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BART hosts “All Aboard with Transit CEOs” public ride-along TODAY!

In celebration of Earth Day, the Bay Area transit agencies, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) are hosting “All Aboard with Transit CEOs,” a multi-modal ride-a-long and social event giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders. The event is also an opportunity

BART to bring back former NOBLE auditor to assess police reforms

BART Police Department (PD) Chief Kenton Rainey is announcing retired Police Chief Patrick Oliver, the original lead evaluator of the NOBLE auditing team, will begin an assessment of BART police reforms in July. "I want to bring Oliver back to conduct an assessment of BART PD’s reforms since 2010,” Rainey

BART Board hears staff recommendation for Fleet of the Future contract

BART staff today recommended that the Board of Directors authorize award of a contract to build the next-generation Fleet of the Future to North American-based Bombardier. Bombardier bid the lowest price and earned the highest technical score in the competition to build BART’s new cars. In choosing Bombardier

BART Independent Police Auditor invites public to community forum April 24

The Office of the Independent Police Auditor and the BART Citizen Review Board cordially invite the community to a public forum on April 24 in order to: Learn about how the oversight system operates Find out what happens when you file a complaint Provide valuable feedback to help make the oversight system as

BART invites public to May 2 meeting on civilian police oversight models

WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.* WHERE: Joseph P. Bort Metro Center Auditorium 101 - 8th Street in Oakland (across from Lake Merritt BART Station) MEETING AGENDA: Part I - Civilian Oversight Models Learn how civilian oversight of police is managed from experienced professionals representing: City and

Geek out with BART and celebrate a special Pi Day this year

Have you ever thought about pi on BART? Not the lemon meringue or deep-dish apple kind -- the mathematical one. Turns out pi is used in lots of ways at BART. Pi is a mathemathical constant, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It's typically written as 3.14159 and is celebrated with Pi

BART train maintainers and operators win big at International Rail Rodeo

The winning team in front of a Maryland MTA locomotive, at the yard where the competition was held. BART train maintainers and operators took home the overall winner award at the APTA International Rail Rodeo over the past weekend in Baltimore, Md. The operators' 2 nd place overall showing and 1 st place in

BART to run on Saturday schedule for Presidents Day, Feb. 18

BART will operate on a Saturday schedule on the Presidents Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Service will begin at 6:00 a.m. and run until around midnight. BART’s administrative offices will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Presidents Day is also observed as a parking holiday at BART, which

BART to operate longer trains for A's-Angels and Kenny Chesney

BART will run longer trains on Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, to accommodate the crowds of baseball fans heading to the Oakland A’s versus the LA Angels series at the Oakland Coliseum stadium. Also on Saturday night, BART will operate longer trains for the country music fans going to the Kenny

BART back on schedule after earlier police action at West Oakland

Service has resumed and BART is back on schedule after an earlier police action at West Oakland Station caused delays into and out of San Francisco and throughout the system. The delay was caused after a bomb threat was reported on a train. The train was stopped at West Oakland station and BART Police K-9