This is exciting except if you are one of the riders of the BART subway in San Francisco. As of Sunday night, the Amalgamated Transit Union has decided to strike. A strike would basically completely suspend service across the entire system.
The BART website has lots of suggestions on how to handle a strike if it happens. They include (sarcasm is mine):
- adjusting your hours – yeap that’s certainly possible for most
- telecommute – sure if you work a cash register or make coffee at a starbucks you can do that from home
- carpool – i wonder if those with vans will start gypsy service similar to that in some parts of nyc
- alternate routes – yep, you could walk all the way – wonder if they will let you walk through the bay tunnel
- ride a charter bus – this might be the best option but will still be massively overpacked with people
- bicycle – yep, another great option for 12-20 miles lol
- take other transportation
The San Francisco Chronicle has put together a forum where BART riders can express their thoughts and get help on how to commute in the event of a strike. Here’s their full post where they also note that over 340,000 daily riders use BART.
Best of luck to our bay area friends – just remember to breathe and don’t do anything that will put you on Alcatraz!
Tags: bart, San Francisco, Subway, transit, Transit News
