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BART adds more Airport/Long Term parking spaces for holiday period
BART has nearly doubled the number of Airport/Long Term parking spaces available during the Christmas travel season. The additional Airport/Long Term spaces will be available from Friday, December 19, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. BART is urging the public to purchase their parking permits early as
Google.org funds 20K free BART rides for youth field trips
In partnership with the local non-profit, The Youth Transportation Organization (“Yoots”), BART is working to launch a special Free BART Rides for School Field Trips program that will provide local students, teachers, and chaperones the opportunity to take transit to BARTable field trip destinations. Google
BART to stop selling all discounted magnetic tickets on December 31, 2021
As part of BART’s transition to offer Clipper as the only fare product available for purchase, BART will stop selling all discounted magnetic stripe tickets starting December 31, 2021, while helping riders transition to the discounted Clipper option. While BART stopped selling tickets from station vending
A cleaner, more comfortable ride: Taking a look at BART's seat replacement project
Photo of BART seat, mid-replacement By Xuan Lam BART Website Intern On an empty railcar, with the intense focus of a surgeon taking out an appendix, a BART worker pokes and pries to remove a saggy, dingy seat cushion from its frame. For a few moments the empty frame looks skeletal, coiled springs exposed at
Financial picture for BART bleaker than expected despite union leadership claims
Sales tax drops 20%, ridership down 10% The economic storm that's swept the country wiping out both public and private sector budgets, continues to take a terrible toll on businesses and governmental agencies across the Bay Area including BART. Newly released state figures now show BART has just suffered the
BART summer internships give students real-world experience in public transportation
Iris Nunez, (left) Track Engineering Intern and Ann Cherayil, Construction Engineering Intern work the A65 Hayward track replacement project By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerJennie Nguyen’s summer internship with BART let her stretch her computer science skills with real-world experience architecting
BART summer internships give students real-world experience in public transportation
Iris Nunez, (left) Track Engineering Intern and Ann Cherayil, Construction Engineering Intern work the A65 Hayward track replacement project By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerJennie Nguyen’s summer internship with BART let her stretch her computer science skills with real-world experience architecting
BART adds "Developer App Center" to website, lists third-party apps
As part of continuing outreach to developers and customers, BART has created a “ developer app center” section of its website where third-party applications for various platforms are listed. BART was one of the first transit agencies in the country to open up its schedule and real-time information to third
NOBLE presents DRAFT Management Audit of BART Police at Special Board Meeting
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) has prepared a DRAFT Management Audit of the BART Police Department. The DRAFT Management Audit will be finalized after NOBLE presents its findings and recommendations at a Special Meeting of the BART Board of Directors on Thursday, October
Tests of adding fare to Clipper cards to be conducted at two BART stations
Beginning Wednesday, January 26, and continuing through Friday, January 28, BART will begin testing the ability to add cash value to Clipper cards using BART ticket vending machines (TVMs). The initial tests will be only at two stations, Glen Park and Civic Center, and the machines will not vend Clipper cards