bart ride others can put on using plan b for one more morning. the unions agreed to keep the trains rolling and a mediator is keeping both sides at the bargaining table. abc7 news reporter matt keller, is at the table. both sides can newt leave until a deal is done. in a statement released with 2:00 a.m., they say the director of the federal mediation service told them not to strike with the belief that a deal is extremely close. the union says the district was told they could not lead until a deal is reached and the unions counter proposed after bart management game them the last best offer. no one is talking about the specials just that they are still going. the bargaining has produced some constructive and productive progress and i am authorized by the parties to say they are prepared to continue negotiations through the night. we will keep bargaining until we get a deal. the tone from bart management is subdued and critical of the unions releasing two statemen
that s because attorneys came down at 1:00 in the morning with an apology from bart that the bay area can at least wait until the middle of the night to find out if trains can run. 400,000 riders each week day. it s affecting everybody. the parties have been actively engablged in bargaining. the bargaining has produced some constructive and productive products. a break, a rest. usually talkative union leaders say they re under a federal gag order. earlier they said they present aid counter proposal under bart s last and final offer that angered some workers as perhaps a sudden and surprising end to negotiations. what is still holding up a deal? well, that s still unclear. riders want it done. i m glad the trains are running, but i think they need to make a decision. you know, we re like in limbo. you don t know. both sides are expected back at the bargaining table this afternoon, and the unions haven t said yet whether there s a new strike dead looirn. in oaklan
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was some kind of shift overnight. we are standing by outside the cal trans building waiting for any new developments. cate caugurian, kpix 5. we have some information how to get around in case there is a bart strike. you have a few options like taking the bus. bart will run 150 free shuttles from san francisco and back from nine east bay bart stations. could serve about 6,000 passengers a day. or try the carpool lane. hov lane will be open from 5 in the morning to 7 at night. 80, 680, 880 and highways 92 and 84. you can try your luck with the ferry. there will be beefed up service in oakland, san francisco, alameda, alameda bay and vallejo. check out our strike survival guide on kpix.com. and don t count on ac transit either. mark kelly says they too could hit the picket line as early as thursday night. could be out of luck come friday i guess. reporter: could get messy. the threat of the bart strike looming. now it seems like out of the blue, a strike threat from ac tr
this afternoon. bart management and the unions walked out of the building after nearly 17 hours of negotiations. still no word on a deal. the federal mediator assured commuters trains will be running today but not comment on the progress of negotiations. at the mediator s request, we ll be taking a recess until early this afternoon. and that s all i m going to have to say at this moment. negotiations are continuing and back at it early this afternoon. reporter: now, this is a major shift from what we saw last night. the unions were close to calling for another bart strike and said it would take a hail mary to avert it. we did see several of them walk out of this building this morning. again, they have not commented or refused to commented on these talks. they did say they will be back here today at 1:00 this afternoon. cate caugurian, kpix 5. last we heard, the unions offered a counter proposal. bart management made it clear they had no intention of changing the final n