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Formerly homeless vet counts blessings, including BART outreach

By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer This Veterans' Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, marks almost a year since Vietnam veteran Jack Hanna's life changed in a dramatic and positive way. Last year at this time Hanna was spending a lot of time huddled in a cardboard box in BART stations, homeless, hard for

BART looks into cause of train uncoupling in Transbay Tube

Service through the Transbay Tube resumed this morning around 7:25 a.m., about an hour after it was halted when a nine-car train bound from Pittsburg/Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport uncoupled in the tube. The train uncoupled at 6:23 a.m. and separated into two sections so that there was a

Corrections to January 1st published BART schedules

All published BART schedules effective January 1, 2008 omit two trains from the SFO to Pittsburg/Bay Point line Saturday schedule. The first train departs Powell Street at 5:53 a.m. and arrives at Pittsburg/Bay Point at 6:49 a.m., making all stops in between. The second train departs Daly City at 5:58 a.m

Geek out with BART and celebrate a special Pi Day this year

Have you ever thought about pi on BART? Not the lemon meringue or deep-dish apple kind -- the mathematical one. Turns out pi is used in lots of ways at BART. Pi is a mathemathical constant, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It's typically written as 3.14159 and is celebrated with Pi

Sunny outlook for BART solar power in Contra Costa county

On October 27, the Board of Directors authorized BART to enter into an agreement with Solar City to install, operate, and maintain solar panels at the new, upcoming Antioch station as well as Lafayette Station. BART will purchase electricity generated from these two new installations, which once constructed

BART Board approves hundreds of homes for Lake Merritt Station

On September 8, the BART Board gave final approvals to the first phase of the housing development at the Lake Merritt BART Station, consisting of 457 housing units with nearly 30% affordable to low and middle-income households. The development will be built by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

BART Letter to Bay Area Delegation on Special Legislative Session

July 21, 2015 MemberBay Area State DelegationState CapitolSacramento, CA Re: Special legislative session on financing transportation infrastructure Members of the Bay Area State Delegation: The Governor’s call for a special legislative session to “enact permanent and sustainable funding for repair and

BART runs regular service Saturday, July 4th

BART is planning to run regular Saturday service on Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2009. BART will operate a regular weekday schedule on Friday, July 3rd. A reminder: If you're planning to use long-term parking over the weekend, the only way to reserve a long-term spot is to visit www.bart.gov/parking

BART to run on Saturday schedule for Presidents Day, Feb. 18

BART will operate on a Saturday schedule on the Presidents Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Service will begin at 6:00 a.m. and run until around midnight. BART’s administrative offices will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Presidents Day is also observed as a parking holiday at BART, which

BART issues statement on service disruption due to computer problem

BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost issued the following statement: "Yesterday BART implemented a planned infrastructure upgrade to a network server. 12 hours later this change began to impact the exchange of information between servers, which affected the performance of the computer system the Operations Control