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BART PD is looking to identify the person shown in the photos below in relation to a stabbing that occurred at Daly City Station on September 17th, 2025, at approximately 3 PM.  BART PD detectives are actively seeking the identity of the person depicted in these photos, as well as anyone with knowledge of the incident.  Anyone with information is urged to contact the BART PD Anonymous tip line at 510-464-7011.

The stabbing last month happened outside the Daly City BART Station near the bus zone.  An adult male suffered a stab wound that required hospitalization. 

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The BART Art Program is undertaking an effort to highlight even more local artists by inviting them to submit their existing artwork to be used in a variety of BART spaces, including stations, trains, and even BART Headquarters.

If you are a local artist aged 18+ and residing in one of the five BART counties -- Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara -- we invite you to submit your work!

The art we seek should reflect the BART system and its integral role in all of our lives in the Bay Area. We are looking not only for images of the trains, tracks, and stations -- though we know we will receive beautiful ones -- but also art that represents what makes BART the Bay and the Bay BART. How does the diverse geographies, geologies, and ethnographies you encounter on BART intertwine? How has BART influenced or inspired you as an artist? 

Submissions must be made through our Submittable platform by March 23 at 11pm PDT. The total number of applications will be limited to 400 (applicants not images), so we encourage you to apply early to ensure consideration. BART will be licensing the images; this is not an artwork purchase program.

What: Request for local artists to submit their BART-esque artwork

More info/rules: Request for Submissions

Submission portal: Submittable

Deadline: March 23, 11pm PDT, or until 400 applicants have submitted

Read about the BART Art Program at bart.gov/art. 

BART will offer a Sunday service schedule for Thanksgiving. This means on Thursday, November 27, 2025, BART hours will be 8am-midnight with all five lines running until 9pm and three lines running from 9pm-midnight. 

On Friday, November 28, we will be running regular weekday service (5am-midnight). 

Free parking at BART on Thanksgiving Day  

Parking will be free at all stations except for Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose, which are operated by the Valley Transportation Authority. All other parking rules will be enforced. 

The day after Thanksgiving is not a parking holiday. Those who need to park can purchase Daily Fee parking using the official BART app. Click here for instructions to pay by app. 

Parking at a BART station for your Thanksgiving trip 

Airport parking can be a hassle and is always expensive, except at BART stations. We offer inexpensive multi-day parking (see options below) at many stations with easy online reservations. Purchase parking on the official BART app or pay by website. 

Single/Multi-Day Reserved parking is for consecutive overnight stays of up to 20 weekdays. You will need to provide the license plate of the car you plan to drive and a phone number. Reference our guide for paying for Single/Multi-Day Reserved parking here.

Monthly Reserved parking is for stays of up to 24 hours at a time, charged on a recurring monthly basis, and provides a guaranteed space until 10am. This is not to be used while travelling for several days in a row.

Reserved parking signs are blue + white or yellow. During the holidays we experience a higher demand in Reserved parking; if there is not a reserved spot available when you arrive, park in the Daily Fee area and you will not be cited. Daily Fee parking is only allowed in the Daily Fee area. 

Another option to travel to SFO via BART is to purchase Multi-Day Reserved parking and drive to Millbrae Station or San Bruno Station, then take a quick ride to SFO Airport. 

Find an overview of parking at BART at bart.gov/parking. 

Taking BART to SFO or OAK 

Traveling by plane for the holiday? It’s easy to ride BART to the airport. You can take the train directly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Oakland International Airport (OAK). Plan your trip and find fares by using BART’s online Trip Planner and read our comprehensive guide on riding BART to the airport.  

Buy sweaters and other holiday merch on Railgoods.com 

BART holiday sweaters have landed on Railgoods!  

This year we stitched five years of festive BART merch into one gloriously chaotic creation: the BART Holiday Frankensweater. It’s fun, it’s festive, and it lets you wear multiple eras of BART holiday merch at the same time. 

Railgoods is your one-stop shop for all your holiday gifting needs. In addition to the sweaters (XS-5XL, $49.99), we’re selling a BARTy Light-Up Necklace ($14.99), a BARTy Holiday Sticker ($1.99), BART holiday socks ($15.99), BART wrapping paper ($12.99), and all the other great merch the rail fans in your life love. Give the gift of transit swag this season! 

