Search

Search Results

BART seeks input on improving Lake Merritt Station area neighborhood

If you live, work or play near Lake Merritt BART Station, or frequently commute to the surrounding neighborhood, we invite you to be a part of the planning process to improve this area. We are partnering with the City of Oakland and Peralta Community College District to redesign the area to better suit the

TSA and BART Police conduct joint training exercise Friday, April 18

From 8:30am to 12:30pm on Friday, April 18, BART Police, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Bay Area law enforcement will be working with other local transit agencies to conduct joint security training exercises at the SFO, Embarcadero, West Oakland, and Coliseum BART stations. The purpose

Night Board meeting to cover e-cigarette ban, role of art at BART

The BART Board of Directors will meet Thursday, Jan. 22 at 5 pm to consider a range of topics including a newly proposed ordinance to restrict smoking of e-cigarettes / vaping devices as well as a presentation on the role of public art in existing and future BART facilities. The meeting will be held in the

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

BARTtv: Video of seat replacement

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