Union representatives and Bay Area Rapid Transit negotiated through the weekend in a last-ditch effort to avoid a walkout that would have affected some 330,000 riders.
The pact still must be ratified by BART's 900 operators and ticket agents.
A strike could have put another 60,000 vehicles on the road and created hours-long delays on freeways.
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