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BART poised to take historic step to welcome LGBT contractors

BART’s Board of Directors will vote on changes to the agency’s Small Business Program that would open the door for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender businesses to help rebuild the system. BART’s full board is likely to vote at its September 14 th meeting to add LGBT contractors to the program that

Taylor Swift, baseball, and more: Take BART to weekend fun

Weekend BART ridership continues to heat up this summer season as more than 165,000 people hopped aboard last weekend to enjoy the best of the Bay. Saturday, July 22, saw 93,000 trips on BART, and 72,700 trips that Sunday, July 23. What do these numbers signify? Our riders know that BART is a great way to

Roll with Us: Financial Analysts at BART meld science with art

BART is hiring Financial Analysts. Salaries go up to $160,000. There is room to grow! Classifications for Financial Analysts include Financial Analyst I, Financial Analyst II, Senior Financial Analyst, and Principal Financial Analyst. To learn more and apply, visit bart.gov/jobs and search for “financial

BART provides timeline of events for Occupy Oakland pedestrian incident

Our first concern was and is for the safety and welfare of the two individuals who were transported to the hospital Wednesday night with injuries from an apparent auto/pedestrian accident in downtown Oakland. The accident is being investigated by the Oakland Police Department, which has jurisdiction at the

BART runs Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving, weekday schedule Friday

Longer trains around holiday will accommodate shoppers & air travelers BART will operate on a Sunday schedule Thanksgiving day, November 23, with service beginning at approximately 8 a.m. BART will resume normal weekday service on Friday, November 24. The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the

BART's next station named: Warm Springs/South Fremont

BART customers eagerly awaiting service to Silicon Valley now have a name to go with a place: Warm Springs/South Fremont Station. The Board of Directors voted today to combine history and practicality in officially naming the future station at the end of the Warm Springs Extension, a key link in BART to San

BART expects record ridership to SFO during holiday week

BART is expecting record ridership to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) during the 2006 holiday travel period. From December 21 thru December 27, BART expects 52,000 passengers or a 5% increase in riders who will take BART to and from SFO this year compared with the same time period last year. LAST

TransLink passes all BART tests, ready for summertime launch

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has declared that the TransLink smart card transit-fare payment program is "Revenue Ready" for the BART system. This declaration is a major contractual milestone signifying that TransLink has successfully passed all laboratory and field tests. BART expects that

BART to run longer trains for sports fans and weekend festivals

BART will operate longer trains to serve the crowds heading to sports events and ethnic festivals this weekend. Also on Sunday, San Francisco "Sunday Street" revelers can ride BART to link to Muni to get to this month’s Sunday Streets event, which promotes a safe, fun, car-free day when people can get out and

Discarded grocery bags give BART passengers a greener ride

BART's plastic ties remove equivalent of 1.1 million grocery bags from landfills Little do BART passengers know that many of them are riding the rails tied together with discarded grocery bags and old milk bottles. It's all part of BART's effort to get even greener. "Don't panic, there's nothing unsafe going