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Update on BART looking at options for improving late-night bus service
To keep the BART system running well, required maintenance and inspections of the BART system necessitate a complete shutdown each evening to allow BART crews to work safely. Although BART doesn't run 24 hours, there are other options available. All-Nighter bus service operates every evening with expanded
BART service restored after Transbay Tube, Glen Park closures
BART operated past its normal closing time after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 31, and into the early-morning hours of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1, to get passengers to their final destinations after a man walked from Embarcadero Station into the Transbay Tube around 12:15 a.m., forcing a closure of the tube
Blalock new President, Fang new Vice President of BART Board
On Thursday, December 18th, the BART Board of Directors unanimously elected long-time BART Director Thomas Blalock as Board President. The Board also unanimously elected Director James Fang to serve as Vice President of the Board. Both assumed their respective posts after the Board of Directors cast their
No ordinary fan: East Bay woman is A's BART Rider of the Game
Melissa Wong (left) with Stomper By Stefan Martinez BART Website Intern It was midmorning on a hot Wednesday, July 6, when the BARTMobile took the field at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland. Unprompted, and with no reservations, Melissa Wong leaned out the side to belt out her love for the stadium she was in, and
Top US official looks at BART's innovative ways of creating jobs
The nation's top official in charge of helping minorities with big dreams but often little cash visited BART today to look at the innovative ways the transit agency gives small business owners a leg up in a down economy. David Hinson is the national director of the U.S. Commerce Department's Minority Business
BART PD fare evader enforcement helps keep neighborhoods safe
BART Police Department’s fare evading and crime prevention efforts results in an added benefit to surrounding communities. BART Police’s 2012 crime analysis data shows 1,068 individuals either entering the BART system without a ticket or breaking BART laws in other ways ended up in jail because they either
BART union negotiations hit snag over wasteful work rules
After a weekend of bargaining, BART reports that a key sticking point continues to be the refusal by union leaders to agree to eliminating their outdated, expensive and wasteful work rules that often cost BART riders and taxpayers millions in unnecessary overtime. BART negotiators spent most of today with the
BART Thanksgiving ridership to SFO up slightly over last year
Some 62,200 riders took BART to San Francisco International Airport during the peak Thanksgiving holiday travel period from Wednesday, Nov. 24, to Monday, Nov. 29, a 1.1% increase from 2009, when the number was 61,500. BART operated longer trains to help passengers get to and from San Francisco International
BART creates new position to implement Strategic Homelessness Action Plan
BART has created a new Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships position as part of the agency’s efforts to increase resources to help address homelessness within the system and connect people to resources. The job posted can be found at bart.gov/jobs. The Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships
BART partners with location-based service Foursquare to encourage transit ridership
Icons for four Foursquare badges, including the BART-themed badge. Bay Area Rapid Transit has become the first transit agency to partner with the location-based mobile network Foursquare, with the goal of encouraging public transit use. Foursquare combines social networking elements with game mechanics