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BART summer internships give students real-world experience in public transportation
Iris Nunez, (left) Track Engineering Intern and Ann Cherayil, Construction Engineering Intern work the A65 Hayward track replacement project By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerJennie Nguyen’s summer internship with BART let her stretch her computer science skills with real-world experience architecting
Financial picture for BART bleaker than expected despite union leadership claims
Sales tax drops 20%, ridership down 10% The economic storm that's swept the country wiping out both public and private sector budgets, continues to take a terrible toll on businesses and governmental agencies across the Bay Area including BART. Newly released state figures now show BART has just suffered the
BART Police Department Headquarters Public Art Request for Qualification
A cleaner, more comfortable ride: Taking a look at BART's seat replacement project
Photo of BART seat, mid-replacement By Xuan Lam BART Website Intern On an empty railcar, with the intense focus of a surgeon taking out an appendix, a BART worker pokes and pries to remove a saggy, dingy seat cushion from its frame. For a few moments the empty frame looks skeletal, coiled springs exposed at
BART to stop selling all discounted magnetic tickets on December 31, 2021
As part of BART’s transition to offer Clipper as the only fare product available for purchase, BART will stop selling all discounted magnetic stripe tickets starting December 31, 2021, while helping riders transition to the discounted Clipper option. While BART stopped selling tickets from station vending
BART adds more Airport/Long Term parking spaces for holiday period
BART has nearly doubled the number of Airport/Long Term parking spaces available during the Christmas travel season. The additional Airport/Long Term spaces will be available from Friday, December 19, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. BART is urging the public to purchase their parking permits early as
Google.org funds 20K free BART rides for youth field trips
In partnership with the local non-profit, The Youth Transportation Organization (“Yoots”), BART is working to launch a special Free BART Rides for School Field Trips program that will provide local students, teachers, and chaperones the opportunity to take transit to BARTable field trip destinations. Google
Night Board meeting to cover e-cigarette ban, role of art at BART
The BART Board of Directors will meet Thursday, Jan. 22 at 5 pm to consider a range of topics including a newly proposed ordinance to restrict smoking of e-cigarettes / vaping devices as well as a presentation on the role of public art in existing and future BART facilities. The meeting will be held in the
TSA and BART Police conduct joint training exercise Friday, April 18
From 8:30am to 12:30pm on Friday, April 18, BART Police, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Bay Area law enforcement will be working with other local transit agencies to conduct joint security training exercises at the SFO, Embarcadero, West Oakland, and Coliseum BART stations. The purpose
BART salutes our military veterans' commitment to public service
Note: There will be no change to our current weekday service on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11.
Ahead of Veterans Day, BART celebrates employees who served and acknowledges their ongoing commitment to public service.
"There are more than 200 military veterans in our BART family who each and every day contribute their experiences, values, and expertise to our organization," said General Manager Bob Powers. "We all benefit from what they bring to BART, as do our riders."
Last month, BART Communications reached out to BART veterans with a few questions: How are the lessons and skills you gained in the military reflected in your work at BART? Why did you wish to continue your public service in a different capacity? Why are you proud to be a BART employee and a veteran?
You can read their responses in the slideshows on this page. To pause on an image, left click and hold your cursor on the image.
BART salutes our nation's veterans and thanks them for their service.