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BART Board to vote on labor agreement with SEIU on Thursday
The BART Board of Directors will vote Thursday on the recently negotiated labor agreement with BART's largest union, the Service Employees International Union. You can find a summary of the SEIU agreement in the Board of Directors section of the BART website. The vote is scheduled to happen during a special
BART partners with location-based service Foursquare to encourage transit ridership
Icons for four Foursquare badges, including the BART-themed badge. Bay Area Rapid Transit has become the first transit agency to partner with the location-based mobile network Foursquare, with the goal of encouraging public transit use. Foursquare combines social networking elements with game mechanics
BART adds more Airport/Long Term parking spaces for holiday period
BART has nearly doubled the number of Airport/Long Term parking spaces available during the Christmas travel season. The additional Airport/Long Term spaces will be available from Friday, December 19, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. BART is urging the public to purchase their parking permits early as
BART to turn over internal affairs investigation to independent, third party
BART will turn over its internal affairs investigation to an independent, third party to investigate the actions of all the officers involved in the events leading up to the shooting death of Oscar Grant the morning of New Year's Day on the Fruitvale Station platform. "It's imperative that we determine
Financial picture for BART bleaker than expected despite union leadership claims
Sales tax drops 20%, ridership down 10% The economic storm that's swept the country wiping out both public and private sector budgets, continues to take a terrible toll on businesses and governmental agencies across the Bay Area including BART. Newly released state figures now show BART has just suffered the
BART to hold meeting on retrofit of elevated tracks and stations
BART to gather public comment on proposed project The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is holding a public hearing on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to gather comments on the proposed project to strengthen BART's elevated tracks and stations along the Concord, Richmond, Daly City and Fremont
BART summer internships give students real-world experience in public transportation
Iris Nunez, (left) Track Engineering Intern and Ann Cherayil, Construction Engineering Intern work the A65 Hayward track replacement project By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerJennie Nguyen’s summer internship with BART let her stretch her computer science skills with real-world experience architecting
BART summer internships give students real-world experience in public transportation
Iris Nunez, (left) Track Engineering Intern and Ann Cherayil, Construction Engineering Intern work the A65 Hayward track replacement project By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerJennie Nguyen’s summer internship with BART let her stretch her computer science skills with real-world experience architecting
BART seeks feedback on fare issues; survey & in-station events planned
BART has launched an online survey and a series of in-station outreach events aimed at gathering feedback on our fare program. January 2020 Fare Increase To help fund the BART system's extensive capital needs, BART has a fare increase program that calls for small, regular, less-than-inflation increases every
BART adds "Developer App Center" to website, lists third-party apps
As part of continuing outreach to developers and customers, BART has created a “ developer app center” section of its website where third-party applications for various platforms are listed. BART was one of the first transit agencies in the country to open up its schedule and real-time information to third