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August 17, 2009
Transit Train Wreck Turned Aside: Winners and Losers in Tentative BART Settlement
http://world.nycsubway.orgGuess who's still here?If you rode BART to work this morning and came to the horrible realization that not only was your seat cold, but wet, too -- congratulations! You're still a winner. You can still go get a new pair of pants at Ross or Old Navy and get to work in les ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
With Last-Minute Contract, BART Staves Off Loss of $800K In State Funds -- For Now
On Friday we reported that BART's decision to split a multi-million dollar "emergency contract" was in jeopardy of leading to an unforeseen emergency of a different sort. With the contractor for a job installing lighting at North Berkeley station unable to come up with the proper bonding by the s ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Controversial BART Contractor Still Hasn't Gotten His Act Together; Agency Facing Potential Loss of $780K in State Grants
In the print edition of today's SF Weekly, we reported on the saga of Nedar Bey, the controversial lighting contractor who may or may not cost BART hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grants. The story is complex, but here it is in the tiniest possible nutshell: Last month, Nedar Bey was aw ... More >>
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November 24, 2009
BART's Lucky Break: Transit Agency Doesn't Lose $800K in State Grants
Readers may recall a series of stories about a bizarre course of events in which a man who publicly condemned BART's board of directors as "servants of the devil" was subsequently awarded part of a multi-million dollar contract by that very same board. Accusations of being minions of Satan may ha ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Bizarre BART Ad Baffles Everyone
Well, okay then...On BART, you can still see plenty of baffling things -- how can people think it's acceptable to spit sunflower seeds on the padded seats, for one? But the ads are usually straightforward. But then there's this. On the left of the BART fare gates is an anthropomorphic duck mom wi ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
BART Eyes Later Hours
Will delightful behavior be taking place on BART at later hours? Any East or South Bay tippler who misses the last BART train is familiar with the drill: Pay heavily for a cab; attempt to navigate the transbay bus system; or find a Denny's to sleep and order coffee in until 4 a.m. That all may ch ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
BART Oakland Airport Connector Gets More Expensive
Pretty -- and pretty costlyA controller's memo sent to BART officials yesterday warned that constructing the controversial $484 million Oakland Airport Connector will drain millions more away from the system's general fund than previously believed. BART's failure to secure a $105 million Transpor ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Is BART Spokesman Linton Johnson in Trouble?
This is no joking matter One of the many demands Anonymous put out there in exchange for ending the weekly BART protests was that the transit agency fire its chief spokesman, Linton Johnson. And while the group might have succeeded in making him a target, its having no such luck in ousting him.BA ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
BART to Consider New Policy for Cutting Cellphone Service
This photo may have been taken and transmitted via cellphone Just as the weekly BART protests have become a faded memory, the transit agency released its new proposed policy that would allow BART to temporarily cut cellphone service -- but only in extraordinary, 9/11-type scenarios.So if yo ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Linton Johnson, BART Spokesman, Reassigned to New Job
No longer the face of BART After a curious three-month hiatus, BART's Chief Spokesman, Linton Johnson, is back today -- but he has a new desk and a different title. The veteran spokesman has been reassigned to work on special projects while still bringing home the $170,000 pay package he made as ... More >>

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