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Court Upholds $7.85M Verdict for Employees Fired for Refusing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

An excerpt from the long opinion today in Lewis-Williams v. S.F. Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist., decided by Judge Ryan… The post Court Upholds $7.85M Verdict for Employees Fired for Refusing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Reason · Sep 11

Two multi-county transit districts—in California and Colorado—will decide on sales tax measures to fund public transportation projects in November

Voters in two metropolitan areas will decide ballot measures to levy sales taxes to fund multicounty public transportation systems on Nov. 3, 2026.

Ballotpedia · Sep 9

California woman allegedly tries to slip under a BART fare gate. Then she gets stuck as bystanders film the whole thing

New BART gates designed to stop fare evasion.

We Got This Covered · Jul 6

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Downtown San Francisco mall beleaguered by crime and stores shuttering is set to close for good next week

The San Francisco Center downtown will close its doors for good on January 26

The Independent UK · Jan 21

California Earthquake Disrupts Travel Plans—Should You Rethink Your Trip?

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake near Berkeley briefly disrupted Bay Area transit and travel, but experts say visitors to California should stay informed rather than cancel their plans.

International Business Times UK · Sep 22, 2025

San Francisco Bay Area commuter trains shut down due to computer issue

San Francisco Bay Area residents are scrambling for alternate routes after a regional commuter rail system known shut down all its trains due to a computer issue

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

San Francisco region's commuter trains are running again after hours-long stoppage

The San Francisco region's commuter trains were running again after a malfunction shut the entire system down for several hours Friday morning

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

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BART Service Disrupted Due To Earthquake And Tsunami Warnings

BART service disruptions post-earthquake in San Francisco due to tsunami warnings impact commuters.

Top News · Feb 5, 2024

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The Conversation · Aug 10, 2023

San Jose and the reemergence of the donut city

The specter of downtown decline is again haunting American cities.

Reason · Jun 29, 2023

Transit Agencies Demand Taxpayer Subsidies To Stave Off 'Death Spirals.' There's a Better Way.

Service cuts that reflect falling demand and zoning reforms that bring more fare-paying residents back to cities could shore up transit agencies' budgets.

Bristol Post · Jun 14, 2023

Bristol Avon RiverBlitz returns to save the waterways

With seven successful years under its belt, BART hopes to see a record number of participants signing up this year

WEKU · May 30, 2023

Advocates: Reparations are the answer for sea level threat in West Oakland, Calif.

Reparations are one way to confront the rising sea levels in West Oakland, Calif.

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Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023

Commentary: Downtown San Francisco had a good run. Can it recover?

Downtown San Francisco is in distress. Indicators of urban well-being point in the wrong direction: office occupancy, BART ridership and retail foot traffic are down, as is the city’s population. Every week brings news of another high-profile exit: Recent closures include a Whole Foods flagship and Nordstrom, which announced the…

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

Problems With Mass Transit Won't Be Solved With More Money

The transit systems we're supposed to hop aboard ultimately operate as jobs programs for government workers.

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023

A landmark to toast 900 years of Barts: cancer centre could transform lives

Exclusive: London’s oldest hospital launches campaign to raise money for centre to treat capital’s most vulnerable patients

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Our ‘On the Breadline’ campaign is helping Londoners through the cost of living crisis

Your generosity is still hard at work. Today the Evening Standard has handed out more than £1 million to charities supporting disadvantaged people across the capital, taking the total distributed from our On the Breadline campaign to nearly £4 million.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 22, 2023

Commentary: LA’s half-empty, crime-ridden Metro trains don’t have to stay that way

It’s no secret that the pandemic devastated public transit systems across the country, and Los Angeles’ ever-expanding Metro rail system is no exception. With many white-collar employees now working remotely for all or much of the week, ridership on the region’s subway and light-rail lines is still around just two-thirds…

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes in San Francisco Bay Area

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay Area

Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

How clever mechanics keep 50-year-old trains running in the Bay Area: Windows 98, eBay and scraps

When Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) first carried passengers, the country was sending astronauts to the moon. The Apollo-era trains were symbols of a generation barreling toward a space-age future complete with carpeted floors and a seat promised to every passenger.

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