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BART to solicit passenger input this weekend on late-night service proposal
Earlier this year the BART Board of Directors delayed action on a slightly different demonstration program, which would have extended train service by one hour on Friday nights, and started service one hour later on Saturday mornings. On June 23, 2011, the Board deferred taking action on the results of public
BART offers free tickets to promote new electronic bike lockers
BART is giving away $5.00 value BART tickets to the first 100 people who buy a BikeLink smartcard or add another $20.00 in value to their existing BikeLink cards, in a campaign to promote its new electronic bike locker system. The promotional campaign was announced at a press conference Wednesday. "BART
BART runs around the clock during the October 15th weekend
BART trains run Friday night through Saturday morning & Saturday night through Sunday morning For the first time since the Millennium, BART trains will be running around the clock during the October 15th weekend to make sure Bay Area residents and workers can get between the East Bay and San Francisco while
BART discusses priorities for keeping system in State of Good Repair
Cover page of presentation In coming weeks, BART staff and officials will be visiting with groups throughout the Bay Area discussing priorities that will be needed to meet the demands of record ridership and to keep the transit system in a State of Good Repair. Check back here for a list of meetings when they
BART to run on Sunday schedule for July 4 holiday; extra trains for fireworks
BART will operate on a Sunday schedule for the Independence Day holiday on Monday, July 4, 2011, with service starting around 8 am. BART is also planning extra trains that evening to accommodate crowds attending the fireworks display along the Embarcadero, as well as longer trains for two baseball games that
BART Board approves $299 million Warm Springs Extension Contract
Those living in a county with double digit unemployment and one of the worst commutes in the nation just received two pieces of good news today. On Thursday, the BART Board of Directors awarded the second of two major construction contracts that will all but complete the long-awaited 5.4 mile Warm Springs
BART's efforts to ease transbay crowding paralyzed by federal grant process
BART’s General Manager Grace Crunican is renewing a call for action to the federal government to fund the agency’s Transbay Core Capacity Program which is a package of strategic investments that will increase train frequency between San Francisco and Oakland by more than 30% and overall capacity by 45%. The
BART extends hours, runs special service New Year's Eve
Trains will skip some stations, plus there will be more police and employees in the systemBART will extend service until 3 a.m. again this New Year's Eve, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 -- and there will be two other extra efforts to help you arrive at your destination as safely and swiftly as possible. Trains will
Union leaders announce they'll take BART proposal to membership
Train service continues Friday The leadership of BART’s two largest unions, SEIU and ATU, is taking the District’s latest proposal to save $100 million in labor costs to their membership for a vote next week. BART is expected to provide normal train service for its customers today, Friday, July 10. Contracts
BART Board approves generational project to replace train control system
The BART Board of Directors at its meeting on Thursday, January 9th voted to award a $798 million contract to Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc. to design and build a modern Communications Based Train Control System that will dramatically improve future BART service. Replacing the current train control system, which