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BPD seeks vandalism suspect who drew offensive images on BART property
The BART Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a suspect who was seen on video earlier this week writing on the floor at the Embarcadero Station. He has drawn several swastikas and written racial slurs on BART property. Upon getting the initial report of the offensive image we immediately
BART Police Officer hospitalized after stolen car crashes into patrol vehicle
A BART Police Officer is in the hospital this morning after a suspect fleeing from Alameda County Sheriff deputies in a stolen car, ran a red light in Hayward just before midnight Sunday evening and crashed into the BART officer’s patrol vehicle. The BART Police Officer, who was not involved in chasing the
Statement by BART General Manager Grace Crunican regarding recent petition drive
January 2, 2015 “BART supports the rights of free expression. Just yesterday, New Year’s Day, the District facilitated a vigil to honor the life of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART Station, drawing hundreds of community participants. BART has an Expressive Activities permit procedure which balances the
BART runs around the clock during the October 15th weekend
BART trains run Friday night through Saturday morning & Saturday night through Sunday morning For the first time since the Millennium, BART trains will be running around the clock during the October 15th weekend to make sure Bay Area residents and workers can get between the East Bay and San Francisco while
BART expecting record ridership to SFO and Oakland International for Thanksgiving
BART is expecting record ridership to both San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland International (OAK) airports during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Between the Wednesday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after, BART expects 50,000 passengers or 8% more people this year over last year to ride BART to
BART's efforts to ease transbay crowding paralyzed by federal grant process
BART’s General Manager Grace Crunican is renewing a call for action to the federal government to fund the agency’s Transbay Core Capacity Program which is a package of strategic investments that will increase train frequency between San Francisco and Oakland by more than 30% and overall capacity by 45%. The
BART overall rider satisfaction up 16 percentage points in latest survey
Customer satisfaction ratings among surveyed BART riders are up 16 percentage points from the last survey two years ago. In the most recent survey, 72% of riders reported being satisfied with BART, compared to 56% in the 2018 survey. 81% would recommend BART to a friend (up from 74%) and 66% agree BART is a
BART partners with junaio to visualize transit data through augmented reality
Screenshots of the BART channel on junaio A new augmented reality application – junaio – is the latest example of the innovative products and services utilizing BART’s API (application programming interface) to help transit riders navigate and stay on top of train schedules. BART and junaio have partnered to
New BART proposal shows significant movement, union walks out, calls strike
BART Spokesperson Rick Rice issued the following statement on where things stand with labor negotiations: “Today BART staff presented a new proposal which moves the District's salary offer from 4% to 8% over four years and reduces the amount of employee contributions we originally requested for pension and