling by 6:14 a.m. and exiting on the Fremont Street ramp on the San Francisco side of the bridge by 6:32. That's better than usual. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California labor secretary urged both sides to talk, and has sent in two new mediators, Anita I. Martinez, chair of the Public Employment Relations Board, and Loretta van der Pol, chief of the State Mediation and Conciliation Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials aren't the only ones concerned about ending the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Council, a business advocacy group, said late yesterday the strike could have a lasting impact on the Bay Area’s economy. The council’s economic institute estimates the strike is costing the Bay Area $73 million per day in lost wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot of money to be lost from an economy that’s just coming back,” Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman said. “This is going to have an impact. It will impact peoples’ wages. It’s going to impact tax revenues. This is serious stuff. This isn’t small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last BART strike in 1997 lasted 6 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tuesday traffic worsens\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102313\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/almetria1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Line at the interim Transbay Terminal. (Almetria Vaba/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line at the interim Transbay Terminal. (Almetria Vaba/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tuesday has been a mess, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-talks-to-restart-as-commute-tightens-4642262.php\" target=\"_blank\">traffic snarling\u003c/a> the Bay Bridge before 6 a.m. Golden Gate Ferries between Larkspur and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">carried twice as many passengers\u003c/a> Tuesday morning as Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The eye test suggests things are about the same today, with maybe a bit more traffic,” AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said late Tuesday afternoon. “Certainly there’s a feeling that because this is a holiday week, people may have had regularly scheduled vacations they took, so there’s the fear that the number of commuters could grow substantially in the coming days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We want you (to tell us about your commute)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the BART strike and thinking to yourself that your commute is really newsworthy, now is your chance. KQED wants to hear your stories about a quirky or especially cumbersome commute during the BART strike. Call us at 415-553-8455. We might share your story on the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Waiting for the boat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With BART workers on strike, thousands of people in the Bay Area have turned to ferries to cross the bay. This morning it took KQED's reporter Andrew Stelzer more than three minutes to bike from the beginning to the end of the queue at Oakland'd Jack London ferry terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/nkk4TA2cTrg?list=UU0FISFbEaHFc5ccrIgkZ3mg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Confusion at SFO\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's worse than jetlag? Flying into a transit strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART strike is causing some confusion for travelers flying into San Francisco International. The airport is providing free shuttle service to the Millbrae CalTrain station, but finding the shuttle can be challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe Quinn from New York says he just arrived to visit friends in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[I] Kept stopping at information station [after] information station to find out where I had to go,\" he said. \"Probably been walking around for about twenty minutes or so. There's no real signage or anything telling you where to go or where things are located.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinn said his friends sent him text messages that BART was down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many other travellers said they didn't know anything about the strike until they reached the BART entrance and found it closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike and Laura Cartner just arrived from Maryland for the their 20th anniversary: \"There was nothing to tell us it was closed before we got here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, a recorded voice periodically announces BART is closed and tells passengers to go to an information booth for help. But it's easy to miss in the din of the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best commute?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Alex Emslie spoke with a man locally known as having the \u003ca href=\"http://archive.oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/09/best-commute-ever\">best commute ever\u003c/a>. Stephen Linaweaver often paddles an old whitewater kayak across the Bay from Oakland to San Francisco. He's made the trip about 100 times -- and says it's empowering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes a big difference, especially at the end of the day when you look up at the bridge or you look at BART, if there's delays or it's not running, and you just get on the water, and you're going to get across probably before most folks who are in cars,\" Linaweaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/1655-SF-South-Beach-Marina-Launch3-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102259\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/1655-SF-South-Beach-Marina-Launch3-web.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Linaweaver paddles out from the South Beach Marina in SF after work. (Photo by Dan Suyeyasu of Oakland.)