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Celebrate Earth Day with BART at the 5th annual Blue Sky Festival
April 22 marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day - and it also happens to be the date of BART’s fifth annual Blue Sky Festival - so join us from 11:00 am to 1:30pm at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco for a lunchtime eco-celebration! There will be environmental learning opportunities and giveaways from
BART to open early and run long, extra trains for 2016 SF Pride
Download the 2016 Pride timetable BART will be opening early at 7:00 am on Sunday, June 26th to accommodate revelers attending San Francisco’s annual LGBTQ Pride parade. We strongly encourage customers to take advantage of this pilot opening time to beat the crowds and take one of the early trains downtown
Essential work of cleaning continues at BART: “We can make it through this”
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 Chief Ed Alvarez on how to build a progressive policing presence
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
Union City Police credit BART officer for the arrest of registered sex offender
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
16th Street Mission BART station elevators will be temporarily out of service
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
Renowned artist Gordon Huether fills BART to OAK with color and beauty
Gordon Huether, one of the country's most respected artists who specializes in major, site-specific art, is about to install one of his latest large-scale works in BART's Oakland Airport Connector, the train-to-plane connection now under construction, and scheduled to open by the end of 2014. Soon BART riders
Construction kicks off for first downtown San Francisco BART escalator canopy
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
BART Board of Directors to hear budget outlook at meeting on Thursday, Feb. 25
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
BART's Independent Police Auditor attends innovative de-escalation training program
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