Editing Bay Area Rapid Transit (section)

==== James Strickland ====
On October 14, 2008, track inspector James Strickland was struck and killed by a train as he was walking along a section of track between the Concord and Pleasant Hill BART stations. Strickland's death started an investigation into BART's safety alert procedures.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Rachel |last2=Bulwa |first2=Demian |last3=Jones |first3=Carolyn |date=October 15, 2008 |title=BART train kills worker on tracks in Concord |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-train-kills-worker-on-tracks-in-Concord-3189945.php |access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref> At the time of the accident, BART had [[Single tracking|assigned trains headed in opposite directions to a shared track]] for routine maintenance. BART came under further fire in February 2009 for allegedly delaying payment of death benefits to Strickland's family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eskenazi |first=Joe |date=February 2, 2009 |title=BART Accused of Being Late – in Paying Out to Survivors of Track Inspector Killed by Train |url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/bart_accused_of_being_late_--.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105174409/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/bart_accused_of_being_late_--.php |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=San Francisco News – The Snitch. Blogs.sfweekly.com}}</ref>