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Linaweaver paddles out from the South Beach Marina in SF after work. (Photo by Dan Suyeyasu of Oakland)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Green Party member John-Marc Chandonia was inspired by \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/parenting/2011/05/19/the-birth-of-bart-photos-from-the-1960s-and-70s/\">photos of San Franciscans walking and biking through BART's Transbay Tube in the late '60s\u003c/a>, a few years before trains started surging through the tunnel. He jokingly tweeted that BART should reopen the tube to pedestrians during the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Probably it would not be completely safe because there's not a railing, for example, and they'd also have to turn off the third rail,\" Chandonia said. \"But it would be nice if it were possible today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, not very plausible. ... But Linaweaver is looking for paddling companions, and he'll likely be on the water early tomorrow morning, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car-sharing companies win big\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's becoming clear that some of the big winners of the BART strike are car-sharing companies. \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\">Sidecar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://rtr.avego.com/rtr-desktop-web/\">Avego\u003c/a> began promoting their mobile apps and reaching out to drivers in their networks over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Allen, co-founder of Sidecar, said he saw a 50 percent increase in ridership on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We see rides across the bridge and down in the Peninsula every day, and we’re seeing increased usage of that type because of the BART strike,” Allen told KQED's Peter Jon Shuler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get drivers to participate, Sidecar offered extra incentives such as waiving its usual 20 percent of the take and allowing drivers to keep 100 percent. Lyft also waived its surcharge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland City and East Bay Parks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Oakland city employees are back at work today after their one-day strike. But union officials say they could walk out again. Negotiations are scheduled to begin on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Oakland parking enforcement officer crossed picket lines yesterday, though, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_23578167/oakland-meter-maid-crosses-picket-line-tickets-unsuspecting\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Tribune\u003c/a>. The worker, driving a city-issued car, was spotted ticketing cars in the vicinity of Broadway and 40th Street. He refused to give his name to a reporter and said that he got paid well and didn't support the strike. All of the citations will be automatically dismissed, the city announced this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay residents will be happy to know that East Bay Regional Parks will be open on the Fourth of July. Cliff Rocha, president of Local 2428 of AFSCME, which represents employees of the parks, said workers and managers have reached an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:30 a.m. \u003c/strong>Not sure this picture needs much explanation, but that's the Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza -- in case you couldn't immediately identify which toll plaza that was. The big rig got stuck around 8:45 a.m. and was pulled out by 11:30 a.m. It blocked at least three lanes of traffic at one point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102235\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Big-Rig-Stuck07_02_13-e1372790603320.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo courtesy Golden Gate Bridge District via Bay City News)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy Golden Gate Bridge District via Bay City News)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:00 a.m.\u003c/strong> KQED's Matt Williams reports lines at the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal are much longer Tuesday morning than on the first day of the BART strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/transitoption-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102232\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/transitoption-640.jpg\" alt=\" An Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit worker monitors the capacity of an AC Transit bus on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit worker monitors the capacity of a bus on July 2 in Oakland. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED's Andrew Stelzer spoke with ferry commuters Dominic Young and Jessie Groat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in Jack London Square, so I'm pretty fortunate that I can leave my apartment and still get right to work,\" Young said. \"But I woke up early today thinking I'd catch the 7:30, and I missed the cut by five people, and now I'm probably pushed back about a 45-minute wait. So, I'm a little frustrated, but I'm new to the Bay Area. ... Taken BART every day for a few months. Guess I really take it for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/ferryline-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102233\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/ferryline-640.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters wait in line at the the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal in Oakland on July 2, 2013. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters wait in line at the the Jack London Square Ferry Terminal in Oakland on July 2, 2013. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Thank God for the ferries,\" Groat said. \"This has at least put a positive thing on a very dismal situation. I think it's unfortunate that the BART workers take it out on the backs of the AC Transit workers, the ferry workers. I know they’re getting their way, and these guys are here doing the job and picking up the pieces. So, unfortunate situation. It's time to come to the table and get it done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At BART's Millbrae station, commuter Carey Dare complained it was not quite clear where he was supposed to go to catch a bus to SFO. \"My biggest complaint is that SamTrans didn't tell anyone about this stop,\" Dare said. \"I had to find out about it from the SFO stop -- the SFO website.