Following the shutdown Friday of morning service on BART, the agency announced at 9:30 a.m. that some East Bay lines would soon begin limited operations but stopped short of saying when any transbay services would resume.
The lines restarting are the yellow line from Antioch to 12th Street Oakland, the blue line from Dublin/Pleasanton to MacArthur, and the orange line from Berryessa/North San Jose to Richmond. There is no BART service in San Francisco or on the Peninsula.
Starting at 4:30 a.m., issues arose with computer equipment following overnight upgrades and prevented the start of morning service, said BART chief spokesperson Alicia Trost.
“This work is part of an ongoing upgrade to our computer network system,” Trost said in an email. “We do this work continuously during the hours we are not running. It is not a one-night project.”
Frustrated commuters kept attempting to refresh their phones for any new updates. Those who attempted to enter BART stations were redirected by staff members to look for alternative modes of transportation.
Transbay commuter Kristy Johnson attempted to arrange a carpool with friends to no avail. She said she tried to take the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit transbay bus, but they were so full that the drivers wouldn’t allow anyone else aboard.
At one AC Transit bus stop that was overflowing with passengers attempting to secure a spot onboard, some riders felt the scenario was unreal.
“It feels like a cyber-attack. Like what does it take to shut down an entire system, I’ve never heard of that,” said Lindsey Shepard.
“So much for a nice end to the week. I ride because it is calm and easy, but this is not great,” said Tim Kuan.
So why do they perform these supposed “updates” on regular commute days? …still haven’t heard a plausible excuse for that for years…..
DAS Gremlins
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Who in the HE double L, is the NON Mensa member who decided to
“upgrade” bart systems during the business week thus ensuring
maximum possible disruption and stress for bart customers ? ? ? ?
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Here’s a thought,
become willing to pay weekend overtime to do these so called upgrades.
So when they invariably and famously crash the number of effected
customers is minimized.
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In a multi million dollar for profit company, after upgrades it’s turn
on power and it works. Did just that for almost 20 years as
industrial electrician working with software engineers.
Upgrades were performed during weekend downturns.
Loss of production downtime cost was $250.00 per minute.
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For contrast, a for profit company in Japan,
“Management on the Tsukuba Express line between Tokyo and
the city of Tsukuba say they “sincerely apologise for the
inconvenience” caused.
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In a statement, the company said the train had been scheduled to leave at 9:44:40 local time but left at 9:44:20.”
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Since bart is a governmental, NOT a for profit enterprise this applies,
“The best minds are not in government. If any were,
business would steal them away”
— Ronald Reagan
They are not telling the truth but again,a group pic would explain why.
Well I hear the word ‘updating’ or ‘upgrading’ inrelation to my computer or cell phone I cringe! Usually it’s not better. At least for me. I wish they’d leave things alone. I guess this ‘upgrade’ Bart backfired today.
if you saw a group pic of those that run these things it would all make sense.DEI.