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See that list at the end of this post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Service New Year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Do not tag your Clipper card during the complimentary service\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complimentary Muni service 8 p.m., Dec. 31, to 5 a.m., Jan. 1\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muni Metro service between West Portal and Embarcadero stations extended to 4 a.m. and until 2:15 a.m. to 4th and King street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Service on the F Market historic streetcar line is provided by buses after approximately 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra Owl service (1 a.m. to 5 a.m.): 5 Fulton, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 38 Geary, 90 and 91 Owl and the L and N Owl bus routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra 1-California Route service\u003cbr>\n-Inbound from 9:40 pm to 11:15 pm\u003cbr>\n-Outbound from 10:10pm to 1:40am\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reroutes are not scheduled. The following routes will reroute only if needed.\u003cbr>\n-Downtown: 1, 5, 6, 9, 14, 21, 31, 38, 71, L-Owl, N-Owl, F, California Cable Car\u003cbr>\n-North Beach: 8X, 10, 12\u003cbr>\n-Cow Hollow: 45\u003cbr>\n-Castro: 24, 35\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://transit.511.org/schedules/index.aspx?m0=1#m1=S&m2=rail&cid=SF\" target=\"_blank\"> Schedules and route maps here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART Service New Year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will extend service until 3 am on New Year's Eve and deploy extra staff and trains to help get people home from their festivities. BART will run a normal weekday evening service schedule which will extend until 3 am. Trains will run every 20 minutes after midnight with extra trains standing by in downtown San Francisco after the fireworks show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further ease platform crowding at our busiest stations, Embarcadero, Montgomery, and West Oakland, beginning at 8 pm, BART will utilize a “skip-stop” train pattern into and out of San Francisco with one important change from past years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131219\">Service information for getting to and from downtown San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2013_NYE_Public_Timetable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">New Year's Eve train schedule\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain Service\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*Extra service on New Year’s Eve:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trains Depart San Francisco at 12:45 a.m., 1:15 a.m., 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m., or when full, making all regular local stops. Caltrain will be \u003cstrong>free beginning at 8 p.m.\u003c/strong> on Dec. 31, ending after the last special reaches San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain does not allow open alcohol containers on trains after 9 p.m. following special events. Disruptive passengers will be asked to detrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of New Year’s Eve, Caltrain will operate on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">regular weekday schedule\u003c/a>. On New Year’s Day, it will operate a Sunday schedule, with 32 trains between San Francisco and San Jose and shuttle service to and from the Tamien station. Train service will not operate south of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit Service New Year's Eve\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is operating on a standard schedule at normal rates. \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/maps/\" target=\"_blank\">Maps and schedules here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit Service New year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regular schedule for buses, holiday schedule for ferries. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/transit/christmas.php\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans Service New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SamTrans will offer complimentary rides from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. \u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps/timetables.html\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans timetables here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara VTA Service \u003cstrong>New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For New Year’s Eve, between 8 p.m. on December 31 and 5 a.m. on January 1, all VTA service will be free. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102066\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102066\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/5403_transform-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic to the Bay Bridge began backing up around 6:30 a.m. Monday. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the four-day BART strike early in July Bay Area roadways were snarled and commute times often more than doubled. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lisa Pickoff-White and Kelly Dunleavy-O'Mara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>BART unions may go on strike early on Monday, August 5. Here are several transit options and advice to help you get to where you need to go.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">During the July strike, MTC urged residents to work from home if possible and asked employers to offer flexible schedules. Roads are expected to be packed, so taking public transit or biking is heavily encouraged. If you must drive, officials are recommending that people carpool and are warning you to expect extra long commutes. Parking at BART lots and at Park & Ride lots will be free. Leave your car there and carpool or take alternative transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Casual Carpooling\u003c/strong>: If carpooling with neighbors or co-workers isn't an option, casual carpooling allows strangers to meet up and share rides. Check out \u003ca href=\"http://traffic.511.org/#bartstrike\" target=\"_blank\">511's casual carpooling map\u003c/a> for places to meet with other commuters. 