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Commuters, if you liked the commute mess yesterday, you're going to love the chaos today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/casualcarpool-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102181\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/casualcarpool-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"More people are carpooling during the BART strike than normal. 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(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's not clear how many people are telecommuting, how many people are starting their July Fourth holiday earlier, or how many people may have decided this whole living-in-the-Bay-Area thing isn't for them and have taken to the mountains or retired into Buddhist monasteries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we do know there are lots and lots of people out on the roads who wish they had a BART train to ride (or that some of the other people on the road were on BART). Before sunrise this morning, the Bay Bridge metering lights were turned on -- a good 40 minutes earlier than usual -- and early commute traffic immediately backed up on all the approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our personal view of the experience: One staffer who took the casual carpool from North Berkeley BART was rolling by 6:14 a.m. and exiting on the Fremont Street ramp on the San Francisco side of the bridge by 6:32. That's better than usual. 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"content": "\u003cp>The BART strike is just one of many recent walkouts in the Bay Area: Nurses across the region have struck against the major hospital chains; unions at the Port of Oakland walked out last year; and hospital workers across the University of California system went on strike in May. Walkouts are increasingly common, but are they worth it? Does going on strike actually help unions get what they want, or does it tend to do more harm than good? KQED's Joshua Johnson discusses that issue with Lee Adler of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He also provides legal counsel for firefighter unions around New York state. Lee, good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102179\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/bartstrike070213-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102179\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/bartstrike070213-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picket signs sit in a stack outside of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Lake Merritt station on July 1, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picket signs sit in a stack outside of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Lake Merritt station on July 1, 2013 in Oakland. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON: \u003c/strong>Good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: Good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Now perhaps the most recent similar strike to the BART walkout happened in New York City when subway workers walked off the job in 2005. I understand you consider that something of a mixed victory in the end that came with a lot of tough aftermath?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: Yes, there was difficulty in that strike because of the tremendous dislocation of the public. There was a lot of pressure from the mayor and the governor, neither of whom were actually negotiating. But the union was able to maintain a certain standard, especially with regard to certain kinds of pensions. But on the other hand, their president went to jail for a 10-day sentence and dues checkoff was eliminated for more than 18 months, which chopped about 50 percent of the union's income from it.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Now that's partly because in New York the rules are a little different than in BART because they're not allowed ... some of the tactics they used were not allowed under their contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: Yes, exactly. It's all by state law, and California's law is different. It doesn't have the same kind of punitive aspects, and in fact strikes are legal in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Now they are legal here, but are they worth it in the long run? They're a major inconvenience for the public. Is the hassle effective in getting workers what they want, when all else fails?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: I think that the strike activity that you described at the beginning of this interview is reflective of the fact that the unions feel that they need to go on strike irrespective, in certain circumstances, of the outcomes because the attack has been so significant, and the challenge to their leadership and to their membership has been pervasive and constant. You in California, your Legislature cut back on some pensions legislatively last year. You had citywide votes in San Jose and San Diego that have also trimmed police officers' pensions -- of all people, police officers. And at some point unions just draw the line and say, \"I'm not moving backwards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Based on your studies of strikes and labor disputes, what lessons can we learn for how to keep these sparks from just catching fire? How do we resolve this quickly and hopefully avoid future strikes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: One thing that would have to be done would be that the negotiators for the public agencies, or the public employers, would certainly have to move fully away -- dissociate themselves -- from any kind of demonization of public workers at this time in history. Secondly, they'd have to acknowledge the incredible amount of productivity. If you stop to think about this -- 2,300 or so workers are moving 400,000 people daily. That's an extraordinary productivity ratio in terms of things happening. Thirdly, I think there has to be really realistic exchanges, where people have really principled exchanges at the bargaining table and otherwise in order to essentially build trust. Because you look at all the newspaper stories. Every one of them suggests, \"Oh, well, the union walked away,\" or \"Oh, well, management didn't really offer something.