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BART Thanksgiving ridership to SFO up slightly over last year

Some 62,200 riders took BART to San Francisco International Airport during the peak Thanksgiving holiday travel period from Wednesday, Nov. 24, to Monday, Nov. 29, a 1.1% increase from 2009, when the number was 61,500. BART operated longer trains to help passengers get to and from San Francisco International

BART creates new position to implement Strategic Homelessness Action Plan

BART has created a new Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships position as part of the agency’s efforts to increase resources to help address homelessness within the system and connect people to resources. The job posted can be found at bart.gov/jobs. The Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships

Statement from BART General Manager regarding West Oakland protesters

BART General Manager Grace Crunican issued the following statement regarding the protesters who stopped the BART system the day after Thanksgiving: "As BART's General Manager, I must ensure safe public access to the BART system. The protesters who stopped the BART system on the day after Thanksgiving shut

Top US official looks at BART's innovative ways of creating jobs

The nation's top official in charge of helping minorities with big dreams but often little cash visited BART today to look at the innovative ways the transit agency gives small business owners a leg up in a down economy. David Hinson is the national director of the U.S. Commerce Department's Minority Business

Live streaming of BART Board meetings to start Thursday, May 13

The public will have unprecedented access to the inner workings of the BART Board of Directors beginning Thursday as the agency is now streaming its meetings live on the Internet. In addition, Board meetings will be available on-demand on the web for those who wish to view the meetings at a later time. "This

BART teams up with Bike East Bay to prevent bike thefts

With more riders bringing their bikes to BART, Bike East Bay and BART have announced a new partnership to prevent bike thefts at BART stations. From now through the summer of 2015, representatives from Bike East Bay will be at BART stations throughout the system during the evening commute to share bicycle

BART offers free ride program for school field trips in January

Field trip video on BARTtv

Update from January 29, 2010: Thanks for your interest in the free rides on BART for field trips. However, we have reached our maximum of 15,000 students and have no more free rides available at this time. If you would like to be notified of any future programs that provide free rides for field trips, click

Monday Spare the Air BART ridership is 2nd highest in history

28,000 more riders than on a typical Monday Monday, June 26 is the last of three Spare the Air free ride days this summer and BART is now projecting to see the second highest increase in ridership for a Spare the Air free rides day since BART joined the program in 2004. The highest ridership increase was last