Editing Bay Area Rapid Transit (section)

==== October 2013 incident ====
On the afternoon of October 19, 2013, a BART employee and a contractor, who were inspecting tracks, were struck and killed near Walnut Creek by a train being moved for routine maintenance. A labor strike by BART's two major unions was underway at the time, which caused BART to use an undertrained operator. Instead of the usual 14 weeks of the training, the operator only received four. The BART trainer was not in the cab with the operator at the time of impact but was instead in the passenger compartment. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] concluded that the accident occurred because BART facilitated access to the railway line.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railroad Accident Brief: Bay Area Rapid Transit Train 963 Struck Roadway Workers |url=https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAB1503.aspx |access-date=September 26, 2020 |website=ntsb.gov}}</ref> BART was fined $600,000 for the incident.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2017 |title=Video of 2013 Fatal BART Accident Reveals Safety Lapses: Regulators |work=NBC Bay Area |url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/State-Seeks-Hefty-Fine-For-BART-in-Deaths-of-Two-Workers-419397954.html |access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref>