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New BPD arrest highlights BART’s efforts to crackdown on cellphone thefts

BART police have arrested a juvenile suspect for a cellphone robbery that was reported at the Rockridge Station in Oakland Monday night. This is just the latest arrest made by BART officers as the agency cracks down on cellphone thefts. Rockridge Station incident Just after 7 p.m. Monday, August 14, 2017, the

BART Board to honor Train Operator's spelling bee champ son

Evan O'Dorney's dad is a BART Train Operator At its next meeting on June 14, the BART Board of Directors will be honoring both this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee champion 13-year-old Evan O'Dorney and his father Michael O'Dorney. "We are so proud of both of them!" BART Board President Lynette Sweet

BART Resolution backs proposed Tri Delta Transit Center in Brentwood

The BART Board of Directors voted today to approve a resolution supporting adding a proposed Intermodal Transit Center in Brentwood to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Plan Bay Area 2040 Project Update for evaluation. “Although residents are justifiably excited about the extension of BART service

Join us for a Better BART telephone town hall- Tues Oct. 4

BART connects you to the people you love, the places you enjoy, and to the countless opportunities the Bay Area has to offer. We have a plan to rebuild our aging system after 44 years of service, and to reinvest in the parts of BART that keep you moving. To that end, we will be holding three different

BART will run Sunday service (8am-midnight) for Thanksgiving 2022

BART will run a Sunday service schedule for Thanksgiving 2022. This means on Thursday, November 24, 2022, BART hours will be 8am-Midnight with all five lines running until 9pm, and three lines running from 9pm-midnight. Friday, November 25, 2022, will have a normal weekday service (5am-midnight). Parking

BART recognizes disability rights activist Hale Zukas on anniversary of ADA

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Story by MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART Communications As the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) approaches, members of BART’s Accessibility Task Force (BATF) reflected on what the landmark legislation has meant in their lives. Hale Zukas, a pioneering disability

BART now takes American Express for credit card purchases

American Express has been added to the approved credit cards accepted on the BART system. The American Express card may be used to purchase tickets at all logoed ticket vending machines throughout the system as well as for purchases at the Customer Services Office located in the Lake Merritt Station. For more

BART Interim Chief of Police temporarily suspends use of Tasers

As a result of two recent federal court rulings, BART's Interim Chief of Police Daschel Butler issued a memo to his staff late Thursday afternoon, which temporarily suspends the use of Tasers for the next few weeks. The Chief says this will give the BART Police Department time to familiarize its officers with

BART runs Saturday schedule on Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

BART will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. A Saturday schedule means that BART service begins around 6 am and ends around midnight. In addition, some trips may require transfers that are different from the schedule for regular weekday service