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Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov\" target=\"_blank\">online\u003c/a> after 3 p.m. for information about bus service the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: AC Transit’s contract also expired Sunday night. But currently AC Transit is continuing regular service. The agency has reported some additional seating capacity on existing local and transbay lines. AC Transit is also planning to supplement transbay lines to San Francisco with extra service when possible. In the event of a BART strike, bus stops located inside BART stations will move outside BART property. \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/bart-disruption-station-information-sheets/\">BART station information sheets\u003c/a> contain maps of the alternative locations. Get more information about AC Transit contingency plans on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/06/26/in-the-event-of-a-bart-disruption/\" target=\"_blank\">its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue and Gold Ferry\u003c/a>/Baylink Ferry\u003c/strong>: The Blue and Gold Ferry operates ferries from Alameda, Sausalito, Tiburon, Oakland, Vallejo, and South San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry-services/ferry-schedules/\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules can be found online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Caltrain will operate its regular schedule, but has said it will monitor travel patterns and attempt to respond to increased demand with additional service. SamTrans also will provide a temporary shuttle from Daly City and Colma to a temporary transit center on Mission Street. The free shuttle will operate during commute hours, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SamTrans customers should look for their regular buses at temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. In Daly City, the temporary shuttle stops will be on DeLong Street, adjacent to the BART station. In Colma, the temporary shuttle stop will be at the Colma Park and Ride lot, located behind the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary transit center will be located at Mission and Crocker streets in the northbound direction and Mission and Goethe streets in the southbound direction. Passengers will be able to transfer to SamTrans Route 391 and San Francisco Muni 14 at the transit center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Check \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">goldengate.org/bart\u003c/a> for updates on strike service. Golden Gate operates ferries from Larkspur and Sausalito to the Ferry Building in San Francisco, as well as buses from the San Rafael Transit Center into the city. Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry will operate an additional high-capacity (715 passengers) weekday trip departing Larkspur at 7:30am during the BART strike. 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Stay current at \u003ca href=\"alert.511.org\">alert.511.org\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org\" target=\"_blank\">.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Regular ferries operate at commute times from Alameda, Harbor Bay, Oakland, and Vallejo to the San Francisco Ferry Building. \u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/route/hbi/sffb\" target=\"_blank\">Get schedules and updates online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Amtrak: \u003c/strong>During the BART strike in early July, Amtrak was underutilized by commuters. But trains run throughout the Bay Area. \u003ca href=\"http://www.amtrak.com/san-francisco-bay-area-northern-california-train-routes\">Get schedules and tickets online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/orphan/SFOBulletin/bart-strike.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Getting to SFO\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The San Francisco International Airport is operating free\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/orphan/SFOBulletin/index.html\"> busses\u003c/a> between the airport and the Millbrae Caltrain station. Free buses are also going to the Ferry Boat terminal in South San Francisco, which offers connections to all Bay Ferry Services. A \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/docs/bart_strike_2013-Supplemental.pdf\">map\u003c/a> of the bus routes is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Getting to Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> The AirBART bus shuttle has suspended service during the BART Strike. 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People without those round-trip tickets will not be allowed to board in San Francisco to return to the East Bay in the evening. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov\" target=\"_blank\">online\u003c/a> after 3 p.m. for information about bus service the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: AC Transit’s contract also expired Sunday night. But currently AC Transit is continuing regular service. The agency has reported some additional seating capacity on existing local and transbay lines. AC Transit is also planning to supplement transbay lines to San Francisco with extra service when possible. In the event of a BART strike, bus stops located inside BART stations will move outside BART property. \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/bart-disruption-station-information-sheets/\">BART station information sheets\u003c/a> contain maps of the alternative locations. Get more information about AC Transit contingency plans on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/06/26/in-the-event-of-a-bart-disruption/\" target=\"_blank\">its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue and Gold Ferry\u003c/a>/Baylink Ferry\u003c/strong>: The Blue and Gold Ferry operates ferries from Alameda, Sausalito, Tiburon, Oakland, Vallejo, and South San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry-services/ferry-schedules/\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules can be found online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Caltrain will operate its regular schedule, but has said it will monitor travel patterns and attempt to respond to increased demand with additional service. 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Passengers will be able to transfer to SamTrans Route 391 and San Francisco Muni 14 at the transit center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Check \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/bart/july2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">goldengate.org/bart\u003c/a> for updates on strike service. Golden Gate operates ferries from Larkspur and Sausalito to the Ferry Building in San Francisco, as well as buses from the San Rafael Transit Center into the city. Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry will operate an additional high-capacity (715 passengers) weekday trip departing Larkspur at 7:30am during the BART strike. