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BART station and train car cleaners are using this time of lower ridership to rev up their cleaning efforts. "We're tasked every day to maintain the cleanliness of the station for the safety of the customers and also for the workers here," said cleaner Chad Briscoe as he worked at Pittsburg/Bay Point Station

BART Police Officer Kory Frost The Union City Police Department is publicly crediting 53-year-old BART Police officer Kory Frost for arresting the registered sex offender accused of molesting a 2-year-old girl in the aisles of a Dollar Tree store on Wednesday, December 1. According to the Union City Police

Chief Alvarez regularly walks trains to interact with passengers. Shown here on Feb. 1, 2021; note the poster at left behind blue seats advertising the text-BPD line. Story by MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART CommunicationsEd Alvarez has worked his entire career to meet this moment. Reflecting on

We recognize temperatures can be uncomfortable sometimes for riders on crowded trains, so we are in the process of replacing the heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) systems on the most problematic cars. There are 230 “second generation” cars and these have far more HVAC problems than the 439 earlier

From Tuesday, April 8 through Friday, April 11, 2008, our crews will be interrupting elevator service at the 16th Street Mission Station to complete electrical improvements to the elevators. This elevator shutdown will limit access to our train platforms at this station. If you require an elevator, you must

Work is now underway on a project that will bring a dramatic new look to the Powell Street Station entrance on the north side of Market Street at Ellis and 4 th Streets. The new canopy is designed to protect both passengers and our escalator from the elements as well as to bring an additional layer of

The BART Board of Directors is scheduled to hear a presentation at its Thursday, February 25, meeting on the "pro forma" outlook for the next fiscal year (FY11), which begins July 1, 2010. The pro forma budget rolls over the current budget with existing service levels and programs, with updates for known

Russell Bloom, BART’s Independent Police Auditor recently attended an innovative de-escalation training program and provided the following blog post on the experience: Late last month I attended a training developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) at the headquarters of the Santa Cruz County

On Tuesday, June 13, BART’s Fire Life Safety program was awarded the highest honor for rail safety, the 2023 APTA Rail Safety Gold Award, administered by the American Public Transportation Association. The award recognizes transportation providers for “their innovative and proactive safety and security

The Office of the Independent Police Auditor and the BART Citizen Review Board cordially invite the community to a public forum on April 24 in order to: Learn about how the oversight system operates Find out what happens when you file a complaint Provide valuable feedback to help make the oversight system as