BART Strike

MAYOR RON DELLUMS: "It is our sincere hope that these negotiations get resolved in a timely matter, because many Oakland residents and employees depend on Bay Area Rapid Transit on a daily basis. These actions could have a tremendous impact on our business community at a time they should have our full support. Next week will be a challenge, but I encourage every Oakland resident and commuter to remain vigilant through this process, by visiting www.511.org for more information, carpooling when appropriate, and utilizing AC Transit and our Alameda/Oakland Ferry system.”

Oakland Specific Details:

• There will be no disruption to Art and Soul traffic this weekend, as the strike will take affect on Monday at midnight.

• The West Grand Avenue on-ramp to the Bay Bridge in Oakland will be limited to buses, commercial trucks, carpool vehicles, and FasTrak users during the weekday commute hours of 5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. BART shuttle hours are 5 to 9pm and 3 to 8 p.m. and will only run towards commuter direction. Other vehicles headed for the Bay Bridge will be detoured to either the I-880 on-ramp on Union Street near 7th Street or the I-980/580 on-ramp on Northgate Avenue.

• BART will begin chartering buses on Monday, August 17 from four East Bay stations to San Francisco in the morning and reverse the operation in the afternoon. Although riders will be transferred to another bus in West Oakland, the majority of the boarding passes will be sold at the four East Bay stations in the morning. The boarding location in San Francisco is the intersection of Fremont and Folsom streets; the four East Bay BART stations will be Fremont, Dublin/Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, and El Cerrito del Norte.

• The Oakland Airport will suspend AirBART operations.