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BART Board of Directors to Hear Info On Beverage Policy
The BART Board of Directors will hear information at its meeting Thursday about whether riders should be allowed to drink beverages on trains. The current policy bans eating and drinking on trains and anywhere inside the paid areas of stations. An idea had been proposed to let riders drink beverages, but only
BART begins evaluating digital displays for advertising and news
BART turned on its first digital advertising and news display at the Montgomery Station platform today as part of a pilot program that will include getting feedback from riders. The 82-inch LCD display replaces two advertising posters across from the platform and will rotate a mix of advertising, news
New BART Chief of Police has been selected
According to BART Chief Communications Officer Linton Johnson, this afternoon General Manager Dorothy Dugger confirmed that she has selected former Fairfield Police Chief Kenton Rainey as BART's new Chief of Police. Chief Rainey will come to the BART with a long and distinguished career in law enforcement
BART operates longer trains for San Francisco Pride
Longer trains also on Saturday and Sunday for SF Giants, A's Games BART will provide longer trains to accommodate the crowds expected to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SF Pride this weekend. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade and Celebration will be held at San Francisco's Civic Center
BART's Lost and Found tracking system goes online
No matter how carefully you check for your belongings before getting off a BART train, there's always the possibility you might drop your gloves or your keys, or leave an umbrella behind. Now, there's a fast and easy way for you to try to get your lost belongings back. Just visit bart.gov/lostandfound to
BART employees to sell cupcakes for “Shop with a Cop” program
BART employees have teamed up to help underprivileged Bay Area kids go on a holiday shopping spree for toys, clothes and school supplies. To help raise funds to support BART Police’s annual “Shop with a Cop” program, employees are holding a gourmet cupcake sale at the BART headquarters on Thursday, December
BART to Antioch reaches one-millionth rider milestone
The BART to Antioch extension carried its one-millionth rider this week, just five months after the debut of the new service in East Contra Costa County. The milestone was reached on Halloween. By the end of service on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, the BART to Antioch extension had logged 1,001,429 riders
BART again selected as managing agency for Capitol Corridor
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has been selected once again to manage the Capitol Corridor intercity rail service for a five-year term. The 16 member Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Board represents eight counties along the 170-mile rail corridor serving Placer, Sacramento
BART expands distribution sites for Senior Clipper cards
BART is expanding the number of locations throughout the Bay Area that can accept applications and issue discounted Clipper cards In an effort to make the all-in-one transit cards more accessible to senior citizens,. Senior citizens can now visit one of the eight MyTransitPlus kiosks located in the downtown
Portraits of women rail workers at BART, in their own words
[[nid:35376]] Story By MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART Communications A small but growing number of women are entering the ranks of track and structure workers at BART, where they do the same strenuous physical labor as their male counterparts: swinging sledgehammers, welding rail and driving