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BART's fleet ready to roll for fleet week, other weekend activities

Longer Trains Will help Ease Weekend Traffic Longer BART trains will be speeding through the TransBay Tube while the Navy's Blue Angels streak through the sky above the San Francisco Bay this weekend as Fleet Week activities add to an already busy roster of events in the Bay Area. BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point

BART to lift bike ban for five-month pilot July 1 - December 1

Starting July 1, 2013, BART will temporarily lift its bike restrictions and allow bikes on all trains all at times — with the exception of the peak commute hours (7 am to 9 am and 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm) when bikes will not be allowed to board the first three cars of any train. The first-three-car rule provides

BART PD swears in 10 officers, exceeds 2018 hiring numbers

(Monday July 22 update: 2 more officers were sworn in today, bringing the hiring total to 33 for the year.) The BART Police Department has already hired as many officers this year as it did in all of 2018 after one of its largest swearing-in ceremonies in recent memory. Ten new police officers, four community

Girls Inc. of Alameda County visits BART to learn about engineering

On a surprisingly sunshiny day in early March, fourteen girls and their chaperones traipsed down the steps into 19th Street/Oakland Station. They wore matching pink or black shirts with “Girls Inc.” emblazoned across, and their nametags were decorated with the outline of a BART System Map. The girls –

Concord couple finds love on BART

Anna and Dentrick McNorton met 19 years ago on a Pittsburg/Bay Point train and are about to celebrate 15 years of marriage. Watch their story of how these two found love in an unexpected place.

Free shuttles to U.S. Open from Colma Station for BART riders

The United States Golf Association (USGA) will be hosting the 2012 U.S. Open Championship at The Olympic Club located in San Francisco. BART customers attending the U.S. Open should take BART to Colma Station. From Colma Station, customers will follow the signs to the U.S. Open shuttle queuing area, go

BART trial first to use mobile phones to pay for fares, food

Limited trial with First Data and Jack in the Box uses "Near Field Communication" technology A select group of BART riders is helping to launch a first-in-the-nation technology trial that will allow participants to walk up to any BART fare gate with a specially-equipped Sprint wireless phone and pay for their

Downtown Berkeley BART Station hosts Rose Pavilion art installation

Starting Monday, July 16, 2012, the main entrance to the Downtown Berkeley Station will be transformed from a functional transit stop into a rose-inspired art installation. The art piece blends photography with poetry and is part of a creative collaboration between BART, the University of California Botanical