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BART Board meets Thursday night to take up variety of important topics
The BART Board of Directors will meet in Oakland at 5pm on Thursday August 28, 2014 to get updates and take action on a variety of topics of interest to riders and the Bay Area. On the fourth Thursday of each month, the Board meets during the evening (except for November and December) as part of a pilot
BART approves plan for new mixed-use development at West Oakland Station
The BART Board of Directors at its meeting today approved a transit-oriented development project at the West Oakland Station that includes 762 housing units of which more than 30% have been designated as affordable. The approval by the BART Board comes after the City of Oakland approved the specific plan and
BART plan for dealing with $10M deficit has no fare hikes or service cuts
BART customers will be happy to know that they won’t see their fares go up or their train service cut thanks to the budget plan General Manager Dorothy Dugger proposed for the upcoming fiscal year. Despite facing a looming $10 million deficit, Dugger strongly opposed fare hikes and service cuts as the
BART weekend ridership heats up as families hop aboard for summer fun
The weather is hot, and the sun is blazing. At long last, summer is in full swing in the Bay Area. This past winter was a rainy one, and we can tell locals (and visitors, too!) are eager to stretch their limbs in the sunshine and explore the nooks and crannies of the region. How do we know? Last Saturday
BART to open early, run long trains for 2017 Bay to Breakers Race
Timetable BART customers will be able to get to the world famous Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on Sunday, May 21, 2017, because we’ll open early and run additional long trains. All BART stations will open early with service starting at approximately 6am Sunday so racers can get to the race well before
BART to open early, run long trains for 2018 Bay to Breakers Race
Timetable BART customers will be able to get to the world famous Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on Sunday, May 20, 2018, because we’ll open early and run additional long trains. All BART stations will open early with service starting at approximately 6am Sunday so racers can get to the race well before
BART offers special early service with limited stops for 2023 Bay to Breakers
BART will provide four trains with limited stops before regular BART service begins for the Bay to Breakers event on Sunday, May 21, 2023. The special service will get race participants to Embarcadero around 7am. The special early morning event trains will pick up passengers for an Embarcadero arrival with
BART and project partners break ground on extension to East Contra Costa County
BART customers will soon have rail service to East Contra Costa County thanks to the eBART extension project, which officially broke ground in a ceremony on Friday, October 29, 2010. eBART, shorthand for east Contra Costa BART extension, is a 10-mile extension from Pittsburg/Bay Point Station to the City of
New on bart.gov! Real-time arrivals now include train lengths
BART has just expanded and improved the data included in real-time arrivals, both on the main website ( http://bart.gov/eta) and on the mobile site ( http://m.bart.gov). Both sites give you the very latest in real-time info about when the next few trains will arrive at your station. But now, that info also
How BART Works: A night with Train Control Electronic Techs, our neurosurgeons
Carlton Davis is an outgoing, talkative guy – traits which belie the fact that his job is largely invisible to riders – unless something goes wrong. “My job is to make trains move. That’s what keeps us in business and that’s what keeps people happy,” Carlton says. Carlton is a Train Control Electronic