\" You know, there are all these factual concerns or disagreements about whether there was a sincere offer -- the management put out an offer -- they doubled their offer. But then when you look at the details of that offer, it's contingent on so many different things that they didn't really double their offer. So this negotiation is punctuated by difficulty with sincerity. And when you have difficulty with sincerity, you have difficulty with trust. And when you have difficulty with trust, you've got a situation like you folks in the Bay Area have today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: And your one best piece of advice to the unions in terms of how to get on with the strike being done and get back to business?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: I think that if they can get what they can in as quick a fashion as possible, that maintains integrity in their workforce and makes the women and men feel as if they have at least righted the ship of BART, or Bay Area transit workers, with regard to pension and health care. And get back to work, sooner rather than later, after they've gained a bit here and a bit there because it's tough to win a long strike like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Lee Adler teaches at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He also provides legal counsel for firefighter unions around New York State. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The BART strike is just one of many recent walkouts in the Bay Area: Nurses across the region have struck against the major hospital chains; unions at the Port of Oakland walked out last year; and hospital workers across the University of California system went on strike in May. Walkouts are increasingly common, but are they worth it? Does going on strike actually help unions get what they want, or does it tend to do more harm than good? KQED's Joshua Johnson discusses that issue with Lee Adler of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He also provides legal counsel for firefighter unions around New York state. Lee, good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102179\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/bartstrike070213-web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102179\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/bartstrike070213-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picket signs sit in a stack outside of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Lake Merritt station on July 1, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picket signs sit in a stack outside of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Lake Merritt station on July 1, 2013 in Oakland. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON: \u003c/strong>Good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: Good morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Now perhaps the most recent similar strike to the BART walkout happened in New York City when subway workers walked off the job in 2005. I understand you consider that something of a mixed victory in the end that came with a lot of tough aftermath?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ADLER\u003c/strong>: Yes, there was difficulty in that strike because of the tremendous dislocation of the public. There was a lot of pressure from the mayor and the governor, neither of whom were actually negotiating. But the union was able to maintain a certain standard, especially with regard to certain kinds of pensions. But on the other hand, their president went to jail for a 10-day sentence and dues checkoff was eliminated for more than 18 months, which chopped about 50 percent of the union's income from it.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Now that's partly because in New York the rules are a little different than in BART because they're not allowed ... some of the tactics they used were not allowed under their contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by Dan Brekke, Lisa Pickoff-White, Jon Brooks, Lisa Aliferis\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart-strike-update\">Read BART strike day three coverage here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s Guide to get where you’re going\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">511.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/01/bart-strike-update-day-1-early-morning-commute-going-smoothly/#negotiations\">Negotiations update\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>Now that the evening commute is largely winding down, we’re going to sign off until 7 a.m. tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we leave you with a quick recap of the issues in this strike, from KQED’s Bryan Goebel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many labor/management disagreements, “it boils down to a dispute over a pay raise and contributions to health and pension plans,” he says. In this case, the unions want a 23 percent pay raise, and BART initially countered with 4 percent increase, then doubled that to an 8 percent offer over the weekend. BART also says it reduced the amount they had wanted workers to contribute to their pension and health benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Goebel also talked to transit advocates including TransForm and Public Advocates. They said part of the problem is bigger than wages and benefits. “They point the finger at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for funding BART extensions, instead of focusing on improving the existing system,” Goebel says. “They point to big capital projects like extensions to the Oakland Airport and to Livermore, things they contend BART can’t really afford.” Advocates say these big projects have soaked up money that could have been used to update systems and service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last BART strike in 1997 lasted 6 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 621px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102171\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/IMG_1226-e1372733969936.jpeg\" alt=\"(Photo: Andrea Short)\" width=\"621\" height=\"464\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Andrea Short)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:15pm: \u003c/strong>We’re now getting reports in from people who have actually arrived home, and it’s not pretty out there. In our non-scientific survey of riders waiting for a casual carpool ride, ferry, bus or even combination of the three, it was significantly harder to get home tonight than to get in this morning.