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BART runs longer trains for San Francisco/Oakland Women’s Marches
BART is taking steps to prepare for what are expected to be large crowds for the Women’s Marches in downtown Oakland and San Francisco as well as other locations such as Walnut Creek. Last year’s march was our second highest weekend ridership day of all time with 347,322 trips taken (average weekday ridership
BART's Independent Police Auditor attends innovative de-escalation training program
Russell Bloom, BART’s Independent Police Auditor recently attended an innovative de-escalation training program and provided the following blog post on the experience: Late last month I attended a training developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) at the headquarters of the Santa Cruz County
BART Board approves hundreds of homes for Lake Merritt Station
On September 8, the BART Board gave final approvals to the first phase of the housing development at the Lake Merritt BART Station, consisting of 457 housing units with nearly 30% affordable to low and middle-income households. The development will be built by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Podcast: BART’s GM shares her vision for 2017 and beyond
BART General Manager Grace Crunican is our guest on the latest edition of our podcast series "Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART". Crunican talks about the need to build a Better BART. Crunican also provides updates on new initiatives to deal with crowding, improve customer service, worker safety, and the Fleet
BART Board recognizes rider's heroic actions during fatal November attack
At the Thursday, December 19, 2019 meeting, the BART Board of Directors issued a commendation to 22-year-old Sophia Humphrey for her compassionate and courageous actions during and after a fatal attack on a BART rider on November 19, 2019 onboard a train. Humphrey, a nursing student at Ohlone College, texted
BART Letter to Bay Area Delegation on Special Legislative Session
July 21, 2015 MemberBay Area State DelegationState CapitolSacramento, CA Re: Special legislative session on financing transportation infrastructure Members of the Bay Area State Delegation: The Governor’s call for a special legislative session to “enact permanent and sustainable funding for repair and
BART issues statement on service disruption due to computer problem
BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost issued the following statement: "Yesterday BART implemented a planned infrastructure upgrade to a network server. 12 hours later this change began to impact the exchange of information between servers, which affected the performance of the computer system the Operations Control
Computer Science Engineers innovate to improve BART rider experience -- and we're hiring
Who’da thunk that BART would Splunk?
Government agencies are typically associated with byzantine bureaucracy more than with agility and innovation. But BART’s Computer Systems Engineering (CSE) group is turning that on its head. They’re getting into Big Data in a big way.
CSE staff produce tools to improve safety and reliability, using many data sources including the Integrated Control System (ICS) that runs trains from a NASA-like Operation Control Center.
BART also has an open-data policy under which as much data as possible is shared, allowing third-party developers to create apps to meet customer needs (see www.bart.gov/developers for that info).
CSE engineers run on tight schedules, write code, use Agile development methods and meet in stand-up scrums. (Splunk, by the way, is a San Francisco company that works to make machine-readable data more accessible and usable, and BART is using its technology). All the projects the team undertakes are aimed at improving the rider experience, in one way or another – such as spotting patterns to identify issues and fix them before they cause a problem.
Take a look at the graphic above for some of the impressive numbers from the CSE group. If you’re interested in joining our team, check out the listings for computer science engineers currently posted at www.bart.gov/jobs
Take BART to Oakland's Art and Soul Festival
The 8th Annual Art & Soul Festival over Labor Day weekend will highlight Oakland's vibrant arts scene -- and it's easily accessible from the Oakland City Center/12th Street BART Station. The festival will feature art-making activities for people of all ages and abilities. In partnership with the Oakland Art
BART will operate on a regular Saturday schedule on Labor Day
On Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd, BART will operate on a regular Saturday schedule. There will be no overnight BART service from 1 a.m. ? 4 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, September 4th even though the Bay Bridge will be closed during this time. Regular BART weekday service will resume Tuesday, September