Workers in San Francisco experienced a frantic morning Monday when many were surprised by a strike to the fifth largest rail system in the United States. California state government has stepped in to resolve the disparity between the union and the management.

The great "BARTocalypse" was the first strike in 16 years. The workers constituted a strike when the management were unable to meet their demands after their contract was completed on Sunday.

Unsuccessful contract talks created a catastrophe as San Francisco Bay Area commuters were forced to cram into ferries and wait in heavy traffic. Commuters were waiting for the news of a new negotiation, though both sides were not willing to give in.

BART is responsible for carrying passengers to and from all over the suburbs, and is also one of the only transportation to the San Francisco International Airport across the bay.

Both parties of the strike were very disparate in terms of their salary, pensions, healthcare, and safety expectations.

Gov. Jerry Brown urged the union and the management to try to negotiate again, sending two of the state's most effective mediators to rescue the situation.

The "BART-ageddon" has affected the long-awaited holiday coming Thursday. Many San Francisco workers are celebrating July 4th only with their neighbors instead of their best friends from the other side of the city.

BART trains had carried more than 182,000 one-way trips last year during Independence Day.