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nKQED’s Isabel Angell lives in Richmond. She came in via casual carpool this morning and her commute took about an hour. But going home, she took Muni to an Oakland ferry and then AC Transit. It was a three-hour trip. “I shudder to think what I would do if AC Transit goes on strike,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at the casual carpool pickup point at Beale and Howard, Gracia Schepp of Pleasant Hill has been waiting more than 90 minutes for a ride home and no one has stopped. She finally called her husband to come get her. KQED’s Chase Thomas says people who live in Richmond and Vallejo seem to have the most ride offers. Oakland, Berkeley and perhaps Pleasant Hill have the fewest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrea Short of Oakland (who was quoted in this blog earlier today saying that traffic on the approach to the Bay Bridge was the worst she’d ever seen) took Muni to the ferry to a free shuttle. She could have waited for an AC Transit bus for the last leg home, but said she was “tired of waiting around for transportation at this point.” She is currently walking two miles, uphill, to her apartment building. It’s been two hours, 15 minutes and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102158 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/image-e1372728385964.jpeg\" alt=\"People wait in a long line for ferry to Oakland. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in a long line for ferry to Oakland. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:30pm\u003c/strong>: KQED’s Chase Thomas is at the casual carpool pick-up spot at Beale and Howard in San Francisco. He talked to Eric Gonzalez of Richmond who commutes by casual carpool every day. Generally, Gonzalez says there are just a handful of people in line who need a ride. Today there are more than 50 people, and, “I don’t see many drivers,” says Gonzalez. The morning commute, he said, generally takes 20 minutes or so. Today, it was closer to two hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaitlyn Swack is trying to get home to El Sobrante from her job in San Francisco’s Financial District. She told Thomas she normally BARTs, and it takes about 30 minutes. Coming in wasn’t too bad, she said. But “this is looking like a mess,” she said, in reference to the crowd. She’s anticipating a long trip home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Carpool-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"More than 50 people wait in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond. One rider reports there are normally only a handful of people here. (Chase Thomas/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 50 people wait in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond. One rider reports there are normally only a handful of people here. (Chase Thomas/KQED) \u003ccite>(Chase Thomas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>KQED’s Dan Brekke is making his way home to the East Bay on a ferry. He reports it’s “by far the most crowded I have ever seen the Transbay ferries — every seat taken and scores of passengers, including me, standing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he may be one of the lucky ones. Earlier, the line to get on the boat was doubled back on itself. “Definitely the longest line for the ferry I’ve ever seen,” he said. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many passengers were anticipating they may be in for a wait of an hour or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke also notes the Coast Guard is “out in force” and keeping watch on water traffic in and out at the Ferry Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been no apparent movement today in terms of labor negotiations. “Unfortunately, we do not have any further information on when negotiations will resume or how long the strike may last,” BART said in a statement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So one more time …. here’s our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource page for BART alternatives\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-ferry.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102135\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-ferry.jpg\" alt=\"The line for the Oakland ferry at the Ferry Building has doubled back on itself this afternoon. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"545\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line for the Oakland ferry at the Ferry Building has doubled back on itself this afternoon. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m. \u003c/strong>As we head into the afternoon commute, the post-mortem on this morning’s debut time-of-BARTlessness is pretty much in the “bad-but-could’ve-been worse” category. From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(M)orning rush hour did not come to a standstill as feared, and some travelers who used carpool lanes and other options added relatively little time to their commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an absolute nightmare for some commuters, but we didn’t see total gridlock,” said Stuart Cohen, executive director of TransForm, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization focused on public transportation and walkable communities. “Everybody got so worried about potential congestion they found an alternative,”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Of course, whether you think the term “chaos” should have been applied, as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23576022/bart-strike-commute-chaos-rages-strike-begins-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merc\u003c/a> did in its story today, is sort of like use of the word “depression” as opposed to “recession.” It’s a depression if you are personally out of a job, a recession if you’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So call it “chaos” if it’s taking you like twice as long to get where you’re going, and just an awful inconvenience if you’re doing better than that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:45 p.m.