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Transit News: BART escalators, BART strike, lack of Muni bathrooms, summer Muni

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  • BART designing prototype escalator canopy to protect customers, employees and machinery (BART.gov)
  • BART Station Agent Pleads Not Guilty To False Police Report Charges (SF Appeal)
  • No BART contract talks until Friday (KTVU)
  • Cost of bathrooms for Muni operators raises concerns (SF Examiner)
  • Will San Francisco Ever See Serious Enforcement of Bus-Only Lanes? (Streetsblog SF)
  • SFTRU Speaks Out Against Muni Service Cuts During Summer Break (Streetsblog SF)
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Five Muni Moments: BART vs. Muni

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The topic for this week is BART. Specifically, how the strike highlights the differences between BART and Muni. As usual, you guys don’t fail to heed the call:

1. As crappy as #sfmuni is sometimes today I’m glad I don’t commute on bart #bartstrike
2. OH: I have to leave early to mentally prepare for all the people, lines and crowds. Me: I HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY DAY #Muni
3. One day of the #bartstrike should give a tiny insight into how awful #sfmuni is daily.
4. Shoutout to #SFMuni for takin’ it enjoyably high up the ass for #Bart
5. Even with the strike, #BART is getting just as many people to their destinations on-time as #SFMuni is: zero.

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BART Strike, Day 5: Service resumes Friday afternoon

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Good morning. Have you had your coffee yet? Either way, you’re reading that headline correctly: The transit agency and its unions agreed to a 30-day extension of the contract that expired last week and prompted this week’s shutdown. Trains will resume service at 3 p.m. today. Read this SFGate story for more details. Here’s SF Weekly’s story, and SF Appeal’s.

Here are some other BART-strike-related stories you can read while you’re stuck in traffic (don’t read if you’re driving!!!):

Residents near BART tracks enjoy peace, quiet for now (SFGate)
Who cares about labor issues? I can sleep!

BART Strike: AC Transit Running Extra Buses For Fourth Of July (SF Appeal)
Well that sure was nice of them.

BART Strike: Peninsula Commuters Pack Caltrain, SamTrans (SF Appeal)
Have other transit, will us it.

BART Strike Commute Mess: BART Adds Charter Buses, Caltrans Extends HOV Lanes (SF Appeal)
Still apparently in effect for this morning’s commute.

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