By Daniel Borenstein at Contra Costa Times

March 24, 2016

BART has cynically turned the service disruption at the end of the Bay Point line into a propaganda opportunity to promote its upcoming $3.5 billion bond measure.

Agency engineers have worked tirelessly for more than a week trying to determine the cause of voltage flashovers that are disabling train car propulsion systems. “This is a full-court press and we’re a little perplexed right now,” Paul Oversier, assistant general manager for operations, said Thursday.

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