\u003c/strong> Anyone who thought one morning of chaos might move the parties closer together …. not quite yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The District has informed the mediators that we are hoping they can schedule talks very soon,” BART said in a statement this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we do not have any further information on when negotiations will resume or how long the strike may last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102017\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102017\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/williams-e1372694632901-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"As the morning goes on, the ferry lines grow. (Matthew Williams/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the morning goes on, the ferry lines grow. (Matthew Williams/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART workers went on strike for the first time in 16 years this morning, leaving around 200,000 people looking for another way to get to work or school or the airport or wherever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today’s strike came after the contract with two of BART’s unions expired at midnight without a new deal in place. Union chief negotiator Josie Mooney, of SEIU Local 1021, blames management: “Clearly, BART management never intended to negotiate a contract with us fairly and squarely. They have created a terrible situation for the riding public and for our members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement from BART says the unions walked away from the table after reaching tentative agreement on 11 items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, ferries filled up and traffic was slow on the Bay Bridge. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-strike-has-commuters-scrambling-4640123.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a> “bumper-to-bumper traffic,” made worse by several crashes. Commuter Andrea Short said she’s never seen traffic so bad on the approach to the bridge. KQED News intern Chase Thomas said it took him two hours to drive to San Francisco from his house in Martinez, about double the usual time. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23576022/bart-strike-commute-chaos-rages-strike-begins-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> reported that CHP has “advised filling up gas tanks and bringing along plenty of water in case of long waits in traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the positive side, AC Transit workers did not go on strike. The Oakland-based bus agency and its drivers announced last night they’re continuing to negotiate and employees will stay on the job. The agency handles about 190,000 passenger trips each weekday, mostly in Oakland and Berkeley. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shuttle buses, carpools\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>ferries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Francesca Segre said people seemed to be figuring out the shuttle bus system that’s been set up to get people from the station to the airport — although she did run into one passenger at dawn who said she “hadn’t gotten the memo” about today’s strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More people headed to the casual carpool this morning as an alternative to BART. At the North Berkeley BART station, between eight to 12 cars were waiting at any given time to pick up carpoolers and take them to the Financial District of San Francisco, said KQED’s Deborah Svoboda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://511.org/docs/BART%20Shuttle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BART shuttle map and schedule\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.beatthetraffic.com/traffic/?s=San%20Francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traffic conditions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>About 100 people were waiting for the ferry to Oakland. However, the line is not as long as staff expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doris Johnson from San Francisco was escorted to the Ferry Building by her husband. “He’s here this morning because he’s trying to protect me. He thinks it’s unsafe for me to be out this early in the morning alone,” she said. “We walked from where we live at Leavenworth and Turk to the Civic Center to get to the 5 … and now we’re here at the East Bay Terminal trying to get a bus to Oakland to 19th and Harrison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Crow from Fremont usually takes the 7 a.m. BART from Union City, but this morning she got up at 4 a.m. and took the 5 a.m. ferry to San Francisco. “[I’m] kind of pissed off. It’s just tiring. I’m just dreading what it’s going to be like in the afternoon. I’m expecting the worst,” she said. “I do have workers’ compensation, so I do understand the plight of the BART workers, but on the other hand I just think maybe they’re asking for a little bit much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Margaret Creelman usually takes the ferry to work in San Francisco. She told KQED’s Aarti Shahani that “it was a lot more crowded than normal. A lot more people. A lot more sitting around. … Normally, everybody is pretty quiet in the morning. There’s a lot more bodies and a lot more chatter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, ride-sharing services Sidecar, Uber and Lyft all said they were increasing drivers on the road to meet the extra demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"negotiations\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Negotiations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART said this afternoon it is hoping to schedule talks “very soon,” but that “we do not have any further information on when negotiations will resume or how long the strike may last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to BART management before talks broke down, a tentative agreement was reached on 11 items. But on KQED radio’s Forum program this morning, Randy Rentschler, director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), said that on the main issues — compensation and health and pension contributions — the two sides are far apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over time, public agencies have sought to protect their workers from increasing health care costs that have really snarled our economy for decades,” he said. “I think that both sides are really stuck in this kind of national issue of rising health care costs, pensions that are difficult; and you can see that those are the two sticking points. …. Whether or not the two sides can find a middle ground on that