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PHOTOS: BART strike and the Bay Area commute

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Monday, October 21, 2013
People waiting for the BART shuttle on Howard Street.
The wait to get on an East Bay bus is from San Francisco. On Monday, October 21, 2013, the wait was 20 mins -- hundreds of people standing in bus exhaust 15 buses deep.
With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters started the new work week on Monday with gridlocked roadways and long lines for buses and ferries as a major transit strike entered its fourth day. At the same time, federal investigators were searching for clues to a weekend train crash that killed two workers.
With the BART transit system on strike, traffic slows in the late morning commute getting to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Frustrated San Francisco Bay Area commuters started the work week on Monday with gridlocked roadways and long lines for buses and ferries as a major transit strike entered its fourth day.
A traffic sign on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge alerts motorists to expect delays because of the BART transit strike Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Frustrated San Francisco Bay Area commuters started the work week on Monday with gridlocked roadways and long lines for buses and ferries as a major transit strike entered its fourth day.
With the BART transit system on strike, traffic is backed up for blocks on Bush Street leading to an artery of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the evening commute Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system.
With the BART transit system on strike, the Embarcadero Station is closed and nearly empty Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system.
With the BART transit system on strike, people line up for carpool rides on during the evening commute Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system.
BART cars are not in service due to strike.
Striking BART workers picket on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.
Striking BART workers picket on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.
With the BART transit system on strike, the Embarcadero Station is closed and nearly empty Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system.
With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to board an express bus to Oakland, Calif., at the Transbay Terminal Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system.
Commuters wait to board a ferry bound for San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.
Striking BART workers picket on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.
First BART riders streaming through fare gates at Embarcadero station on July 5th, 2013. (Photo submitted by @HeatherIshimaru via Twitter)
One woman at Embarcadero station waiting for BART to reopen on July 5th, 2013. (Photo submitted by @HeatherIshimaru via Twitter)
BART ticket machine still reads out of service, but hopefully not for much longer. Trains should run by 3pm on July 5th, 2013. (Photo submitted by @HeatherIshimaru via Twitter)
Ferry line in Alameda
AC Transit bus line in Oakland
SKY7 HD over backup at the Bay Bridge
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
Striking Bay Area Rapid Transit and City of Oakland workers picket as they close the intersection of 14th & Broadway on Monday, July 1, 2013, in downtown Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal.
Bryan Maas waits for a CalTrain train in front of a closed Bay Area Rapid Transit ticket booth in Millbrae, Calif., Monday, July 1, 2013. Early Monday, July 1, 2013, two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) largest unions went on strike after weekend talks with management failed to produce a new contract. Maas said he would normally ride BART from San Francisco International Airport but heard of the strike on Twitter.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
BART strike creates major delays for commuters.
Long lines form on the Embarcadero for the 3:45 ferry on July 1, 2013. Photo submitted by @R8ders_4life via Twitter.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
Commuters wait in traffic on Interstate 80 and 580 on approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Monday, July 1, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
A couple discuss a different way to travel upon learning that the Fruitvale BART station is closed due to a strike Monday, July 1, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
In their first strike in 16 years, BART workers walked off the job the morning of July 1, 2013, after failing to come to terms on a new labor contract. The move snarled the morning commute and forced 400,000 daily passengers to find alternative methods of transportation.
Commuters wait to pay their tolls on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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