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San Francisco's BART beat Ends, Ride-Sharing raise Its Profile

This week’s strike at the Bay Area Rapid transport system came to an end early Friday, east coast time.Or, perhaps it’s more exact to say “paused.”

There’s no deal, but union and the transit system agreed to keep discussion while employees return to work. The two sides gave themselves 30 days to come to an agreement.

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The first trains were set to be back in operation in time for the sunset rush hour, although demand is expected to be relatively light on the day after the  Fourth of July holiday.  However, there is a San Francisco Giants game Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and many fans take BART to get to AT&T Park.

Normally, about 400,000 people use BART each day. The strike, which began Monday, forced people across the Bay Area to find other moving, prompt clogged roads, full ferries and stuck charter buses. Despite being known as a hub for alternative transportation, San Francisco won’t have a bike-sharing line up until next year.

Some used the walkout as an break check outride-sharing services such as Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and Avego. Many weren’t aware of the differences between the systems. Some are like taxi services, where you have sole use of the vehicle, while others are more like car-pools, in which a digit of people ride at the same time.

The issues in the strike remain, and there’s also the possibility of another protest if a deal can’t be reached by the new deadline. But the early July walkout at least gave commuters the opening to stature out their moving Plan B.