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BART to offer rewards program
** Update: BART Perks launched August 30th and will run through Feb 2017. Sign up at www.bartperks.com BART riders will soon get the chance to win small cash rewards and help reduce crowding by participating in a research pilot program being offered by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA)
BART supports accountability and oversight
As BART seeks temporary state funding to avoid steep service cuts, it fully supports calls for transit accountability and reform. BART is among the transit agencies that have agreed to the California Transit Association’s proposed Accountability and Reform Framework. The framework would build upon the
BART and KPFA get crafty
Take BART and free shuttle to KPFA Crafts and Music Fair Ride BART to the 36th annual KPFA Crafts and Music Fair at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco December 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free Shuttles will pick up passengers from the Civic Center BART Station every 20 minutes all day. Every
BART riders "Dump the Pump"
BART riders save time, money and fuel Bay Area commuters who today chose BART instead of driving joined millions of Americans in sending a message of "dump the pump," a simple show of force by the nation's mass transit riders. Commuters who rode public transportation rejected the skyrocketing cost of gasoline
BART on heightened security alert
BART is on a heightened security alert and customers may experience some delays today because the District has made security modifications in response to the averted airline bombing plots in London. BART Police, including canine units, will randomly hold trains and conduct security sweeps throughout the BART
BART/Foursquare survey: 38% say Foursquare makes riding BART "more fun"
BART riders are using Foursquare and other location-based services to meet and connect with friends and share recommendations for things to do around stations, according to a BART survey released Wednesday, May 5, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The online survey received 446 responses from riders using
BART Connects: Fantastic Negrito's first audience was BART riders
"BART connects me to the first audience I ever had.”
Read more BART Connects stories at bart.gov/bartconnects.
Before the Grammys, there was BART.
Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, known by his stage name Fantastic Negrito, went from busking in BART stations to collecting his first, second, and third Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
He hasn't forgotten where it started -- and he keeps coming back.
In 2014, Fantastic Negrito was busking outside the Lake Merritt and Mission BART stations. He wasn’t getting gigs and felt like the industry had written him off, so he brought his songs to the people.
"When clubs didn't want to book me, when people just didn't think the music I was doing had any future, I came out to the BART station," he said. "That's how I connected with people getting off the train — everyday, ordinary people. It connected me to songwriting. It connected me to stories."
When his first Grammy arrived in the mail, he didn't open it at home. He took it to the corner where he always played -- Lake Merritt Station -- and opened it there, on the street, Grammy on the ground, guitar in hand.
He still comes back to BART sometimes to work out new songs. Some people walk past with AirPods in. He plays anyway.
"BART connects me to the first audience I ever had,” he said. "If I don't come back here, something's wrong with me.”
Read more BART Connects stories at bart.gov/bartconnects.
About BART Connects
Tens of millions of people ride BART every year -- to work, dates, practice, friends, and fun. BART Connects tells their stories.
In June, BART Communications launched the second edition of BART Connects, a storytelling series that features real BART riders who span generations, neighborhoods, and walks of life. You can read their stories below.
In the coming months, the stars of BART Connects will take us for a ride in a series of video featurettes that will be regularly posted on BART social media.
You will also see the faces of BART Connects riders in advertising spaces in the BART System and across the region.
BART Connects grew out of a call for rider stories BART Communications launched in 2023 to learn how our transit system impacts people’s lives. The initial response made clear that BART means something to those who ride it.
Have a cool BART story to share? Submit a short summary at bart.gov/story. You may be the next BART Connects feature!
Share your favorite BART story: bart.gov/story
What’s your favorite BART memory? Has BART changed your life – in ways big or small – or connected you to something meaningful?
We want to hear about it.
BART Communications is launching a new edition of BART Connects (bart.gov/bartconnects), our rider storytelling series highlighting the many ways BART connects the Bay Area. We’re inviting the public to share memories and moments that show how BART moves this region in both small and powerful ways.
Your story doesn’t need to be earth-shattering or groundbreaking. Inspire, entertain, and enlighten us!
Submit your story by visiting bart.gov/story and answering a few questions. You'll have the option to enter a drawing for a $100 e-gift card.
BART Communications will review responses on a rolling basis, and we may contact you to schedule follow-up interviews and photo/video shoots. Get ready for your BART closeup.
We’ll share our favorite stories on our communications and marketing channels, including bart.gov, social media, and even advertisements that will appear around the region (with participant consent).
We’re looking for stories about:
- Meeting your partner or good friend onboard
- Using BART to get to school/appointments/experiences you would not be able to have without transit
- Going someplace fun or unexpected, like golfing or fishing!
- Taking BART to your wedding/prom/big life event
- Using your time on the train to create art, stories, poems, or photos
Find examples at bart.gov/bartconnects.
Questions? Email Michelle Robertson with BART Communications at [email protected]
TransLink back online at BART
Updated 1:59 p.m. December 31, 2009 The TransLink electronic payment system is back online at BART following an outage Thursday morning, December 31st. Engineers from BART and TransLink worked together to fix a software problem that caused the glitch. BART began a limited rollout of TransLink, a regional fare
BART Police hosting National Night Out at seven BART stations 8/3/21
BART Police will be hosting National Night Out at seven BART stations on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from 5pm-8pm. The public is invited the attend these family-friendly events with games, giveaways, and BART safety tips held in the free area of the following stations: Rockridge Fruitvale Pleasant Hill Castro