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Old 08-13-2009, 04:24 PM
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BART to go on strike!!!

on Monday the 16th!!! I'm soooo screeewd. I just ****ing cancelled my motorcycle insurance. And my registration is due this month, I was just gonna register it non-op!!
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Old 08-13-2009, 04:29 PM
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Awesome! Unions fail again.

Why can't people (BART workers that voted to strike) be grateful to have a job these days and man up like the rest of us have to? Guess I'll be crashing on friends couches most of the week to avoid the gridlock between west coco county and santa clara county (880).
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PERFECT! I think its great my dad worked for bart for 20+ years and he would be happy as hell right now if he was still alive!








... dont worry about it just like the last time the govonator will step in and issue acooling off period! he cant let bart strike there would be mass gridlock!
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Lets strike because the raise we're being offered in a time of recession isn't high enough.

Over 70k+ to push a button no wonder prices go up and the trains haven't been upgraded since day one.
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ummmm over 100k with their benefits...
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We need robots!
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Old 08-13-2009, 05:07 PM
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We need robots!
to take away more jobs and lead to even less money being put back in to the economy.

What we need is less outsourcing and people to stop expecting constant increases when jobs are being cut.
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Unions suck, but apparently are effective.
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does that mean bart won't be running AT ALL? or just fewer trains?
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We need robots!
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What we need is BART to not completely suck.

They need to start offering trains that run 24 hours a day. At a MINIMUM they should be running the trains until something like 3:00 AM. BART stops running at like Midnight, yet Bars close at 2:00 AM. Good Job BART for promoting Drunk Driving.

Why are our roads so congested .... because our local public transportation is completely sub-par.

Light Rail is a much better system anyways for the Bay Area. Heck they actually have designated spots on the trains to put your bikes. They don't have the dangerous electrified third rail and the trains typically are in much nicer condition and don't smell like urine.

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Originally Posted by flukewrx
What we need is BART to not completely suck.

They need to start offering trains that run 24 hours a day. At a MINIMUM they should be running the trains until something like 3:00 AM. Good Job BART for promoting Drunk Driving. BART stops running at like Midnight, yet Bars close at 2:00 AM. Why are our roads so congested .... because our local public transportation is completely sub-par.

Light Rail is a much better system anyways for the Bay Area. Heck they actually have designated spots on the trains to put your bikes. They don't have the dangerous electrified third rail and the trains typically are in much nicer condition and don't smell like urine.
Too bad last time they ran 24 hrs, things didn't go too well...
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Originally Posted by crazy_sherm
Too bad last time they ran 24 hrs, things didn't go too well...
What happened? crime?
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Fire em' and hire people willing to work for the current salary.

Most of them probably make more than school teachers.
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