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New BART ticket kiosk opens at Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station
Tectrans (CDSNet), BART's contractor for tickets sales and exchanges, is opening a new "mytransitplus" ticket kiosk at the Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station on Wednesday, August 1. The kiosk will be open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This new location will sell $64 and $48 high-value blue tickets
BART seeks public input at meetings on East Contra Costa extension
East County residents will be riding eBART before they know it. eBART is the 10-mile BART extension eastward from the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station to a station near Hillcrest Avenue. Construction begins this fall and will coincide with the widening of State Highway 4. eBART and Highway 4 will finish
Library-a-Go-Go comes to El Cerrito del Norte BART Station
BART is adding a novel amenity for its El Cerrito del Norte customers, giving riders access to library books via Library-a-Go-Go, an ATM-style device. BART and the Contra Costa County Library will launch the newest “Library-a-Go-Go” book lending machine at El Cerrito del Norte Station on Tuesday, June 16
BART seeks candidates for Environmental Justice and Title VI Advisory Committee
NEW! Deadline to apply for has been extended until Jan. 10, 2013. BART welcomes applications. BART's Office of Civil Rights is currently seeking candidates for its Environmental Justice and Title VI Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee will serve as a forum for public participation for BART on issues
BART’s Fire Life Safety program wins top award for rail safety
On Tuesday, June 13, BART’s Fire Life Safety program was awarded the highest honor for rail safety, the 2023 APTA Rail Safety Gold Award, administered by the American Public Transportation Association. The award recognizes transportation providers for “their innovative and proactive safety and security
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
Accessibility innovation is the focus at June 8 BART conference in Berkeley
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Around 175 attendees are signed up for a June 8 conference BART is sponsoring that will bring together technologists, accessibility advocates and people with sensory and mobility challenges to brainstorm ideas for making BART more accessible to all. The one-day event
SFO BART station now easier to use for locals and visitors
Just in time for spring and summer travel, BART has made transformative changes at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Station to make it easier than ever to take the train. BART has modified platform assignments and improved signs and maps to help guide riders to the train they need. Upgrades have
Statement on BART Police union website intrusion (www.bartpoa.com)
"We condemn this latest attack on the working men and women of BART. We are deeply concerned about the safety and security of our employees and their families. We stand behind them and our customers who were the subject of an earlier attack. We are deeply troubled by these actions." --Sherwood Wakeman