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BART announces Monday's Spare the Air ridership results
BART is projecting at least an 8% increase in ridership today as a result of the fourth Spare the Air free transit day of 2006. That means at least 26,000 more people took BART than usual. Total ridership for Monday, July 17 is estimated to be 349,000. The 26,000 figure is a conservative estimate based on
Celebrate SF Pride 2017 and take BART to the Parade
On Sunday, June 25, BART will increase the amount and length of trains to imitate Saturday service and weekday commute-length trains. We will open at 8am. Passengers headed to the festivities are encouraged to use BART’s mobile website (http://m.bart.gov) for Real Time Departures and other service related
BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez announces retirement
BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez, who has led the department’s efforts to embrace progressive policing and to boost the visible safety presence on the system, is announcing his retirement. Chief Alvarez is retiring after 25 plus years of service with the department including spending the last four as Chief of
BART offers longer trains for Inauguration-related events
BART is taking steps to prepare for what are expected to be large crowds for Inauguration-related events in downtown Oakland and San Francisco. Longer trains will be available for riders all day Friday and Saturday. BART also plans to have a few additional event trains on standby at key locations on Saturday
BART partners with Ford GoBike for Bike to Work Month
Riders get free one-month membership May is Bike to Work Month and to celebrate, BART is partnering with Ford GoBike to offer riders FREE one-month Ford GoBike memberships. This helps make getting to and from BART fast, fun and convenient, and means access to a bike (without having to bring your own). Bike
BART service restored after earlier service disruption
1:30 pm update At 5:10 a.m., one of the dozens of BART’s field network devices failed, disrupting the operational communications network. The system went into fail safe mode and shut down. Engineers and technicians worked to locate the failed device and to restore communications functionality. Service was
BART Board meets Thursday night to discuss budget
The BART Board of Directors meets Thursday, April 23, at 5 pm to consider topics including the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget. This is one of several steps before the Board votes on the FY 2016 financial plan. A public hearing for the budget will be set for May 28, 2015 in the Board Room. To address the
BART car cleaner is credited with saving a rider's life
About 15 minutes after midnight on Monday, October 29, 2018, Vincent Seals, a BART train car cleaner, heard a co-worker calling for help from the platform at the Dublin/Pleasanton Station. He ran toward her and she pointed him to the lead car of a train that had just finished its run for the night. Seals
BART breaks ground Wednesday on Oakland Airport Connector
Today Congresswoman Barbara Lee, BART Board President James Fang and Board Member Carole Ward Allen joined local leaders in government, transportation and building trades to celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking on the $484 million Oakland Airport Connector project. In the short term, construction of this
Accessibility innovation is the focus at June 8 BART conference in Berkeley
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Around 175 attendees are signed up for a June 8 conference BART is sponsoring that will bring together technologists, accessibility advocates and people with sensory and mobility challenges to brainstorm ideas for making BART more accessible to all. The one-day event