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BART Board Moves Forward with Quality of Life Initiatives and Station Modernization
The BART Board of Directors took action today on two agenda items that are expected to significantly improve the customer experience in the near future. In one vote, directors authorized BART staff to negotiate agreements to expand and continue successful quality of life initiatives. In a second, separate
BART management believes provision it did not agree to was inadvertently included in contract
BART management believes that a provision that it did not agree to was inadvertently included in the final labor package, which is scheduled to be considered by the BART Board next week. BART is currently costing out the impact of the provision. The BART Board will have to factor this item into its
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
BART, Salvation Army expand partnership for downtown San Francisco Stations
Following a successful joint outreach event last month, BART and the Salvation Army are expanding their efforts to address quality of life issues in and around downtown San Francisco’s Civic Center Station. The expansion involves Salvation Army officers and staff conducting weekly outreach events at the
BART joins White House discussion on earthquake early warning system
BART Board Director John McPartland is scheduled to participate in The White House Earthquake Resilience Summit, on February 2, 2016 in Washington, DC to help build greater support and funding for earthquake warning technologies. BART plays a leadership role in being the first transit agency in the United
New bus stop locations at Union City BART Station
Beginning Sunday April, 1, 2012, the bus stops in the Intermodal area are being relocated. With the recent completion of the Intermodal Area, the temporary bus stops on the South Accessway will be moved into the new Intermodal Area. Please download the Passenger Bulletin (.pdf) and refer to the Find Your Bus
Podcast: Moving oral histories of Tanforan at BART's San Bruno Station
BART can take you many places around the Bay. But in this case, it offers a trip back to the past….to one of our darkest chapters in American history. “We knew that some among them were potentially dangerous. Most were loyal, but no one knew what would happen among this concentrated population if Japanese
Go behind the scenes with a crew installing new vinyl BART seats
By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer It takes muscle and dexterity to rip the old seats out of a BART train and install new ones. At the Richmond maintenance yard where most of BART’s new seats are being installed, there’s a steady hum of sounds as an installation crew sets to work. A forklift drops a
BART Police conduct training at Millbrae Station Sunday, 8/14
From 8:00am to 2:30pm on Sunday, August 14, 2016, BART Police will conduct security training exercises at Millbrae Station using the out-of-service train platform. The purpose of the training is to prepare for possible future emergencies. The training should not cause service delays of more than 3-5 minutes
BART runs longer trains for San Francisco/Oakland Women’s Marches
BART is taking steps to prepare for what are expected to be large crowds for the Women’s Marches in downtown Oakland and San Francisco as well as other locations such as Walnut Creek. Last year’s march was our second highest weekend ridership day of all time with 347,322 trips taken (average weekday ridership