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BART to small businesses at construction expo: We need your help to rebuild
Fei Liu of BART's Office of Civil Rights, right, talks with a conference attendee By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer At the Small Business Construction Expo in Oakland on Friday, dozens of small business owners stopped by the BART table to learn more about how to get a foot in the door for BART
BART to offer its most robust Pride service ever for SF Pride 2023
Thanks to improvements in BART’s Sunday schedule over the last year BART will offer more service for the 53rd annual San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration than for any past Pride Sunday. This year’s parade will be held on Sunday, June 25th. On the day of last year’s parade BART handled 133,905 trips
After 2 million miles in service, first legacy BART car heads to the recycler
Decommissioned BART car 2528 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland. For a BART rail car that had carried customers for more than 2 million miles, it was an unglamorous end. On November 8, 2019, car 2528 was lowered by a crane onto the back of a big-rig truck. Its final journey was 20 miles through the gridlock of I
BART Police Explorers: Program exposes youth to law enforcement careers, builds character
Explorers from BART Police Explorer Post #413 do push-ups at a training session By MADELEINE VALDEZ BART Communications Intern These young adults are a team. They join together to learn together. They train together. They compete together. They are Police Explorer Post #413, a youth organization sponsored by
BART awarded key state grant to fund more Fleet of the Future cars
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has announced that it is awarding $107 million to BART for the purchase of more Fleet of the Future railcars. Adding additional Fleet of the Future cars is a critical part of BART’s Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program, which will eventually allow BART to
BART seeks public comments on proposed fares for new West Dublin/Pleasanton station
BART invites the public to submit comments on proposed fares for its first new station to open since 2003 – the system’s 44th station, called West Dublin/Pleasanton, which is set to open in Spring 2011. The new station will be located between the existing Dublin/Pleasanton Station and the Castro Valley
BART ready for Giants playoff games and Fleet Week this weekend in SF
Riders can take BART to Giants playoff home games and Fleet Week activities in San Francisco this weekend. BART’s expansion of service in August increased service hours for the system six days a week. That means trains will be running until midnight this Friday and Saturday when the Giants host their first
BART to run longer trains for Giants' World Series games in San Francisco
BART will run longer trains – and join in the Bay Area show of pride – as the San Francisco Giants kick off the World Series this week against the Texas Rangers with Games 1 and 2 at AT&T Park on Wednesday and Thursday. BART urges fans and commuters to take public transportation to avoid clogged bridge and
A (courteous) biker’s guide to BART: New straps can be part of the solution
By RAQUEL CRITESBART Communications Intern More than 20,000 people a day are expected to be accessing BART by bike in 2022 -- thanks in no small part to efforts by the BART Bike Program to increase bike access. And BART ridership overall, at record highs already, is predicted to increase also as new train
Ed Roberts Campus at Ashby BART a world-class model of accessible design
Ed Roberts Campus exterior. Photo by Xuan Lam By Melissa Jordan BART Senior Web ProducerThe Ed Roberts Campus, located directly above the Ashby BART Station, celebrates its grand opening on Saturday, April 9, after more than a decade in the making. The campus is one of the world's best examples of universally