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BART Bicycle Investment Tool
An exciting component of this BART Bicycle Plan is a new bicycle access model, developed to help BART and other commuter rail operators predict the effect of an assortment of bicycle-related investments on bicycle access rates, and to compare these investments to the cost of providing automobile parking
BART Deputy Chief of Police on BART’s 1972 opening day and a lifetime riding trains
A young Kevin Franklin with his mother and grandparents. Photos courtesy of Kevin Franklin. For almost-three-year-old Kevin Franklin, riding BART for the first time was something of a wonder. The trains were big, shiny, and fast. The stations, grandiose and cathedral-like. And the people watching
BART: Safer Than Ever
View and print our Welcome Back, Safer Than Ever handout. If you’ve been away from BART for a while, welcome back to a new customer experience: less crowding more cleaning less crime new safety staff improved station lighting new service to North San Jose underground restrooms re-opening plenty of parking
50 BART accomplishments in 2020
At BART, we are firm believers that by thinking strategically, working hard, and engaging community, we can and will achieve remarkable things. With that, we chose to end 2020 with optimism. Here is a list of 50 BART accomplishments in 2020. Let’s start with improvements to the rider experience: We now have
BART launches vendor portal
BART is modernizing its business-to-business practices. We’ve launched a new procurement portal which allows existing and prospective bidders, proposers and vendors, contractors and suppliers to access upcoming procurement opportunities and other information such as contracts out for bid and bids received
Reward offered in BART homicide
BART is offering a reward of up to $10,000.00 through Oakland Crime Stoppers for any information that may help lead to the arrest of the suspect from the January 9 th homicide at West Oakland Station. The BART Police Department is requesting any and all information from the public regarding the identity of
50 years of BART: Behind-the-scenes of the filming of “The Pursuit of Happyness” at BART
Will Smith with BART employees on-set of “The Pursuit of Happyness” in 2005. There’s an early scene in 2006 hit film “The Pursuit of Happyness” in which Chris Gardner, played by Will Smith, races to catch a BART train with the bone density scanner he’s hawking. Gardner makes it on the train, but the doors
BART/Foursquare survey: 38% say Foursquare makes riding BART "more fun"
BART riders are using Foursquare and other location-based services to meet and connect with friends and share recommendations for things to do around stations, according to a BART survey released Wednesday, May 5, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The online survey received 446 responses from riders using
BART and the Warriors...a slam dunk
The Warriors are back in action as the 2007-2008 NBA season tips off in Oakland. Don't miss a single dunk or dribble?take BART to the game. Getting there is easy. Take BART to Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station and stroll over the ramp to Oracle Arena. To plan your BART trip, use bart.gov's handy online