An RV fire at a homeless encampment in West Oakland forced BART to temporarily shut down its West Oakland station last year, according to reporting from The Mercury News.
Although BART said that it was working with AC Transit and Muni to establish bus bridges to provide alternative transportation, many public transit riders took to social media to complain about the effect the shutdown had on their weekend plans.
“None of the station agents announced anything about the Transbay being closed, so people had no idea what was going on. Finally realize something is wrong when no trains go to SF. The station agent at 12th St says there’s a shuttle on the corner of Broadway and 12th. I go up, and there’s literally 500+ people waiting on the corner. No bus comes for 45 minutes, and people are increasingly getting annoyed,” wrote Reddit user nbaballer, who took BART to attend Sunday’s Black Joy Parade in Oakland.
On the other side of the bay, public transit riders in San Francisco also took to social media to report significant delays.
“It was a total mess at Salesforce transit center. Hundreds lined up waiting for buses that never came,” Reddit user earinsound wrote.
BART announced that Transbay Tube service had been restored at 4:29 a.m., just in time for the Monday morning commute.