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2005
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BART, January 2005
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| Jan.7 |
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Police Chase, Crash Shut BART
| Jan.27 |
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String of Muggings Near BART station
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| Feb.7 |
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Bad software plague BART
| Feb.16 |
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Computer Problems Cause BART Delays Computer 'saw' a train that did not exist at the Embarcadero station, forcing operators to drive trains manually
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| Mar.3 |
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BART Mulls Fare Increase
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| Apr.3 |
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BART To San Jose Suffers Setback New federal standards compares travel-time benefits for riders against the overall use of a project
| Apr.28 |
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BART Budget Problems
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| May.13 |
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Woman Stabbed At BART
| May.18 |
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14,800 affected by 2-hour long outage All BART trains were stopped in their tracks when the power went out. 8,000 passengers were affected
| May.26 |
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Board Votes To Raise Fares
| May.31 |
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BART pays $12m for extension
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| Jun.8 |
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Bomb Scare at Amtrak, BART A disruptive Amtrak passenger frightened a train full of commuters. 4-block area around the stations was evacuated | |
| Jun.22 |
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Potential Strike Looms, Talks Continue As union workers and system management took their contract battle to the street
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Workers Vote To Authorize Strike 98% of the 975 members of Union Local 790 who voted approved the authorization | |
| Jun.27 |
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No Strike Decision Yet From BART Workers BART management and union leaders are continuing to negotiate but there weren't any major developments
| Jun.28 |
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Strike date set
| Jun.30 |
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Employee Contracts Expire At Midnight BART is now making a new offer with a wage increase capped at 2% in the last 2 years of a 4-year contract | |
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| Jul.4 |
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No Deal Imminent In Talks 50 union workers started making picket signs
| Jul.5 |
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Strike Talks Down To The Wire The deadline is 12:01am. If workers hit the picket line, there will be no trains for the morning commute
| Jul.6 |
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Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal Union and management negotiators reached a tentative 4-year agreement before 3 a.m. that averted a strike | |
| Jul.7 |
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Officials: No Terror Threat Against BART BART officials sought to reassure riders in the wake of the bombings that rocked the London subway
| Jul.8 |
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BART needs $189m in security upgrades Only a fraction of the money requested by bay area transit systems has been paid out
| Jul.19 |
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Union Approves Labor Agreement Members of BART's largest union voted by a margin of 4 to 1 to approve a tentative agreement
| Jul.25 |
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Free Rides Offered For Spare-The-Air 21 transit agencies are teaming up to off free rides to morning commuters including BART, MUNI and Caltrain
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| Aug.9 |
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Anti-Terror Campaign Unveiled Newer posters are going up throughout the system to remind its passengers to report anything suspicious
| Aug.26 |
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Station Re-Opens After BART Death
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| Sep.12 |
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Robbery Investigation Closes BART A man tried to a rob a woman waiting for a train around 7 p.m. Some riders tried to stop the robbery
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| Oct.6 |
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Teacher Helps Deliver 'BART Baby' This 23-year-old Good Samaritan helped a 30-year-old single mom in labor at the station | |
| Oct.7 |
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Increased Security After NYC Threat In response to news of a threat of terror targeting the New York subway, BART is being put on heightened alert
| Oct.13 |
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Fire On Tracks Shuts Down BART The San Leandro station was closed early morning due to an electrical fire that broke out underneath a train
| Oct.31 |
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BART Charging $1 To Park At Lake Merritt The station will be the first of 10 stations where BART plans to implement a daily parking program
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| Nov.14 |
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Robberies Put BART Riders On Alert There is an unusual rash of robberies at or near stations in Oakland and San Leandro
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| Dec.21 |
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BART Prepares To Hike Fares Bay Area Rapid Transit fares will increase by 3.7% on Jan. 1
| Dec.25 |
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Suspected Suicide AT BART Station
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