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Share your favorite BART story: bart.gov/story

Share your BART story! bart.gov/story

What’s your favorite BART memory? Has BART changed your life – in ways big or small – or connected you to something meaningful?  

We want to hear about it.  

BART Communications is launching a new edition of BART Connects (bart.gov/bartconnects), our rider storytelling series highlighting the many ways BART connects the Bay Area. We’re inviting the public to share memories and moments that show how BART moves this region in both small and powerful ways. 

Your story doesn’t need to be earth-shattering or groundbreaking. Inspire, entertain, and enlighten us!  

Submit your story by visiting bart.gov/story and answering a few questions. You'll have the option to enter a drawing for a $100 e-gift card. 

BART Communications will review responses on a rolling basis, and we may contact you to schedule follow-up interviews and photo/video shoots. Get ready for your BART closeup. 

We’ll share our favorite stories on our communications and marketing channels, including bart.gov, social media, and even advertisements that will appear around the region (with participant consent).  

We’re looking for stories about: 

  • Meeting your partner or good friend onboard 
  • Using BART to get to school/appointments/experiences you would not be able to have without transit 
  • Going someplace fun or unexpected, like golfing or fishing! 
  • Taking BART to your wedding/prom/big life event 
  • Using your time on the train to create art, stories, poems, or photos 

Find examples at bart.gov/bartconnects.  

Questions? Email Michelle Robertson with BART Communications at [email protected] 

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Your best BART summer (by BART's biggest fans)

Triptych of BART summer guides

The calendar might say late August, but the rising temperatures are getting us into the summer spirit. Seize the sunshine and get on BART!  

This summer, we invited some of our biggest fans to show us their favorite things to do by BART during break. School is back in session, but you can recreate their itineraries no matter the season. 

Today, we released this summer's final guide, featuring BART expert Bella. Watch it here

Bella, ZaynMiloRobert, and Lucy took us all over the Bay Area over the past few months. We went cloud chasing in Daly City, bought bagels and books in Berkeley, took a trip to the Nintendo Store in San Francisco, toured some “aesthetic stations,” and traveled to Target for school supplies.  

All of our guides participated in the Autism Transit Project. Each spring, BART invites local youth on the spectrum to record announcements that play in stations during Autism Acceptance Month in April. 

Find the guides at bart.gov/summer and on our YouTube channel.

For more recommendations of fun stuff to do by BART, visit bart.gov/bartable.

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