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BART to operate longer trains for A's-Angels and Kenny Chesney

BART will run longer trains on Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, to accommodate the crowds of baseball fans heading to the Oakland A’s versus the LA Angels series at the Oakland Coliseum stadium. Also on Saturday night, BART will operate longer trains for the country music fans going to the Kenny

BART seeks applicants for Earthquake Safety Citizens' Oversight Committee

Want to see where your tax dollars go? Want to get involved with your community and learn about what steps the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is taking to ensure that the system is seismically sound in the event of an earthquake? The Earthquake Safety Programs Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) is

BART schedules closed session Board meetings for union negotiations

With the June 30th expiration of BART's five union contracts quickly approaching, BART has scheduled numerous closed session Board meetings to take place between now and the end of the month. Because of the nature of contract negotiations, BART has scheduled these meetings to address urgent issues regarding

BART Citizen Review Board considers recommendation on transgender policy

By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer The Citizen Review Board that advises BART Police will continue considering a recommendation that BART PD adopt a policy for interactions with transgender people. “Most law enforcement agencies still don’t have those kinds of policies in place,” said Harper Jean

WiFi Rail Inc. to provide wifi access on BART system

A Sacramento company, WiFi Rail Inc., has finalized a 20-year agreement with BART to provide high-speed wifi service on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. WiFi Rail has been testing the service for the past year in four downtown San Francisco stations, where more than 15,000 customers registered to use it

BART hosts "All Aboard with Transit CEOs" public event

In celebration of Transit Month, BART is hosting “All Aboard with Transit CEOs,” a multi-modal ride-a-long and social event giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders. The event is Friday, September 16, 2022, from 3pm-6:30pm. 11 General Manager/CEOs from various Bay Area transit

BART Board to consider changes to committee system at a later meeting

The public would get improved information about meetings of BART special committees under changes to the committee system that were discussed by the BART Board of Directors at its June 9, 2011, meeting. The Board agreed it needed more information on the proposed changes and said the issue would be put on the

BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief

On Monday, September 14 th, BART will make improvements to its train schedule and will add more cars to help provide some crowding relief while we wait for the Fleet of the Future to arrive. The number of cars scheduled to be in service during the rush hours will be at an all-time record high, with additional

BART back on time, San Leandro station re-opened

BART is back on time and the San Leandro station has been re-opened after a medical emergency this morning. Bus bridges were stopped after the station opened at 9:46 a.m. The incident occurred at 7:23 a.m. Trains began to move through San Leandro Station at 7:52 a.m., but did not stop at the station. A bus

Instagram photo group draws inspiration from BART ride

Photo by David Baer By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer Art, technology and transit intersected recently when the East Bay IGers, a group of fans of the iPhone application Instagram, conducted its monthly photo-walk as a photo-ride – on BART. Instagram is one in a new wave of applications that let