subject is still an open question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia Trost, spokeswoman for BART, said the agency is “trying to figure out a balance between investing in our employees and investing in our system.” Trost said that BART doubled its wage-increase proposal” yesterday, but that the union did not come back with a “more reasonable” offer. “We’re hoping the strike allows our employees to let off some steam. Maybe that’ll help get us back to the table and come up with a reasonable compromise,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mooney, chief negotiator for SEIU 1021, disputed the characterization that the unions had left the negotiations She said that what BART is characterizing as an offer of a wage increase really amounts to no net benefit for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I give you a quarter in Paragraph 1 and then I take it away in Paragraph 2, that still amounts to zero,” she said. “So while BART management has put a 5 percent raise on Page 1 … they’ve taken it away on Page 4.” Mooney said that means the gains in salary that \u003cem>\u003c/em>workers would win under BART’s proposal would be effectively nullified by a requirement that workers contribute an equivalent amount to their pensions. Citing “millions of dollars of surplus,” Mooney said that BART’s offer does not acknowledge that “the system is in great shape” and that “ridership is up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART’s Alicia Trost, however, said, “We don’t have a surplus. We have a tremendous unfunded capital need.” She said in coming years, BART wants to buy 1,000 new train cars and a new train-control system, costs to which the agency will have to contribute 25 percent.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Goebel also talked to transit advocates including TransForm and Public Advocates. They said part of the problem is bigger than wages and benefits. “They point the finger at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for funding BART extensions, instead of focusing on improving the existing system,” Goebel says. “They point to big capital projects like extensions to the Oakland Airport and to Livermore, things they contend BART can’t really afford.” Advocates say these big projects have soaked up money that could have been used to update systems and service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last BART strike in 1997 lasted 6 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 621px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102171\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/IMG_1226-e1372733969936.jpeg\" alt=\"(Photo: Andrea Short)\" width=\"621\" height=\"464\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Andrea Short)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:15pm: \u003c/strong>We’re now getting reports in from people who have actually arrived home, and it’s not pretty out there. In our non-scientific survey of riders waiting for a casual carpool ride, ferry, bus or even combination of the three, it was significantly harder to get home tonight than to get in this morning.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nKQED’s Isabel Angell lives in Richmond. She came in via casual carpool this morning and her commute took about an hour. But going home, she took Muni to an Oakland ferry and then AC Transit. It was a three-hour trip. “I shudder to think what I would do if AC Transit goes on strike,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at the casual carpool pickup point at Beale and Howard, Gracia Schepp of Pleasant Hill has been waiting more than 90 minutes for a ride home and no one has stopped. She finally called her husband to come get her. KQED’s Chase Thomas says people who live in Richmond and Vallejo seem to have the most ride offers. Oakland, Berkeley and perhaps Pleasant Hill have the fewest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrea Short of Oakland (who was quoted in this blog earlier today saying that traffic on the approach to the Bay Bridge was the worst she’d ever seen) took Muni to the ferry to a free shuttle. She could have waited for an AC Transit bus for the last leg home, but said she was “tired of waiting around for transportation at this point.” She is currently walking two miles, uphill, to her apartment building. It’s been two hours, 15 minutes and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102158 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/image-e1372728385964.jpeg\" alt=\"People wait in a long line for ferry to Oakland. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in a long line for ferry to Oakland. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:30pm\u003c/strong>: KQED’s Chase Thomas is at the casual carpool pick-up spot at Beale and Howard in San Francisco. He talked to Eric Gonzalez of Richmond who commutes by casual carpool every day. Generally, Gonzalez says there are just a handful of people in line who need a ride. Today there are more than 50 people, and, “I don’t see many drivers,” says Gonzalez. The morning commute, he said, generally takes 20 minutes or so. Today, it was closer to two hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaitlyn Swack is trying to get home to El Sobrante from her job in San Francisco’s Financial District. She told Thomas she normally BARTs, and it takes about 30 minutes. Coming in wasn’t too bad, she said. But “this is looking like a mess,” she said, in reference to the crowd. She’s anticipating a long trip home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Carpool-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"More than 50 people wait in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond. One rider reports there are normally only a handful of people here. (Chase Thomas/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 50 people wait in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond. One rider reports there are normally only a handful of people here. (Chase Thomas/KQED) \u003ccite>(Chase Thomas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>KQED’s Dan Brekke is making his way home to the East Bay on a ferry. He reports it’s “by far the most crowded I have ever seen the Transbay ferries — every seat taken and scores of passengers, including me, standing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he may be one of the lucky ones. Earlier, the line to get on the boat was doubled back on itself. “Definitely the longest line for the ferry I’ve ever seen,” he said. