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BART Headquarters achieves LEED Gold certification
BART recently achieved LEED Gold certification for its headquarters building (BHQ) located at 2150 Webster St. in downtown Oakland. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council and is the world’s most widely used green building rating system and an
BART moves ahead with Fleet of the Future contract
New trains expected to begin arriving In 2017 BART customers can expect to begin enjoying the reliability and enhanced comfort of new train cars as early as 2017. The BART Board of Directors voted unanimously today to authorize the General Manager to award an $896 million contract, plus applicable taxes and
BART unveils special baseball themed tickets
Partnership with FSN Bay Area television gives fans a chance to ride and read about their favorite players Baseball fans have a new reason to love BART: not only does the transit agency provide inexpensive, reliable transportation to A's and Giants games, now BART and FSN Bay Area television network are
BART Board backs Brentwood Transit Center
The BART Board of Directors today approved a resolution of support for the proposed Brentwood Transit Center and Mokelumne Trail Bridge. If built, the transit center could initially be served by Tri Delta Transit buses and could eventually become a station for a future eBART extension. “This resolution from
Extra BART Police for Olympic torch relay
Train service remains unchanged BART Police will have extra officers on hand during today's Olympic Torch relay through San Francisco. "We're assigning extra officers to downtown San Francisco," BART Police Chief Gary Gee said. "As with most demonstrations, we don't expect the protests to negatively impact
Statement by BART Board President James Fang
BART Board President James Fang issued the following statement today: "Out of deference to the honorable Mayor of Oakland, Ronald Dellums, BART cancelled a tentatively scheduled news conference that was intended to express our deep pride and love for the City of Oakland and the Bay Area Community and to join
Take BART to Oakland Chinatown Streetfest
If you've never explored Oakland's Chinatown, this weekend's Streetfest is a great opportunity to visit. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23-24. It's free and easy to get to from BART's Oakland City Center/12th Street Station. This year's festival celebrates the Year of the
BART will temporarily stop accepting new cars
BART will temporarily stop accepting delivery of new Fleet of the Future (FOTF) rail cars beginning January 8, 2021 to allow the manufacturer, Bombardier Transportation, the time to take steps to improve the cars’ reliability and availability, and to alleviate rail car storage constraints at BART’s
BART launches escalator availability feature online
Starting this week, riders can now see if the stations they plan on using have an escalator outage before arriving. In an effort to increase transparency and better communicate with our riders about escalator repairs, BART has developed an online advisory that lists out of service escalators, their location