Personal Narrative: Everett Street In El Cerrito

On Thursday, June 15th, I parked in the 4 hour parking area on Everett Street in El Cerrito, near the El Cerrito Plaza Bart Station, in order to take BART to the Warriors Parade in downtown Oakland. I first attempted to park at the BART station, but the lot was full. I parked just before 10:00am and caught the train from El Cerrito Plaza to Lake Merritt Station to catch the parade near the end. It took about 30 minutes to get from where I parked to where I watched the parade (21 minute BART Ride).The parade began at 10:00am ended around 12:30pm.

After the parade ended, I returned to the Lake Merritt Station. Due to the large crowd, it took awhile to get into the station. Before I could get to the platform, it was brought to my attention that due to the large crowd size trains were not stopping on the Richmond platform (Bart Alert #1), therefore I could not catch the a train back to El Cerrito Plaza. This required me to have to exit the station and walk to the next Bart Station, 12th Street Oakland City Center. Once I made it to the platform at the 12th street station, it was announced that trains to Richmond were delayed due to police activities (Bart Alerts #2 and #3). …show more content…
Therefore I wish to appeal the penalty charge of $81.

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