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BART and MTC to seek approval to bolster BART Inspector General funding
The budget for BART’s Office of the Inspector General would increase by 170 percent to $2.7 million annually under a new proposal co-developed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) Executive Director Andrew Fremier and BART’s General Manager Bob Powers. BART and MTC have identified $1.7
BART Police reminder: where it's okay to drink and eat on BART
BART Police are reminding riders where it's okay to drink and eat on BART property and where it's not. "According to both state law and BART policy, passengers can drink and eat all they want in the 'Free Area,' which we define as the portion of the station that's outside the fare gates where you don't need a
Natural beauty by BART: BART, Caltrain, and SFO converge at this nature preserve
SFO biologist Natalie Reeder holds a California red-legged frog as a BART train passes overhead. In a nondescript residential neighborhood in Millbrae, there is a magical sort of place tucked under freeways and airplane routes, BART lines and Caltrain tracks. Here, the cattails sway with the wind. Lupine
BART is recruiting new members for the BART Accessibility Task Force (BATF)
Want to help make BART more accessible for seniors and people with disabilities? The BART Accessibility Task Force (BATF) is recruiting new members! The BART Accessibility Task Force is a public committee comprised of BART riders to advise the BART Board of Directors and staff on disability-related issues and
BART Board votes unanimously to purchase 130 Tasers for BART Police
The nine-member BART Board of Directors on Thursday voted unanimously to approve the BART Police Department's request to negotiate the purchase of 130 Tasers. Currently the BART Police Department has 60 Tasers available for field deployment; this does not allow all sworn members to be equipped with a Taser
50 Years of BART
On Sept. 11, 2022, BART celebrated fifty years since its 1972 opening. It’s an auspicious milestone for an organization that provides so much more than transportation to a region it’s now served for five decades. In September, we celebrated our 50th anniversary with multiple events and happenings, including
BART and HNTB Win ASCE's California Award For BART/SFO Extension
The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded its prestigious 2004 Outstanding Civil Engineering Transportation Project in the State of California to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and HNTB Corporation for the BART extension to San Francisco International Airport. The project was an FTA-sponsored
50 years of BART: Why BART uses a nonstandard broad gauge
In celebration of BART’s 50th Anniversary this year, we’re looking back at the transit system’s five decades of service and innovation in a new series of stories. BART celebrates 50 years on Sept. 11, 2022. For decades, rail aficionados have asked us: Why does BART use a nonstandard gauge, or track width? The
Happy Ending: Bart the BART-delaying doggo finds forever home
Bart the dog with new owner, Todd By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Remember Bart, the stray pit bull mix that tied up trains a while back when he wandered onto the tracks, before being rescued by BART Police? He’s being a very good boy these days, after his adoption by an Oakland family who didn’t