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BART and ATU reach tentative agreement on four year contract

Hours before BART's Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 (ATU) employees were scheduled to walk off their jobs, BART management and the union resolved their differences on Sunday afternoon and reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract. The union will vote on the deal August 25th. "We are glad

BART PD serves up coffee and conversation in San Francisco

By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer BART Police took part in National “Coffee With A Cop” day on Wednesday, Oct. 4, serving up a warm cup to customers in the free area at Powell Station while discussing safety and security initiatives. An effort started in 2011 in Southern California, National “Coffee

BART Board to honor Train Operator's spelling bee champ son

Evan O'Dorney's dad is a BART Train Operator At its next meeting on June 14, the BART Board of Directors will be honoring both this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee champion 13-year-old Evan O'Dorney and his father Michael O'Dorney. "We are so proud of both of them!" BART Board President Lynette Sweet

BART employees to sell cupcakes for “Shop with a Cop” program

BART employees have teamed up to help underprivileged Bay Area kids go on a holiday shopping spree for toys, clothes and school supplies. To help raise funds to support BART Police’s annual “Shop with a Cop” program, employees are holding a gourmet cupcake sale at the BART headquarters on Thursday, December

Join us for a Better BART telephone town hall- Tues Oct. 4

BART connects you to the people you love, the places you enjoy, and to the countless opportunities the Bay Area has to offer. We have a plan to rebuild our aging system after 44 years of service, and to reinvest in the parts of BART that keep you moving. To that end, we will be holding three different

BART Board of Directors to Hear Info On Beverage Policy

The BART Board of Directors will hear information at its meeting Thursday about whether riders should be allowed to drink beverages on trains. The current policy bans eating and drinking on trains and anywhere inside the paid areas of stations. An idea had been proposed to let riders drink beverages, but only

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

BART will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. A Saturday schedule means that BART service begins around 6 am and ends around midnight. In addition, some trips may require transfers that are different from the schedule for regular weekday service

BART to run longer trains for KFOG Kaboom, A's games

BART will operate longer trains to serve the crowds attending tomorrow’s KFOG "KaBoom! 2009 Fireworks Show" and the fans heading to Saturday and Sunday’s Oakland A’s games. Also, on Sunday, San Francisco "Sunday Streets" revelers can ride BART to this month’s event, which promotes a safe, fun, car-free day

BART Resolution backs proposed Tri Delta Transit Center in Brentwood

The BART Board of Directors voted today to approve a resolution supporting adding a proposed Intermodal Transit Center in Brentwood to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Plan Bay Area 2040 Project Update for evaluation. “Although residents are justifiably excited about the extension of BART service

BART runs weekday service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Limited number of free commemorative flash passes available to San Francisco MLK Celebration BART will run on a regular weekday schedule on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 15, 2007 as riders from throughout the Bay Area head to the region's largest celebration honoring the life and achievements