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many passengers were anticipating they may be in for a wait of an hour or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke also notes the Coast Guard is “out in force” and keeping watch on water traffic in and out at the Ferry Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been no apparent movement today in terms of labor negotiations. “Unfortunately, we do not have any further information on when negotiations will resume or how long the strike may last,” BART said in a statement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So one more time …. here’s our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/28/transportation-alternatives-during-possible-bart-strike/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource page for BART alternatives\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-ferry.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102135\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-ferry.jpg\" alt=\"The line for the Oakland ferry at the Ferry Building has doubled back on itself this afternoon. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"545\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line for the Oakland ferry at the Ferry Building has doubled back on itself this afternoon. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m. \u003c/strong>As we head into the afternoon commute, the post-mortem on this morning’s debut time-of-BARTlessness is pretty much in the “bad-but-could’ve-been worse” category. From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(M)orning rush hour did not come to a standstill as feared, and some travelers who used carpool lanes and other options added relatively little time to their commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an absolute nightmare for some commuters, but we didn’t see total gridlock,” said Stuart Cohen, executive director of TransForm, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization focused on public transportation and walkable communities. “Everybody got so worried about potential congestion they found an alternative,”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Of course, whether you think the term “chaos” should have been applied, as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23576022/bart-strike-commute-chaos-rages-strike-begins-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merc\u003c/a> did in its story today, is sort of like use of the word “depression” as opposed to “recession.” It’s a depression if you are personally out of a job, a recession if you’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So call it “chaos” if it’s taking you like twice as long to get where you’re going, and just an awful inconvenience if you’re doing better than that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:45 p.m.\u003c/strong> Anyone who thought one morning of chaos might move the parties closer together …. not quite yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The District has informed the mediators that we are hoping they can schedule talks very soon,” BART said in a statement this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we do not have any further information on when negotiations will resume or how long the strike may last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102017\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102017\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/williams-e1372694632901-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"As the morning goes on, the ferry lines grow. (Matthew Williams/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the morning goes on, the ferry lines grow. (Matthew Williams/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART workers went on strike for the first time in 16 years this morning, leaving around 200,000 people looking for another way to get to work or school or the airport or wherever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today’s strike came after the contract with two of BART’s unions expired at midnight without a new deal in place. Union chief negotiator Josie Mooney, of SEIU Local 1021, blames management: “Clearly, BART management never intended to negotiate a contract with us fairly and squarely. They have created a terrible situation for the riding public and for our members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement from BART says the unions walked away from the table after reaching tentative agreement on 11 items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, ferries filled up and traffic was slow on the Bay Bridge. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-strike-has-commuters-scrambling-4640123.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a> “bumper-to-bumper traffic,” made worse by several crashes. Commuter Andrea Short said she’s never seen traffic so bad on the approach to the bridge. KQED News intern Chase Thomas said it took him two hours to drive to San Francisco from his house in Martinez, about double the usual time. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_23576022/bart-strike-commute-chaos-rages-strike-begins-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> reported that CHP has “advised filling up gas tanks and bringing along plenty of water in case of long waits in traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the positive side, AC Transit workers did not go on strike. The Oakland-based bus agency and its drivers announced last night they’re continuing to negotiate and employees will stay on the job. The agency handles about 190,000 passenger trips each weekday, mostly in Oakland and Berkeley. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shuttle buses, carpools\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>ferries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Francesca Segre said people seemed to be figuring out the shuttle bus system that’s been set up to get people from the station to the airport — although she did run into one passenger at dawn who said she “hadn’t gotten the memo” about today’s strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More people headed to the casual carpool this morning as an alternative to BART. 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