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BART hosts public forum to gather input on recruitment and selection of new Police Chief

BART’s Chief of Police is retiring on December 31 after 36 years of dedicated service. BART has launched a nationwide search to bring new leadership to its Police Department. We are interested in your thoughts and opinions on: 1.) The issues, challenges and opportunities facing the new Chief 2.) The

Parking, drop-off area changes at Union City BART Station due to construction

Beginning Monday, Sept. 15th, BART will relocate reserved, bike and motorcycle parking, the patron drop-off/pick-up area and taxi and shuttle stops at the Union City Station to accommodate transit village construction. During this phase of the construction, BART will close the North “Reserved Parking Lot” and

Take BART to the 2025 Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco

Promotional image for the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade on February 15, 2025, featuring a festive red and yellow design. Includes travel directions using BART with map showing routes from Embarcadero, Powell St, and Montgomery St stations to Chinatown. Highlights include a free ride option on BART, real-time departure information, and a reminder to plan ahead and add alerts via the BART app. A cartoon snake and a graphic reading "Let's go!" are also depicted.

San Francisco’s annual Chinese New Year Parade will take place on Saturday, February 15, starting at 5:15pm. 2025 is the Year of the Snake, which represents wisdom, intuition, and transformation! For the first time ever, the parade will close out with a choreographed drone light that will illuminate the sky over the Embarcadero at approx. 8pm.

The Chinese New Year Parade is the largest illuminated night parade in the country, and thousands of people will gather along Market Street to celebrate. Transit is the best way to get there.

Montgomery Station is the closest BART station to the start of the parade, at Market and 2nd streets. Embarcadero and Powell St. stations are also close to the parade route. Follow the rider guide above for reference.

The BARTmobile will be zooming along the parade route along with a cohort of BART staff and their families, who will be wearing BART's 2025 Lunar New Year shirt. The shirts are available for purchase in adult, youth, and toddler sizes on Railgoods.com, as well as special BARTy x Year of the Snake stickers.

If you are planning to visit Chinatown to celebrate the new year, take BART to Powell St. Station, transfer to the Muni T Third, and ride one stop to Chinatown-Rose Pak Station. Muni will be free on February 15.

Discover additional ways to celebrate Lunar New Year on BARTable.

Railgoods banner promoting lunar new year t shirts and stickers

BART celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with dance, music and poetry

Honorable Willie L. Brown Jr. to deliver keynote speech On Wednesday, January 18 from noon to 1:15 pm, the public is invited to join BART in its 25 th annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s “Monumental Celebration” commemorates the recent unveiling of the Dr. Martin Luther

BART renews program of free tickets for military personnel returning from active combat

BART will once again offer free transit tickets to certain military personnel who are on leave or returning from active combat in dangerous war zones. The BART Board of Directors voted to allow staff to work with existing organizations to distribute $50 BART tickets to 600 qualified military personnel. “We’ve

BART invites members of blind and low-vision community to safety orientation on 1/31

BART is inviting members of the blind and low-vision community to a safety orientation on an out-of-service train at 19th Street Station in Oakland on Tuesday, January 31st. BART staff will demonstrate features such as Braille car identification numbers, inter-car barriers, and the location of train intercoms

San Mateo man celebrates 100th birthday with his first BART ride

Hiro Takahashi of San Mateo has a lot of "been there, done thats." After all, Mr. Takahashi was born in 1915. So how did Mr. Takahashi celebrate his 100th birthday? With his first-ever ride on BART. Mr. Takahashi, his daughter and grandson boarded a San Francisco-bound train late in the morning on September

Mask mandate and labor agreements part of BART Board night meeting on 7/28

The BART Board of Directors on Thursday, July 28 will hold its third night meeting of the year. The Board this year is prioritizing holding several evening meetings to encourage greater public participation with virtual public comment as an ongoing option. The public portion of the July 28 meeting will begin

BART uses grazing goats to reduce fire danger on right-of-way property

A 700-goat herd grazes on BART property in Fremont under the watch of herder Zenobio Ordonez By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerAs the Bay Area endures another hot, dry summer, BART is using goats to graze and cut firebreaks on its right-of-way property, which reduces reliance on fossil-fuel-powered

BART is making minor schedule changes effective January 15, 2024

BART is making minor changes to the schedule beginning January 15, 2024.

Some departure times have shifted by a few minutes, and we encourage riders to check the schedule before January 15th to see if their trip is impacted.

BART’s Trip Planner has been updated for trips beginning January 15, 2024 and PDF timetables are available here and below.

We also slightly adjusted the BART to Antioch train arrival and departure times to reduce wait times at the transfer platform.

BART shared the new schedule with partner transit agencies in early November to give time for them to make any necessary changes to ensure schedules are aligned and transfers are timed as best as possible. Schedule coordination is part of the Transformation Action Plan that Bay Area transit agencies are working on to improve the transit experience in the region.