Photos: BART unions go on strike; commuters scramble

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, speaks to the media about the end to the BART strike outside the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( BART )

Grace Crunican, general manager of BART, speaks to the media about the end to the BART strike outside the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( BART )

ATU Local 1555 President Antonette Bryant speaks to the media about the end to the BART strike outside the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( BART )

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is photographed as she enters the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter during negotiations between BART management and union members on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( BART )

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is photographed inside the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter during negotiations between BART management and union members on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ( BART )

Unidentified motorists wait to pay the toll for the Bay Bridge, on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

A man walks through a mostly deserted parking lot at the Rockridge BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

California Highway Patrol officers write tickets for two motorists who attempted to use the carpool lanes at the Bay Bridge with fewer than three people in the car, on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

A disable motorist, center, waits with his vehicle on the I-880 approach to the Bay Bridge as commuter traffic crawls to the toll plaza, on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Workers walk the picket line at the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls along westbound Interstate Highway 580 on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters line up to board the ferry in the early morning hour on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 on the fourth day that BART workers are on strike in Oakland, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Ferry were running extra boats to the San Francisco Ferry building from Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

The entrance to the Lake Merritt BART station is closed off as workers walk the picket line in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters line up to board the ferry in the early morning hour on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 on the fourth day that BART workers are on strike in Oakland, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Ferry were running extra boats to the San Francisco Ferry building from Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters line up for AC Transit buses in the early morning hour on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 on 20th Street at Broadway in Oakland, Calif. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls past the empty Rockridge Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by BART workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

The early morning commute stacked up along Highway 24 on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif., on the fourth day of the BART strike. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

The early morning commute stacks up along Highway 24 on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif., on the fourth day of the BART strike. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Workers walk the picket line at the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls past the empty Rockridge Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by BART workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuter traffic crawls along westbound State Highway 24 on the fourth day of a strike by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers, Monday,Oct. 21, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. BART typically carries about 400,000 riders daily. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters line up for AC Transit buses in the early morning hour on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 on 20th Street at Broadway in Oakland, Calif. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Early morning commute traffic slows on westbound Interstate 80 through Berkeley, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, during the fourth day of the BART strike. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Traffic piles up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza just before 7am as commuters deal with the BART strike during the early morning commute on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART unions called the strike Thursday evening after negotiations broke down. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Early morning commuters take the bus bridge to San Francisco from the Uptown Transit Center in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Zelvin Hill, center, of Oakland, and a handful of people picket outside of the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Brake lights glow in the early morning as traffic slows past the Rockridge BART station as workers at the transit agency go on strike in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Striking BART workers pass a bus loaded with early morning commuters at the BART station in Pleasanton, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 as a strike called by BART unions takes effect. An agreement between BART management and two unions, local Service Employees International Union and local Amalgamated Transit Union, could not be reached after talks broke down Thursday. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

BART employees, from left, Shari Stern, Mike Patchen and Andrew Powell picket the MacArthur station as workers at the transit agency go on strike in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Early morning commuters line up at the Alameda Main Street ferry terminal on the first morning of the BART strike on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

Scott Vernon, who moved to Oakland less than a month ago, finds out he cannot take BART to work as a handful of people picket outside of the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Needing to get to the Oakland airport, Oakland resident Eka Joti finds the MacArthur BART station closed as workers at the transit agency go on strike in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Traffic piles up along northbound Interstate 880 in Oakland, Calif., as commuters deal with the BART strike during the morning commute on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The unions called the strike Thursday evening after negotiations broke down. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

A woman runs to catch the last transit bus to San Francisco at the Walnut Creek BART station in Walnut Creek, on the first day of the BART strike, in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013.(Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group) ( SSJM1019BARTSTRIKE )

Brianna Rogers does her makeup in line as she waits to take the bus bridge to San Francisco from the Uptown Transit Center in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

It was mostly standing room only for early morning commuters riding the bus bridge to San Francisco from the Uptown Transit Center in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Striking BART workers picket outside the West Oakland BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike Friday morning after contract negotiations broke down Thursday evening. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

BART train operator trainer Mike Patchen pickets early Friday at the MacArthur BART station in Oakland. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)

Commuters board buses at the BART station in Pleasanton, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 as a strike called by BART unions takes effect. BART manager Hal Keiner greeted riders. An agreement between BART management and two unions, local Service Employees International Union and local Amalgamated Transit Union, could not be reached after talks broke down Thursday. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

A pair of commuters, who didn't want to be identified by name, wait on one of the first buses to leave the BART station in Pleasanton, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 as a strike called by BART unions takes effect. An agreement between BART management and two unions, local Service Employees International Union and local Amalgamated Transit Union, could not be reached after talks broke down Thursday. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Eric Tsujimoto, of Oakland, reads as he waits in line at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Tsujimoto arrived at 5 am for the 6 am ferry to San Francisco. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Eddie Metairie, of Alameda, waits in line at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Early morning commuters wait for the bus to fill at the West Oakland BART station in Oakland, Calif., to commute to San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike Friday morning after contract negotiations broke down Thursday evening. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters wait in line at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters wait in long lines at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters wait in line at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters wait in long lines at the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Early morning commuters wait for the bus to fill at the West Oakland BART station in Oakland, Calif., to commute to San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike Friday morning after contract negotiations broke down Thursday evening. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Traffic piles up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza just before 7am as commuters deal with the BART strike during the early morning commute on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART unions called the strike Thursday evening after negotiations broke down. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Commuters line up to board a San Francisco bound train from the Walnut Creek BART station in Walnut Creek, on the first day of the BART strike, in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

This person came in full costume to a noontime rally outside of the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Union members walk the picket line during a noontime rally outside of the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )

Pete Castelli, of SEIU 1021 speaks at a noontime rally outside of the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. BART workers went on strike at midnight after contract talks broke down, forcing commuters to find alternative ways to get to around the Bay Area. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )