BART shutdown 'only a taste of what's to come' if not funded, Sen. Wiener says in grave warning

BART Says Morning Meltdown Was Due to Isolated Device Malfunction, No Further Problems Anticipated

BART officials have been quick to reassure the public that Friday morning's complete and total shutdown of the system, which lasted for five hours, was due to a minor, isolated problem that has been addressed."We apologize for the disruptive morning and not having train service to get people where they need to go," said BART General Manager Robert Powers in a statement. "Reliability is our brand, and we understand the impact when the system isn’…

BART shutdown 'only a taste of what's to come' if not funded, Sen. Wiener says in grave warning

"This is another reminder that the Bay Area does not work without BART, without Muni, without public transportation systems...If we do nothing, we're going to see massive service cuts."

Law makers say BART outage shows how critical service is to Bay Area

Thousands had to find another way to get around the Bay Area Friday amid a BART outage. Something Senator Scott Wiener said underscores how essential BART is to the Bay Area.

Chaotic commute: BART's morning meltdown spurs call for more public transit investment - Local News Matters

A pair of Bay Area state lawmakers along with various transit advocates are calling for more investment in public transportation systems after BART suffered a regionwide service meltdown Friday.In a joint statement, Democratic state Sens. Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley said BART’s roughly four-hour systemwide service outage Friday morning was “a window into what life in the Bay Area will be like without robust BART …

BART meltdown spurs apology from agency, calls for more vigorous public transit funding

A pair of Bay Area state lawmakers along with various transit advocates are calling for more investment in public transportation systems after BART’s region-wide service meltdown Friday morning. The post BART meltdown spurs apology from agency, calls for more vigorous public transit funding appeared first on Danville San Ramon.