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>by \u003ca href=\"https://www.baycitizen.org/news/transportation/private-contractor-struggles-to-deliver-public-bus/\">Zusha Elinson\u003c/a>, The Bay Citizen\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/fairfield-case-raises-doubts-about-private-contracts-for-public-buses/baycitizenlogo-48/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90792\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-90792\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/BayCitizenLogo.png\" alt=\"BayCitizenLogo\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>Cash-strapped cities embracing private contractors as saviors of their public transportation systems may find a cautionary tale in Fairfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suburban city halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco was the headquarters of MV Transportation, a rising star in public transit outsourcing. 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Alameda County is mulling contracting out bus routes in the growing suburbs of Fremont and Newark, managed for decades by AC Transit. Last summer, Marin County officials considered outsourcing bus service to a private company, deciding against it only when the public agency cut its price to compete.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the arrangements are not all unmitigated successes. Some fall short of heralded savings. Others bring lower wages and less bus service. In Fairfield, then-Transit Manager George Fink said he couldn’t hold politically connected MV Transportation to the contract, calling it a wake-up call to transit agencies thinking about outsourcing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders like retiree Albert Sanchez are the collateral damage. One sunny afternoon, Sanchez and his wife waited for a bus from the mall in Fairfield to their home a few miles away, in Suisun City. Sanchez said the outsourced Fairfield and Suisun Transit – known as FAST – has failed to live up to its optimistic acronym.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bus is always late. It’s always late,” said Sanchez, an inveterate public transit user who moved from San Francisco eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said that the previous week, he’d waited at the stop for two hours. One Friday, he walked four miles home because buses stop running at 8:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documents and interviews reinforce Fink’s allegations that the Fairfield City Council and his bosses frequently intervened. 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Timm also received a $10,000 campaign donation from the company in 2007, according to state campaign finance filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristina Russell, an MV Transportation spokeswoman, declined to comment, saying, “A response would unnecessarily cast a negative light on a positive relationship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other agencies consider contracting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, even the possibility of contracting out some bus routes in Fremont and Newark worries AC Transit Director Chris Peeples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mainly what it would do is screw the union,” Peeples said. “The contracted-out systems are a whole lot cheaper because of less compensation per hour and dramatically less in benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Haggerty, an Alameda County supervisor leading a policy advisory committee to study “Tri-City and Tri-Valley Transit” for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said transit agencies that use private companies have done a better job than AC Transit at keeping costs down. But Haggerty emphasized that no decision has been made and talks are ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, David Rzepinski, general manager of the Marin County Transit District, which serves the scenic county’s 255,000 residents, went shopping for a company to run the district’s buses. Rzepinski had been paying Golden Gate Transit $133 an hour. He found that private companies would do the work for between $92 and $115 an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bus drivers union protested. With the threat of contracting hanging over the negotiations, Golden Gate lowered its rate to $120 an hour, so Marin Transit ended up sticking with the incumbent. The new deal will help balance the budget, Rzepinski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friction with transit staff\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With public transportation in the suburbs, some problems are embedded in city planning, or lack thereof. Cities like Fairfield are built for cars and often are too spread out to justify extended hours or more regular service. But problems such as late buses and accidents are more closely related to management and oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Fink arrived in Fairfield in 2005, MV Transportation already was running the bus system, which carries about 1 million passengers a year. When the city put the contract out to bid again, he and other city officials added penalties for poor service. MV won an $18.2 million, four-year contract. Soon after, the fines started rolling in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a two-year period beginning in 2008, the company was fined 295 times for a total of $164,000, according to a 2010 city audit, released in place of the one Fink sought to issue. MV was fined for the 14 months when the preventable accident rate exceeded the allowed 1 per 100,000 miles. FAST officials fined MV nine times for not meeting the agreed-upon 90 percent on-time arrival rate and 18 times for buses that never showed at all. The company was penalized twice for drivers using cellphones while driving, six times for drivers speeding and 13 times for drivers being out of uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MV executives were furious about the fines. In meetings with the FAST staff, they complained they were “losing money” and the deal they signed was too punitive, according to meeting notes and internal memos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the friction between Fink and the company peaked in the summer of 2009, Monson, then MV’s board chairman, made $10,000 campaign donations to City Councilman John Mraz and City Councilwoman Catherine Moy. Those were hefty sums, even in a city with no campaign contribution limits. When contacted for comment, Mraz called Fink an expletive and hung up the phone. Moy did not return emails or phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fines, inspections put aside\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monson and other executives began to meet directly with the City Council instead of city transit staff. In