Search Results
BART teams up to help clean up El Cerrito
BART, the City of El Cerrito and residents concerned about the environment are joining forces on a clean-up day, Saturday, November 13. Volunteers will spend the morning picking up litter around the El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito Del Norte BART stations. Volunteers will focus their efforts on beautifying the
BART runs on Sunday schedule July 4th 2015
If you plan on attending the Saturday, July 4th firework show on the waterfront in San Francisco, BART is a great way to get there and get home. BART will be running on a Sunday schedule (opening at 8am and providing a three route service unlike the five we run on Saturday) but with longer trains and some
Art professor sketches portraits on his daily BART commute
By JIAHAO HUANGBART Contributing WriterFor most people, a ride home on BART is just that—a short trip back from a long day of work or school. For local artist Hamilton Cline, however, a BART ride is a chance to explore the many faces of our diverse rapid transit system—and to sketch some of those faces as
New art work by Tom Patti installed for BART to OAK
Crews working on BART to OAK have now installed art glass panels in stations at both ends of the project. This new video gives the public a sneak peek at how color and a sense of motion and flight are used in artist Tom Patti's art installation, "Periodic Motion." The colorful art will greet arriving
Cyclists to celebrate BART's newest bike station at Ashby on Friday
Tomorrow cyclists who ride to BART will celebrate the newest place to safely store their bicycles: the Ashby Bike Station. The Bike Station will hold an open house Friday, June 10, starting at 7:30 pm. The open house precedes the start of the monthly East Bay Bike Party, which this month encourages
BART elevators set to receive makeovers, will be closed as flooring replaced
UPDATE 12/14/2015: THE MODIFICATIONS ARE ON HOLD. (We are addressing some technical issues with the modifications and will post a new schedule as soon as the issues are resolved). It’s no secret that BART’s elevators can be filthy – and part of that problem stems from shortcomings surrounding the original
BART train operator brings a sense of humor to the afternoon commute
Train operators are a critical part of the team that keeps BART moving around the Bay. The system may be automated but the operators are the eyes and ears of the trains. It’s an important job but a sense of humor can still come in handy. In our latest edition of “Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART” we take a
BART Police release photos of suspect in Daly City Assault
The BART Police Department today released images of a suspect being sought in connection with an assault that took place at the Daly City Station on Saturday night. The incident happened on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8:33 p.m. on the platform of the Daly City Station. A male suspect struck a male victim with
Local artists: We want your art on BART!
Submit here
The BART Art Program is undertaking an effort to highlight even more local artists by inviting them to submit their existing artwork to be used in a variety of BART spaces, including stations, trains, and even BART Headquarters.
If you are a local artist aged 18+ and residing in one of the five BART counties -- Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara -- we invite you to submit your work!
The art we seek should reflect the BART system and its integral role in all of our lives in the Bay Area. We are looking not only for images of the trains, tracks, and stations -- though we know we will receive beautiful ones -- but also art that represents what makes BART the Bay and the Bay BART. How does the diverse geographies, geologies, and ethnographies you encounter on BART intertwine? How has BART influenced or inspired you as an artist?
Submissions must be made through our Submittable platform by March 23 at 11pm PDT. The total number of applications will be limited to 400 (applicants not images), so we encourage you to apply early to ensure consideration. BART will be licensing the images; this is not an artwork purchase program.
What: Request for local artists to submit their BART-esque artwork
More info/rules: Request for Submissions
Submission portal: Submittable
Deadline: March 23, 11pm PDT, or until 400 applicants have submitted
Read about the BART Art Program at bart.gov/art.
Pride parade results in highest Sunday BART ridership ever
195,700 riders used BART to LGBT Pride parade The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender PRIDE parade yesterday drew so many people to BART that the agency experienced its highest ridership for a Sunday in its nearly 35 years of train service. The final numbers show that 195,700 people rode BART yesterday