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BART to hold budget telephone townhall on Thursday, May 7th

**If you missed our telephone townhall you can download the mp3 recording to listen to the event. BART officials will hold its first ever telephone town hall meeting and webcast on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 6:30pm-7:30pm to offer the public the opportunity to ask questions about BART’s budget which is

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

BART looks at ideas to deal with projected FY10 budget deficit

The BART Board of Directors is scheduled to hear a presentation at its Thursday, March 12, meeting on the economic outlook for the next fiscal year (FY10), which begins July 1, 2009. Amid the continuing recession, BART is projecting declines in two key revenue sources – passenger revenue and sales tax, which

BART takes new steps to address urgent messes on board trains

Rapid response train cleaners have been deployed to key mid-line station platforms as part of the agency’s efforts to manage urgent cleaning needs on trains. Dedicated teams have been positioned at the MacArthur and Lake Merritt Station platforms where they can quickly intercept a train and clean messes from

BART PD reports drop in crime rate for second straight month

Newly released numbers from the BART Police Department show BART’s overall crime rate for the first two months of 2020 is down 7% compared with January and February of last year. Over that same time violent crime is down 16%. A big reason behind the recent decline in BART’s crime rate is a drop in the number

BART to run on Sunday schedule for Memorial Day: Monday, May 26

On the Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 26, 2014, BART will run on a Sunday schedule, with service starting at around 8 am. In addition, because it is a parking holiday, parking permit and fee requirements are not enforced in station parking facilities that day (not including APLT Airport / Long Term Parking

BART expanding Clipper-only sales at stations systemwide through 2020

BART has successfully transitioned all stations to offer Clipper as the only fare product available for purchase. Systemwide conversion was fully completed the week of December 7, 2020. Find details about the transition here. See below for information about the conversion schedule. The section below was

BART Board considers preliminary operating budget for Fiscal Year 2010

The BART Board of Directors is considering a preliminary operating budget for Fiscal Year 2010 that takes a multi-pronged approach to dealing with a $54 million deficit – including cost-cutting, eliminating positions and raising more revenue from fare increases and parking fee expansion. The Board received