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New entrance to improve access to Balboa Park Station The 13,000 BART riders who use Balboa Park Station will soon be able to enjoy a new and spacious entrance equipped with state-of-the-art security cameras and lighting. Today BART, federal and local officials held an event to announce the first stimulus

The rising sun sits just below the horizon, the sky still dark, as Jeromie Salazar pulls into BART’s Hayward Test Track. He turns with caution, as he’s driving a 126,000-pound, 100-foot-long semi-truck with a brand new Fleet of the Future car secured carefully atop. In one swift motion, Salazar neatly aligns

Starting in October and continuing for the next five years, construction crews will descend on BART stations to strengthen them to withstand a massive earthquake. The BART Board of Directors has awarded one of the first in a series of construction contracts that will strengthen the columns that hold up

Just in time for the July 4th holiday weekend, BART reopened two more underground restrooms as the agency continues to focus on improving the rider experience with new amenities. All-gender restrooms at Embarcadero Station in San Francisco and Downtown Berkeley Station reopened on June 30th, the final day of

The proposal before BART's two largest unions, the ATU and SEIU, includes these components: Preserves base salaries but eliminates 3 vacation days and/or floating holidays each year for two years Provides a 0.75% wage increase in the fourth year Gives employees a $500 lump sum payment in both the second &

Plainclothes & uniformed officers on the look-out for pickpocketers and other predators The BART Police Department is launching a special deployment of officers during the holiday shopping season, which traditionally begins the Friday after Thanksgiving. The deployment includes undercover officers to protect

BART is moving forward on a major phase of the Warm Springs Extension project that will ultimately bring BART closer to Silicon Valley. BART has just begun seeking proposals to build the Fremont Central Park Subway, an extensive construction project that will create jobs and help stimulate the Bay Area

BART riders with damaged tickets or a handful of tickets with minimal remaining value have a new place to exchange or consolidate them. A "MyTransitPlus" window is now open in the Richmond Transit Center located at the Richmond BART Station. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, customers can exchange

BID COMPARISON Bidder PriceOffer Combined Score Bombardier (Canada) $1,543,192,904 79.70 Alstom(France) $1,727,025,189 73.22 Rotem(South Korea) $2,791,394,850 48.47 Technical Score + Price Score = Combined Score. Price offer is for a total of 775 cars. BART staff is recommending that the Fleet of the Future