How to buy BART holiday merch 

There are multiple ways to purchase holiday merch: 

• Railgoods.com - Shop BART’s entire merch catalogue. At checkout, you can select shipping or pickup at BART's Customer Services Center. Merchandise ships within five days. 
• In person at the BART Customer Services Center – Lake Merritt Station, free and paid areas. Hours: 8:30am to 4:45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays). Effective October 5, the center will be open longer for a pilot period – see below. 

The story behind the sweaters

Last year, Railgoods sold nearly 3,000 sweaters. Proceeds from Railgoods sales support BART in its mission to provide safe and reliable rail service to the region.   

“Riders have been asking us to bring back some of our older holiday sweater designs, and this year’s sweater does just that, making it both nostalgic for longtime fans and fresh for new customers,” said Director of BART Customer Services Erica Iñiguez-Diaz.  

BART holiday sweaters are famous. We were one of the first transit agencies in the nation to sell them, and many have since designed their own.  

Expect compliments, questions, and at least one stranger yelling across the platform, “Where’d ya get that?”   

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Effective Monday, October 5, Customer Services operating hours will change to streamline operations and provide more consistent service hours. The new hours are: 

Monday- Friday: 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM 
1st week of the month: 8:30 AM- 6:00 PM (pilot extended hours) 
3rd Wednesday of the month: 8:30 AM- 12:00 PM (early closure for operational needs) 

BART fares will increase January 1, 2025, to keep pace with inflation so that the agency is able to pay for continued operations and to work toward restoring financial stability. BART's current funding model relies on passenger fares to pay for operations. 

Fares will increase 5.5 percent on New Year’s Day. The increase is tied to the rate of inflation minus a half-percentage point. It’s the second such increase – the first took effect January 1, 2024.

The average fare will increase 25 cents, from $4.47 to $4.72. BART's fare calculator and Trip Planner have been updated with the new fares for trips with the date 1/1/25 and beyond. Riders can learn how the increase will affect their travels by entering a 2025 date for their trip.

“We understand that price increases are never welcome, but BART fares remain a vital source of funds even with ridership lower than they were before the pandemic,” said BART Board Vice President Mark Foley. “My Board colleagues and I voted in June 2023 to spread necessary fare increases over two years rather than catching up all at once. At the same time, we voted to increase the Clipper START means-based discount from 20 percent to 50 percent to help those most in need.”

The fare increase is expected to raise about $14 million per year for operations. Combined with the previous year’s fare adjustment, BART will use this $30 million per year to fund train service, enhanced cleaning, additional police and unarmed safety staff presence, and capital projects such as the Next Generation Fare Gates project. 

Discounts available for those who are eligible

The regional Clipper START program is an important resource for low-income riders of BART and other Bay Area transit systems. The program is for adult riders with a household income of 200% of the federal poverty level or less. Administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, program participants receive a personalized Clipper card that cuts half the cost of fares on more than 20 transit systems.

• Limited income riders get 50% off with Clipper START.
• Youth 5-18 years old get 50% off with a Youth Clipper card. 
• Seniors 65 and over get 62.5% off with a Senior Clipper card. 
• The RTC Clipper card is a version of Clipper created for passengers under 65 with qualifying disabilities to provide 62.5% off.  

Regular, predictable increases a long-term strategy 

January’s fare increase is the latest adjustment in a strategy to provide BART funding while providing riders predictable, scaled changes to the costs of riding. In 2004, BART first implemented this inflation-based fare increase program that calls for small, regular, less-than-inflation increases every two years, allowing fares to keep up with the cost of providing reliable and safe service. 

BART is also much less expensive than driving on a cost per mile basis. The Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate for driver is 67 cents per mile; BART riders pay an average of 27 cents per mile, 60% less than the cost of driving.

Outdated funding model

BART's current funding model relies on passenger fares to pay for operations. Even with the fare increase, BART is facing a $35 million operating deficit in FY26 and $385 million in FY27. Since BART’s outdated model of relying on passenger fares to pay most operating costs is no longer feasible because of remote work, the agency must modernize its funding sources to better match other transit systems throughout the country that receive larger amounts of public funding. BART needs a more reliable long-term source of operating funding and continues to advocate at the federal, state, and regional levels for the permanent funding needed to sustainably provide the quality transit service the Bay Area needs.  

Addressing BART’s ongoing financial crisis will take a variety of solutions including securing new revenue and continuing to find internal cost savings. BART costs have grown at a rate lower than inflation, showing we have held the line on spending. We have implemented a service schedule that better matches ridership and we are running shorter trains, reducing traction power consumption and maintenance costs.

This article was first posted on November 26, 2024.