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Starting Thursday at 8 p.m., the Bay Bridge will close down until Tuesday at 5 a.m. The cost? Well, according to KCBS, it's a lot "It's about $100,000 per day in cost for the additional BART service," John Goodwin of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Toll Authority tells KCBS. Also, the Bay Bridge will lose somewhere around $1.8 million in toll revenues, which will be slightly offset by increases on the other bridges. Is it worth it? Yes. What with SFist headquarters located next to the bridge, it will provide your editor with a few hours more of much-needed beauty rest. Also yes, the Seismic Safety Project will bring the structure up to earthquake safety standards. Read more about the closure here.
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$100,000 extra per day for BART? Wow.
Basically, they are running "Saturday" service on Sunday and Monday which could be the root cause of why it costs that much more. As for their overnight hourly service, that will be a rolling homeless shelter.
At least BART might get a boost of $$ from extra ridership.
SFist headquarters is the place where the editor sleeps.