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WiFi Rail Inc. to provide wifi access on BART system

A Sacramento company, WiFi Rail Inc., has finalized a 20-year agreement with BART to provide high-speed wifi service on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. WiFi Rail has been testing the service for the past year in four downtown San Francisco stations, where more than 15,000 customers registered to use it

BART hosts "All Aboard with Transit CEOs" public event

In celebration of Transit Month, BART is hosting “All Aboard with Transit CEOs,” a multi-modal ride-a-long and social event giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders. The event is Friday, September 16, 2022, from 3pm-6:30pm. 11 General Manager/CEOs from various Bay Area transit

BART Citizen Review Board considers recommendation on transgender policy

By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer The Citizen Review Board that advises BART Police will continue considering a recommendation that BART PD adopt a policy for interactions with transgender people. “Most law enforcement agencies still don’t have those kinds of policies in place,” said Harper Jean

Pedestrian access temporarily re-routed at Pleasant Hill BART

From Monday, Sept. 8, through Thursday, Sept. 18, BART crews will finish the landscaping along E Street adjacent to the new garage at Pleasant Hill Station. Because of this project, on those days from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, BART will divert the pedestrian access along E Street to the west side of E Street. BART

Get your BART questions answered at a "Customer Focus" event

BART's Customer Services department is once again hosting a series of "Customer Focus" events where you can meet and chat with BART representatives. It's a great opportunity to ask questions and get answers, express issues of interest to you or pick up fresh useful information about BART, all on a friendly

BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief

On Monday, September 14 th, BART will make improvements to its train schedule and will add more cars to help provide some crowding relief while we wait for the Fleet of the Future to arrive. The number of cars scheduled to be in service during the rush hours will be at an all-time record high, with additional

President Obama to award Medal of Honor to BART worker's son

Ty Carter (left) and his father, Mark President Barack Obama is scheduled to award the Medal of Honor today to Army Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter, an Antioch native whose father Mark is a BART electrician. Mark is in Washington, D.C. to see his son receive the nation’s highest military honor, but his

BART response to ad campaign paid for by Progressives for Immigration Reform

Advertisements paid for by Progressives for Immigration Reform went up this week in parts of the BART system. They’ve been placed primarily at San Francisco’s Civic Center Station and Oakland’s 19 th Street Stations with smaller numbers in other stations and in trains. This campaign complies with free speech

New City of Oakland parking fee for Oakland BART lots

The City of Oakland is now requiring that an 18.5% tax be imposed on all parking fees collected in the City of Oakland, effective July 6, 2020. Because of this new parking tax, the new daily fee including this tax for parking at Coliseum, Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, Macarthur and Rockridge will be $3.55. The new

BART General Manager Bob Powers statement on VTA tragedy

BART General Manager Bob Powers made the following statement this morning in reaction to the tragedy at a VTA facility in San Jose:"On behalf of everyone at BART, let me extend my heartfelt condolences to the VTA family, our partners in Santa Clara County, following the tragic incident this morning. We in the