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BART Rider Action Alert: State support for public transit at stake

Dear Rider: We at BART want to make you aware that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature are considering permanently eliminating the very program that funds public transit. That program is called the State Transportation Assistance (STA) fund. They may slash these funds in order to once

BART Police increase patrols to deter crime during busy holiday season

In an effort to thwart holiday crime on its system, BART Police will add more patrols to busy downtown San Francisco Stations and partner with other police departments to offer officer escorts to parked cars this holiday season. Officer Escorts for West Oakland and San Leandro stations BART and the Oakland

BART to run on Saturday schedule for Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday

BART will run on a Saturday schedule this Monday, Jan. 18, for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. A Saturday schedule means that BART service begins around 6 a.m. and ends around midnight. In addition, some trips may require transfers that are different from the schedule for regular weekday service. To

BART to stop trains for one minute Thursday for Great ShakeOut quake drill

BART will stop all trains on the system for about one minute at 10:21 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, as we participate in the annual statewide earthquake preparedness event called “The Great California ShakeOut.” Organizers indicate that the ShakeOut is the largest earthquake drill in the world. While BART

Robert Raburn

Robert Raburn was first elected to the BART Board of Directors on November 2, 2010. Director Raburn represents District 4, which is an urban core district in Alameda County and includes the Oakland neighborhoods of Fruitvale, Melrose, Eastmont, and Elmhurst, and San Leandro west of Highway 580, the

BART celebrates Bike to Work Day, offers more bike parking options

Bike to Work Day returns this Thursday, May 14 for the 21st year in a row. This also marks the second year that bikes are allowed on BART trains during Bike to Work Day, and recent survey results confirm that riders are comfortable sharing space with cyclists conscientious of the bike rules. Tomorrow, the

BART launches new history website ahead of 50th anniversary celebration

­ Fifty years ago, BART first opened for service, marking a new era in transit for the Bay Area. That same year, Don McLean’s “American Pie” jingled on the radio, the Watergate scandal unfolded across international headlines, and NASA launched its first Space Shuttle Program. Today, fifty years later, the