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BART Board Signs-Off on Sister Agency Agreement with Shanghai Metro

Director James Fang, SF Mayor Ed Lee with Shanghai Metro CEO Yu Guangyao Today, the BART Board of Directors approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed to develop a Sister Transit Agency affiliation with Shanghai Metro, the subway system in Shanghai, China. Such an affiliation will benefit both urban

BART Board elects Janice Li President and Mark Foley Vice President

BART Director Janice Li urged fellow Board members to “push ourselves to do more” as she assumed the Board Presidency December 15th following a unanimous vote to elect her to the leadership position. Li, who represent District 8 in San Francisco, served as Board Vice President in 2022 and she thanked outgoing

BART partners to host 12th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration

Schoolchildren and seniors alike were captivated by the Lion Dancers at the 2016 Lunar New Year celebration on February 9, 2016 at the Lincoln Square Recreation Center. On January 26, 2017, Alameda County, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Asian Community Collaborative will host the 12 th

BART Board approves resolution opposing MTC's work from home mandate

The BART Board approved the resolution to oppose the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) mandate of at least 60 percent of employees telecommuting for large Bay Area employers on its October 22nd meeting. The Board voted 8-1 to approve the resolution. Director Liz Ames was the sole "no" vote. The

BART Interim Chief of Police temporarily suspends use of Tasers

As a result of two recent federal court rulings, BART's Interim Chief of Police Daschel Butler issued a memo to his staff late Thursday afternoon, which temporarily suspends the use of Tasers for the next few weeks. The Chief says this will give the BART Police Department time to familiarize its officers with

Latest Warriors parade leads to top-10 ridership day for BART

Tuesday’s Golden State Warriors NBA Championship victory parade brought a huge crowd to downtown Oakland and many of those who wanted to be part of the celebration chose BART to get there. BART carried 493,927 trips on the day of the parade. That makes Tuesday the 7 th highest day for ridership in the history

BART seeks public input on Market St. entrances, Civic Center station

As part of BART’s Station Modernization Program, we are developing a comprehensive plan to modernize the Civic Center Station and improve the station entrances along Market Street in San Francisco. The goal is to develop a list of projects to improve station function, safety, security, capacity, access