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BART

Consumers Courts Technology 

BART Snoop

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 BRIEF
apps, BART, Class Action, Settlement

A crime-reporting app for Bay Area Rapid Transit riders will now collect less intrusive information about users – and keep is collected for only a limited time – under a settlement approved by a federal judge Monday.

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Civil Rights 

Fatal Shooting by Bay Area Transit Police Spurs Lawsuit

September 20, 2018September 21, 2018 NICHOLAS IOVINO
BART, Police Killing, San Francisco Bay Area, transportation, Wrongful Death

Calling the police shooting of an allegedly unarmed black man “unconscionable,” the family of Sahleem Tindle sued the San Francisco Bay Area’s public transit agency Wednesday night, seeking punitive damages.

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Business 

Parking Problems

July 7, 2018July 9, 2018 BRIEF
automotive, BART, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area

The owner of the San Jose Sharks hockey team sued the Federal Transit Administration for approving a massive Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station near its arena without the promised eight-story parking garage.

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Government Technology 

BART 1, Class 0

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
apps, BART, Class Action, Police, Surveillance

A woman who accuses the Bay Area Rapid Transit District of using the BART Watch mobile app to spy upon its customers must amend her class action, a federal judge ruled.

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Government Regional 

Water Provider and Regulator Clash Over Flood Control Project

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 MATTHEW RENDA
BART, floods, transportation, water

A major Silicon Valley water provider sued a California water quality regulator, claiming its needless and illegal addition of bureaucratic layers to a flood project will not only hurt residents endangered by flooding but potentially prevent a major regional public transportation project.

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Civil Rights Technology 

Class Claims BART Snoops on Its Riders

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
BART, California, Class Action, privacy, San Francisco Bay Area, Surveillance, transportation

Even trains are spying on us now, a woman claims in a federal class action accusing the Bay Area Rapid Transit District of tracking passengers’ movements by duping them into downloading a seemingly benign crime-reporting app.

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Civil Rights 

BART Accused of Systemic Disability Discrimination

April 5, 2017November 13, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
BART, Class Action, disability, San Francisco Bay Area, transportation

A class accused the Bay Area’s public transit system on Wednesday of denying people with disabilities full and equal access by failing to properly maintain, repair and clean elevators “soiled” with human waste.

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Civil Rights 

Police Killing

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
BART, Police, Police Killing, San Francisco

A federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss excessive-force claims against Bay Area Rapid Transit police Sgt. Jon Tougas, whose body camera recorded a DUI arrest and struggle that killed James Greer on May 23, 2014.

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Government 

BART Pays $3 Million for Officer’s Death

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 MARIA DINZEO
BART, Settlement

Bay Area Rapid Transit will pay $3.1 million to the family of a detective who was shot to death by a fellow officer during an apartment search almost three years ago.

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