By Molly Oleson, Mission Local
Leanna Peng, of Oakland, is happy to be getting out of town this Saturday. Not only because she’ll be starting a two-week vacation from her job in San Francisco, but because she won’t be around if Bay Area Rapid Transit employees decide to strike again on Monday.
“I take BART a lot,” she says, as she waits for a bus to the East Bay. Only two other people are waiting in line with her at the Transbay Terminal at Howard and Beale streets in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon. “It took me a long time for sure to get home,” she adds, referring to the last BART strike the first week of July.
Bay Area commuters, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) employees and Transbay Terminal security guards are bracing for another strike that could take place Monday morning if BART and its unions do not reach an agreement by the time the current contract expires on Sunday night. Because the last strike took place during a holiday week, many commuters were out of town or staying home — that means the number of riders could be higher this time.
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