a 2010 memo, Lewis – the assistant public works director – complained that the “city has allowed MV to circumvent the normal management chain. Often, local issues are discussed and resolved without the input of transit staff by the City Manager’s office, City Council, and MV executives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fines against MV were halted by the city for months, and old ones weren’t paid as the city manager overruled some on appeal. Bus inspections that had been yielding fines also were stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lewis said he killed an audit of MV ordered by Fink because it was too punitive. He said that while many of the fines were valid, “there were enough of them that … would seem like they were frivolous,” such as one for a bus driver’s untucked shirttail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis added that Fairfield and Suisun Transit and MV Transportation are “in a good place now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But problems persisted after Fink left in 2010. The bus service performance “exhibited mostly negative trends in all areas” related to efficiency and productivity, according to a 2010 audit by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which oversees transit funding in the Bay Area. An MV spokeswoman declined to comment, and Lewis did not return calls seeking comment on the audit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in June 2011, an MV Transportation bus operator was involved in a fatal collision. The bus driver, identified as Dale Lee Karuza in multiple lawsuits, was turning left across a Suisun City street when he collided with an oncoming car, killing a passenger. 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One sunny afternoon, Sanchez and his wife waited for a bus from the mall in Fairfield to their home a few miles away, in Suisun City. Sanchez said the outsourced Fairfield and Suisun Transit – known as FAST – has failed to live up to its optimistic acronym.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bus is always late. It’s always late,” said Sanchez, an inveterate public transit user who moved from San Francisco eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said that the previous week, he’d waited at the stop for two hours. One Friday, he walked four miles home because buses stop running at 8:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documents and interviews reinforce Fink’s allegations that the Fairfield City Council and his bosses frequently intervened. 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Timm also received a $10,000 campaign donation from the company in 2007, according to state campaign finance filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristina Russell, an MV Transportation spokeswoman, declined to comment, saying, “A response would unnecessarily cast a negative light on a positive relationship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other agencies consider contracting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, even the possibility of contracting out some bus routes in Fremont and Newark worries AC Transit Director Chris Peeples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mainly what it would do is screw the union,” Peeples said. “The contracted-out systems are a whole lot cheaper because of less compensation per hour and dramatically less in benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Haggerty, an Alameda County supervisor leading a policy advisory committee to study “Tri-City and Tri-Valley Transit” for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said transit agencies that use private companies have done a better job than AC Transit at keeping costs down. 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FAST officials fined MV nine times for not meeting the agreed-upon 90 percent on-time arrival rate and 18 times for buses that never showed at all. The company was penalized twice for drivers using cellphones while driving, six times for drivers speeding and 13 times for drivers being out of uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MV executives were furious about the fines. In meetings with the FAST staff, they complained they were “losing money” and the deal they signed was too punitive, according to meeting notes and internal memos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the friction between Fink and the company peaked in the summer of 2009, Monson, then MV’s board chairman, made $10,000 campaign donations to City Councilman John Mraz and City Councilwoman Catherine Moy. Those were hefty sums, even in a city with no campaign contribution limits. When contacted for comment, Mraz called Fink an expletive and hung up the phone. Moy did not return emails or phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fines, inspections put aside\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monson and other executives began to meet directly with the City Council instead of city transit staff. In a 2010 memo, Lewis – the assistant public works director – complained that the “city has allowed MV to circumvent the normal management chain. Often, local issues are discussed and resolved without the input of transit staff by the City Manager’s office, City Council, and MV executives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fines against MV were halted by the city for months, and old ones weren’t paid as the city manager overruled some on appeal. Bus inspections that had been yielding fines also were stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lewis said he killed an audit of MV ordered by Fink because it was too punitive. He said that while many of the fines were valid, “there were enough of them that … would seem like they were frivolous,” such as one for a bus driver’s untucked shirttail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis added that Fairfield and Suisun Transit and MV Transportation are “in a good place now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But problems persisted after Fink left in 2010. The bus service performance “exhibited mostly negative trends in all areas” related to efficiency and productivity, according to a 2010 audit by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which oversees transit funding in the Bay Area. An MV spokeswoman declined to comment, and Lewis did not return calls seeking comment on the audit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in June 2011, an MV Transportation bus operator was involved in a fatal collision. The bus driver, identified as Dale Lee Karuza in multiple lawsuits, was turning left across a Suisun City street when he collided with an oncoming car, killing a passenger. 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