Bay Bridge entrance "Maze" collapse

[Trek420]

I'm thinking BART's going to be a zoo this week. Wonder if there will be room for my bike?

[maillotpois]

Oh my god. This happened less than an hour after I drove right by there (going from 24/580 to 80) on my way home from the ride this morning (yes, at 3 am).

Holy cow.

They closed the part of the road I take to get to work in the morning. This is going to blow chunks.

[ace]

Commuting is going to be painful. Trek, I think you live in Hayward? Is there an AC Transit bus you can take that circumvents the maze? I think most/all the transbay AC Transit buses let you load bikes onto the front rack. I take the Transbay bus to work, and I think it will be ok- it goes via surface streets to Emeryville, then cuts onto the bridge via a bus lane.

www.actransit.org

Glad you're ok, maillotpois! Thank god no one was hurt.

[maillotpois]

So how do I get from Marin to Oakland? Any suggestions? Maybe I should search out that Richmond BART station?

[ace]

Don't know if you're aware of the www.511.org website. It's a warehouse for bay area regional transport. Use the trip planner function to see your options for getting from Marin to Oakland:

http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp

Hope that helps!

[maillotpois]

Thanks!

[Veronica]

Work from home.

V.

[bikerz]

MP - I think you could take the Ferry to SF from Larkspur, then Bart into Oakland, or a second ferry from SF to Jack London Square - the nice thing about the ferry is that you can work very easily if you need to.

I usually take the Transbay Bus over to SF from Oakland, but I think the detours over into Emeryville to get on the bridge are going to make that a pretty long and unpleasant ride in both directions (the overpass that melted is the one my bus usually takes). I'll be on Bart for sure this week, and already printed out daily reserved parking permits for 4 days this week, since I'm afraid the parking at my local Bart station (Rockridge) will probably fill up much earlier than usual.

What an amazing thing, and so fortunate no one was hurt but the driver, and even he doesn't seem to have been as seriously injured as he could have been. But traffic is going to be a mess for a long while.

[Trek420]

Commuting is going to be painful. Trek, I think you live in Hayward? Is there an AC Transit bus you can take that circumvents the maze? I think most/all the transbay AC Transit buses let you load bikes onto the front rack. I take the Transbay bus to work, and I think it will be ok- it goes via surface streets to Emeryville, then cuts onto the bridge via a bus lane.

www.actransit.org

Glad you're ok, maillotpois! Thank god no one was hurt.

Ace and all, I take BART to work almost each day. That will stay the same, stay tuned as I report if I can fit my bike on the train.

[jobob]

I wouldn't count on it. I've seen BART refuse to let bikes on trains when it's really crowded.

[SadieKate]

They even post the no bike policy during heavy commute hours on their website.

[Trek420]

I wouldn't count on it. I've seen BART refuse to let bikes on trains when it's really crowded.

And I've seen cyclists barge on in anyway...but then if your bike is your transportation what are you going to do? Wait 30-40 minutes till the crowd this out?

Which is my calendar has the A's schedule on it so I try to ride to work when they don't have a game that starts or ends when I leave. Or...just figure out the best route from downtown Oakland to home. Not a whole lot of good choices there, it's between climbing OTR or going through some pretty hairy neighborhoods so I ride 2-3 miles to tkae BART the bulk of the 20.

Hmmmm, might be cool to figure the route home for a just in case scenario.

[jobob]

Your choice. Good luck.

[maillotpois]

Okay, well I just read the link to the article about the driver and as mad as I am/was, it's actually sad. He had turned his life around and was a pretty good guy. One HUGE mistake, though, and it's all over for him. I'm sure he won't be able to get a good job again, etc.

[maillotpois]

I love CalTrans. I really do!

I just drove to work (Marin to Oakland) for the first time in over a week (actually, although it is my normal commute, the last time I drove on that stretch of freeway was the morning of DMD). They opened the 880 connector so there was no backup at all going 80 to EB 580 to get to Harrison St. It was great!!!

That doesn't mean I am happy about being at work, of course.