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Best scoring bid to build BART's Fleet of the Future

BID COMPARISON Bidder PriceOffer Combined Score Bombardier (Canada) $1,543,192,904 79.70 Alstom(France) $1,727,025,189 73.22 Rotem(South Korea) $2,791,394,850 48.47 Technical Score + Price Score = Combined Score. Price offer is for a total of 775 cars. BART staff is recommending that the Fleet of the Future

BART shifts westbound I-580 lanes for new station construction

Following last week's postponement, on the evenings of Monday, July 30 and Tuesday, July 31, BART crews hope to finish all the lane shifting work in the westbound direction that they need to do in order to begin construction of the highly-anticipated BART station and transit village in West Dublin/Pleasanton

BART to run longer trains for Chinese New Year Parade

BART will be operating long trains all day Saturday to bring customers planning on attending the Chinese New Year Parade into San Francisco. In addition to long trains in the evening BART will have extra event trains to bring customers home following the parade. BART staff will monitor the progress of the

BART Board approves dozens of modifications to strengthen police oversight

The BART Board of Directors has unanimously approved 39 recommendations meant to strengthen the BART Citizen Oversight Model for the BART Police Department. The modifications include clarifications and operational suggestions that will impact both the Office of the Independent Police Auditor (OIPA) and the

BART runs Saturday schedule on Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

BART will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, Jan. 17, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. A Saturday schedule means that BART service begins around 6 a.m. and ends around midnight. In addition, some trips may require transfers that are different from the schedule for regular weekday service. To

BART moves to new email and text message platform March 9

On Monday, March 9, BART will launch a new platform for subscription-based email and text alerts. Our current system is how we send out BART Service Advisories and other news and announcements you have subscribed to as detailed here. Here is what you need to know: • The new platform will send email messages

Podcast: The dramatic history of BART is now a new book

In our latest episode of "Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART" we sit down with former BART chief spokesman Mike Healy to relive the history of the transit agency. Healy has written a new book entitled “BART: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System.” Healy started his tenure with BART back in

BART holds meeting Feb. 12 on new small business program

Are you a small business owner? BART wants to work with you on the following contracts: CONSTRUCTION — PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — PROCUREMENT — GOODS & SERVICES The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District invites you to attend a special meeting to learn about significant changes made to our NEW Small

Filing period opens July 18 for BART Board of Directors

The filing period opens on Monday, July 18, 2016, for persons interested in being candidates in the November 8, 2016, general election for the BART policymaking Board of Directors. Five of the nine seats on the Board are up for election – all representing specific geographic districts in the BART District

BART plans to evaluate digital displays showing advertising and news

BART plans to test replacing some existing advertising posters with more modern digital screens to increase revenue to support BART services. If fully implemented, the plan will eventually increase revenue by at least $1 million per year. The screens will display a mix of advertising, news, weather, and BART