An AC Transit strike has been averted following a tentative agreement between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 and AC Transit just an hour before workers threatened to strike. Read More…
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 will go on strike on Wednesday if they do not reach an agreement with AC Transit by midnight. Read More…
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192, which represents mechanics, dispatchers and clerical workers at AC Transit, plans to give notice of a strike to the AC Transit board of directors on Wednesday if no further progress is made on reaching a contract agreement. Read More…
For better or for worse, sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. On July 19, like something out of a Jan de Bont film, a shirtless, barefoot man stole an AC Transit bus in San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal and drove it 100 miles north on Highway 120 before being caught Read More…
If you haven’t been affected by the BART strike, you obviously don’t live in the Bay Area. From all the politics behind the BART system — and even our AC Transit system — the whole East Bay and San Francisco are basically reeling. It’s absolute chaos. While the BART employees have Read More…
The strike is in its third day, and BART and union officials have yet to agree on a compromise in wage negotiations. As the BART strike severely restricts the flow of public transit, here are some transportation alternatives to know to ease your daily commutes. BART Free parking in lots Read More…
This 4th of July, Berkeley residents will not have to stray far from home to find several exciting Independence Day events. Read More…
goBerkeley, a pilot program that aims to change parking practices and increase turnover of parking spaces in the city of Berkeley, was officially launched at City Hall on Thursday. Read More…
Thousands of commuters were delayed Monday morning due an ongoing strike by BART employees. Read More…
Contracts for both BART and AC Transit union workers are up for renewal at the end of the month, and if the five BART unions and an AC Transit union, do not come to an agreement with their employers by Sunday night, both services could be suspended. More than 400,000 commuters take BART every day and 200,000 take AC Transit. A strike by workers from one company could place a heavy burden on the other. Read More…
