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A systemwide closure on BART early Friday that affected thousands of commuters was caused by a network connectivity issue that prevented controllers from seeing train locations, preventing safe operation of the system, according to a BART official.
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Riders found their usual way to work was unavailable, and freeways were clogged following the shutdown. The 50 stations in BART’s ridership area were all closed for nearly five hours.
The agency announced the closure of the system about 4:25 a.m. The system-wide closure ended about 9:20 a.m., and major delays followed into the afternoon.
BART has long relied on aging technology to keep the system running, but officials said Friday that the problem was not related to any older system.
Without BART to SFO or OAK, people missed flights. Uber and Lyft had more requests than they could handle. Golden Transit, Muni and SMART (Sonoma Marin Rapid Transit) were not effected by the outage. The Richmond/San Rafael Bridge was bumper to bumper. The Oakland Bay Bridge West Bound was a parking lot. Many people gave up and went home. I am so very glad I'm retired.
BART service restarts after full-system shutdown lasts nearly five hours
“Technology is great when it works,” one person said with a smile as he waited for an alternate ride to work in Oakland.
www.eastbaytimes.com
Riders found their usual way to work was unavailable, and freeways were clogged following the shutdown. The 50 stations in BART’s ridership area were all closed for nearly five hours.
The agency announced the closure of the system about 4:25 a.m. The system-wide closure ended about 9:20 a.m., and major delays followed into the afternoon.
BART has long relied on aging technology to keep the system running, but officials said Friday that the problem was not related to any older system.
Without BART to SFO or OAK, people missed flights. Uber and Lyft had more requests than they could handle. Golden Transit, Muni and SMART (Sonoma Marin Rapid Transit) were not effected by the outage. The Richmond/San Rafael Bridge was bumper to bumper. The Oakland Bay Bridge West Bound was a parking lot. Many people gave up and went home. I am so very glad I'm retired.
