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BART Police release name of officer, announce change to search policy
At the request of the officer, BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey today released the name of the officer who fired the fatal shot in last Tuesday’s tragic death of Sgt. Tommy Smith. Detective Michael Maes has requested that his role in the tragedy be made public in the interest of transparency. Detective Maes is
BART Plans Limited Morning/Afternoon Charter Bus Service On Friday, July 5
Morning Service: First Come, First Served 7 buses at 5am at El Cerrito del Norte, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton, Fremont & West Oakland Stations BART will provide limited charter bus service to and from San Francisco during the peak commute periods: starting at 5am from five East Bay stations and 3pm - 7pm
BART Police make arrests in connection with series of cellphone thefts
BART police are urging riders to keep a close eye on their cellphones after they made multiple arrests in connection with a series of electronic thefts. A total of ten juveniles were detained by BPD on Tuesday, May 7th at the West Oakland, 12 th Street/Oakland City Center, and Powell Street stations. The
BART frontline workers to participate in Twitter "Ask Me Anything" this Thursday
In honor of Transit Worker Appreciation Day on March 18th, BART is holding an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A session on Twitter with a BART car cleaner and a station agent. Sterling Johnson, a BART car cleaner at Concord Maintenance Yard, and Stephine Barnes, a BART station agent, will take over the BART Twitter
BART adds e-scooters to Trip Planner to enhance ease of travel
BART is making it easier than ever to take car-free trips by adding shared electric scooters (e-scooters) to BART’s multi-modal Trip Planner. Trip Planner results on BART’s website and app now show real time availability of Spin scooters in San Francisco, LINK by Superpedestrian scooters in Oakland, and HOPR
BART to receive $270 million in additional federal funding to support service
Today, BART was notified we will receive $270.8 million from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Additional Assistance Grant Program. BART is receiving the second highest amount in the country, with New York’s MTA receiving the highest. The award recognizes BART’s unique reliance on fare revenue and the importance
Seen & heard on BART this week: Fog town, iPad station, singing rooster
BART riders are a busy bunch -- taking trains to work, to play, to meet friends and travel around the Bay Area. While they're on BART they're gaming, crocheting, listening to music, reading and people-watching. Here's a fresh batch of things people saw and talked about on BART this week. We'll update this
New security app BART Watch allows riders to report crimes to police
LA NUEVA APLICACIÓN “BART WATCH” CONECTA A LOS USUARIOS DIRECTAMENTE CON LA POLICÍA DE BART 全新 “BART WATCH”应用程序让客户直接与 BART 警察局互联 BART is launching a simple-to-use app available for iOS and Android devices that will allow riders to easily report crimes, suspicious items or activities on the BART system. Riders
BART chooses organization to conduct top-to-bottom review of Police Department
Today the BART Board of Directors unanimously selected an organization to conduct a comprehensive top-to-bottom review of the BART Police Department following the January 1, 2009, officer-involved fatal shooting on the Fruitvale BART Station platform."The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
New study says SF, Oakland to weather gas prices because of BART
BART Ridership Up By 3 Million Passengers As crude oil prices cross the $70 a barrel threshold, a new study cites BART as a major reason why San Francisco and Oakland are ranked as two of the cities best-prepared to weather an oil crisis. An April 2006 study of the 50 largest U.S. cities by SustainLane ranked