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BART Police release sketch of Richmond shooting suspect; seek public's help

BART Police has released a sketch of the suspect in the March 14th fatal Richmond Station shooting and is seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect and his whereabouts. At around 6:04 pm, a shooting took place in front of the Transit Office at the Richmond BART station and continued to the top of

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 –

BART expands wireless network to underground stations in downtown Oakland

By now you’ve probably noticed that your mobile phone gets a signal in our underground stations in Downtown Oakland. We recently installed the equipment to eliminate the "mobile phone dead zone" at 19th Street, 12th Street/Oakland City Center and Lake Merritt stations along with all the tunnels in between

New bike lockers available at El Cerrito Plaza BART Station

The City of El Cerrito recently celebrated the grand opening of 48 new bicycle lockers at the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station along the Ohlone Greenway. These bike lockers offer several advantages: No reservation required: these lockers are not reserved in advance. There are plenty of lockers available and all

Ribbon-cutting held for San Francisco BART Station Market St. Canopies

BART held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the completion of the first two canopies above BART and SFMTA entrances along San Francisco’s Market Street. One of the new canopies is above the Powell Street Station (north side of Market and Ellis Streets) and the other above the Civic Center Station

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

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

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 Police Officer injured arresting unruly rider at West Oakland Station

A BART Police Officer received lacerations and a concussion during the arrest he made last night of an unruly suspect whom he removed from a train. The officer was responding to multiple passenger complaints of a disturbance on the train. Portions of this incident were captured on train and platform video as