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New Fremont dog park opening latest milestone for BART Warm Springs Extension
By Xuan Lam BART Website Intern At the opening of the new dog park in Fremont Central Park on Wednesday, a cacophony of howls and yips from assorted canines mixed with excited chatter and laughter from dog owners. When the ribbon was finally cut by Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman and BART Board Director Tom
BART Statement on Ca. Public Utilities Commission decision related to 2013 fatal accident
BART is currently evaluating the October 11 th Decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding the tragic deaths of two workers along the BART tracks on October 19, 2013. BART has worked with the CPUC and others to identify and address all potential causes of the accident. BART
Riders invited to Sept 27th evening BART Board meeting on system safety
UPDATE: This board meeting will be livestreamed and recorded for future viewing. Rider safety will be the focus as the BART Board of Directors holds its Thursday, September 27 th meeting at 5pm at Pittsburg City Hall. The BART board voted in August to hold a special night meeting in a suburban location to
BART unveils new swing style fare gate and dramatic savings for systemwide rollout
The Richmond BART Station now has a newly designed accessible fare gate prototype to test BART’s next generation of faregates. The new design is the result of months of innovation by BART staff that has reduced the cost estimate for replacing fare gates across the system from $150 to $90 million, a 40%
BART Board conditionally earmarks $2.5 million for additional station along eBART extension
A future additional station along the eBART extension could receive a $2.5 million boost thanks to a vote Thursday by the BART Board of Directors. BART Directors voted to earmark $2.5 million toward the cost of a Pittsburg Center Station at the intersection of Highway 4 and Railroad Avenue. BART’s
BART teams up with UC Merced engineering students through Innovate to Grow program
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer The Capstone Design class for engineering students at the University of California, Merced gives students a chance to work on real-world problem-solving with businesses and agencies like BART. This spring semester, two student teams will be working on projects with
BART PD reports surge in arrests as more officers patrol trains
Felony arrests on BART increased 62% last year compared with 2022. The jump comes as BART PD has been aggressively recruiting new officers and ensuring safety staff are riding more trains to increase their visible safety presence. BART officers recorded 726 felony arrests in 2023 compared with 448 for 2022. Along with those arrests 49 illegal firearms were seized in 2023 compared with 40 the previous year. It’s the most guns BART PD has recovered in a year since at least 2003. BART PD has already recovered a dozen firearms so far this year.
“These latest arrest and gun seizure numbers are a credit to all the hard work of our officers,” said BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin. “Since we started deploying more patrol officers to ride trains we have seen an impact, and our riders are telling us they notice the difference.”
In the latest Quarterly Performance Review the percentage of riders who reported seeing BART PD on their trip reached a record high of 20%. That’s up from the previous record of 17% the previous quarter. The last two quarters have been the first in BART’s history where the percentage of riders who reported seeing BART PD exceed the department’s official goal of 12%.
BART has been working to implement its Safe and Clean Plan which focuses on boosting the visible safety presence in the system and increasing staffing to clean trains and stations.
BART PD has also been advancing an aggressive officer recruitment campaign to fill its remaining vacancies. This effort has been boosted by a 22% salary increase for officers, which was approved by the BART Board to ensure BART PD remains competitive with other law enforcement agencies in the Bay Area. Anyone interested in joining BART PD can learn more at joinbartpd.com.
(Examples of recently seized guns)
BART adds trains, opens early for May 20th Bay To Breakers Race
Extra trains also on deck for baseball fans BART will provide special service for the world-famous Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on Sunday, May 20th. Most trains will begin running two hours earlier than the regular 8 a.m. Sunday starting time. BART will provide train service from all East Bay
Transcript of statement from BART Police Patrol Bureau Commander Daniel Hartwig
November 23rd news conference on incident at West Oakland Station (Saturday, November 21st)Good evening everyone, I'm Commander Dan Hartwig.The current status of the investigation is as follows: Today we have identified 12 separate witnesses who were at the West Oakland BART Station on Saturday evening. We
Purchase a special BART 50th anniversary Clipper card at Lake Merritt Station
BART celebrated 50 years of serving the Bay Area last year, and we are continuing our appreciation for the region and our riders with a special commemorative 50th anniversary Clipper card now available for purchase at Lake Merritt Station. The special Clipper cards are available exclusively at Lake Merritt