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The week of August 11th, BART will begin the installation of a second set of Next Generation Fare Gates on the concourse level of Civic Center Station. The work will happen at the fare gate entrance in the center of the concourse level of Civic Center Station near UN Plaza (Array 2 in the map).

A temporary barrier will be installed to provide a safe workspace for the installation team as well as to protect riders from construction. Installing this new array is expected to take about two weeks to complete. The station’s other two fare gate arrays will remain open during the installation work. There will be signage to direct riders to the open fare gates.

The latest work at Civic Center Station comes after BART successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at the Seventh Street entrance to the station in July. In April, crews successfully installed a Next Generation Fare Gate at the elevator entrance on the Civic Center platform. Once work on this set of gates is complete, BART will move forward with replacing the last remaining array of old gates.

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

BART plans to move forward with the planned sunsetting of the EZ Rider Parking program. Existing EZ Rider customers may not be able to tap their Clipper card at the Parking Validation Machines (PVMs) as soon as July 1, 2024. Customers are encouraged to transition to Tap and Go Parking on the BART Official App, a new feature that allows for parking payment with one tap on the app. No hangtags or stall numbers needed. 

The software and machines supporting the EZ Rider parking program have reached the end of their useful life and are not compatible with the next generation of Clipper, necessitating the end of the program. 

EZ Rider customers can transition in two easy steps: 

1. Close your EZ Rider account. Log into ezrider.bart.gov, make sure your credit/debit card information is up-to-date, and close your account. A refund will be issued to the credit/debit card on file. A step-by-step EZ Rider account closure guide is available here. 
2. Register for Tap and Go on the BART Official App. Download the BART Official App, create an account, and register for Tap and Go under Daily Fee parking. No hangtags and no stall numbers needed. Pay for parking with one tap on the app.  

Riders who use Tap and Go have a smaller purse requirement compared to EZ Rider ($25 on Tap and Go, compared the $60+ on EZ Rider). Riders have more payment options on our app, including Paypal or Venmo.  

Existing EZ Rider customers may also choose to pay for Daily Fee parking as needed on the BART Official App without enrolling in Tap and Go, or pay for Daily Fee parking using credit, debit, or cash at the machines in the station (stall number required). 

For more information and FAQs, visit bart.gov/ezrider. 

This article was originally posted on April 9, 2024. 

Before revenue service began on Friday, July 5, 2024, BART crews found a rail defect on a trackway near 19th Street/Oakland Station.

No BART stations are closed but the Red Line is cancelled. We anticipate the Red Line to be cancelled all day but back in service tomorrow. Crews will make the necessary repairs tonight after revenue service ends. The rail defect does not appear to be heat related. Red Line trains will show as cancelled in real time departures and the Trip Planner. 

• San Francisco bound passengers coming from the Richmond direction who would normally take a Red Line train should take an Orange Line Berryessa train and transfer to a Yellow Line San Francisco train at MacArthur Station. 
• Richmond bound riders from Millbrae should board a shuttle train to SFO, then take the Yellow Line and transfer to an Orange Line train at MacArthur Station.

The incident is not causing major delays. 

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The week of December 1, BART will begin the installation of Next Generation Fare Gates on the concourse level of 12th Street/Oakland City Center Station. The installation work will happen in stages so riders can continue to use the remaining current gates while new ones are being installed. There will be additional BART staff as well as signage to direct riders to the open gates. Installing each new array is expected to take up to two weeks to complete. The work is anticipated to continue into January to allow for the replacement of all six fare gate arrays at 12th Street/Oakland City Center Station.

A temporary barrier will be installed around the array to provide a safe workspace for the installation team as well as to protect riders from construction. The work will not impact train service, but riders may experience a few extra minutes wait to pass through the fare gates during peak travel hours.

The latest work comes after BART has successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at ten other stations across the system. All 50 BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

August 29, 2024 Update- This work is now complete and all fare gates at Civic Center Station have been replaced with new gates.

On August 22, 2024, BART will begin the installation of a third set of Next Generation Fare Gates on the concourse level of Civic Center Station. The work will happen at the fare gate entrance nearest 8th Street on the concourse level of Civic Center Station (Array 3 in the map).

A temporary barrier will be installed to provide a safe workspace for the installation team as well as to protect riders from construction. Installing this new array is expected to take about two weeks to complete. The station’s other two fare gate arrays will remain open during the installation work. There will be signage to direct riders to the open fare gates. 

The latest work comes after BART successfully installed two arrays of Next Generation Fare Gates at Civic Center Station (Array 1 and Array 2 in the map). Also, in April, crews successfully installed a Next Generation Fare Gate at the elevator entrance on the Civic Center platform. Once work on this set of gates is complete, Civic Center will be fully outfitted with Next Generation Fare Gates.

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project at bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.