MORE ON: AC Transit

Daily Report: General Assignment

What's driving privatization of public transit?

March 7, 2013, 6:05 AM
As more cities turn to private companies to run public transit systems, our recent investigation shows that privatization may not be the silver bullet that cash-strapped municipalities were hoping for. In Fairfield, where the city’s suburban landscape makes it difficult to provide... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

AC Transit invalidates $13 million security contract deal

September 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
AC Transit acknowledged yesterday it improperly awarded a $13 million contract to a firm with financial ties to two members of its board of directors. Securitas Security Services won the contract in July, despite receiving the lowest score in the transit agency’s bidding process. AC... + read more
Daily Report: General Assignment

AC Transit buses sat empty during BART shutdown

June 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
During the BART shutdown earlier this month, as thousands of frustrated commuters waited hours for a ride across San Francisco Bay, 95 AC Transit buses sat empty. The idle coaches, representing 17 percent of the transit agency’s 569-bus fleet, were “in the yard for mechanical... + read more
Passengers wait at an AC Transit stop Thursday evening in Berkeley.
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Riders left waiting in AC Transit labor dispute

July 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
AC Transit officials call it a sick-out; the union calls it a push-out. It's a contentious labor dispute where neither party agrees on much. But what's clear is that for some of the 236,000 daily riders of the East Bay bus system, there are longer waits and even no-shows. Albany... + read more
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