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When it does succeed while BART is doing this, affected riders will be w/o rail AND cell service.

And many of them will be angry @ BART for disabling their ability to contact friends / family during delay, look up status and alternate routes on the web, etc.

wide ripple to heavy-handed tactics.

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You can simply walk upstairs where there's normal cellphone reception, and you're good to go.

Now if you're stuck on a train in a tunnel because protesters are causing the system to shut down, that's a different situation, but still not decidedly evil or foolish for BART to turn off its cell service. In BART's defense, they did tell everyone earlier in the day to make alternate plans and prepare for delays.