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West Oakland elevators to close temporarily for earthquake safety work
Dear Customer: As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, work is in progress to strengthen West Oakland Station against earthquakes. We will need to close both elevators temporarily. Westbound, platform #1, and Eastbound, platform #2 elevators at West Oakland Station will be temporarily out of
42 parking spaces at San Leandro Station to be closed--UPDATED
Update: 7/30/2015 The new start date is August 12, 2015 Starting August 12, 2015 BART will begin electrical improvements for the San Leandro Electrical Substation in the BART parking lot located under the tracks near Davis Street. The project will renovate the electrical substation by replacing most of the
Test Car
Thank you to the more than 6,000 riders who completed a seating layout survey. The survey is now closed. Final Survey Results TEST CAR SEATING LAYOUTS OUTCOME Based on the survey results, BART will be making layout change "A" to 380 cars. In consideration of those who voted against the changes, however, the
Reserved parking area at Pleasant Hill Station has been moved
Beginning Monday, April 3, 2006, BART's Reserved Parking Area will be moved from the lot on Oak Road/Wayne Drive side of the Station to the lot on the Treat Boulevard/Jones Road side of the Station. BART Reserved Parking customers that are currently parking on the Oak Road/Wayne Drive lot will be directed to
Notification of soil investigations
BART's Earthquake Safety Program will be conducting soil investigations throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties between June 2006 and September 2006. All work will take place Monday through Friday between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The purpose of the work is to gather soil data and locate
Elevator upgrade project at Lake Merritt Station
From August 7 through August 18, 2006, BART will be upgrading the equipment in the elevators at Lake Merritt Station. This work will include replacing buttons in the elevators, installing new hands-free phones, and reconfiguring the way in which riders call for the elevators. Each elevator will be out of
Elevator upgrade project at Fruitvale Station
From August 14 through August 25, 2006, elevator service will be interrupted at Fruitvale Station. BART will be upgrading the equipment in the elevators. This work will include replacing buttons in the elevators, installing new hands-free phones, and reconfiguring the way in which riders call for the
Longer loops help shorter straphangers and standees in short-term space solution
A car with modified seating, a short-term fix to increase capacity until new trains are in service, along with longer hand-holding straps to give riders more stability (especially the short ones) By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Short people, rejoice!BART is adding longer hand-holding straps on train
Update on service between Concord and Pleasant Hill stations
Updated at 6:30am, September 7: Service has been restored on both tracks between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations. Trains will continue to run slow in the area so riders should anticipate delays of approximately 10 minutes. Out of an abundance of caution BART will continue to slow down trains in areas
Real world testing to determine fate of poles, bike racks in new trains
In a move to allow for real world public testing of the remaining design options for BART’s new train cars, the Board of Directors today voted to have the manufacturer build two different train car interiors with floor to ceiling poles and bike racks to be tested during revenue service in late 2016. In the