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BART Board OKs interim budget with July 1 fare increase, Sept. service changes
To check your fare, plan a trip on the BART QuickPlanner for July 1 or later or download the complete fare chart (128k .pdf) Faced with a struggling economy that has resulted in declining revenues and escalating costs, BART’s Board of Directors passed an interim budget Thursday that cuts expenses and raises
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BART helps veterans kick off Memorial Day weekend with "buddy" poppy flowers
Today and tomorrow, during the morning and afternoon commutes, war veterans, dressed in uniform, will kick off Memorial Day weekend by handing BART riders thousands of "Buddy" Poppies. Those are the famous flowers known worldwide as the symbol to honor those who've fought for their country. BART has offered
Watch One Book One BART's virtual author talk with Pulitzer Prize winner Hua Hsu and Jeff Chang
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, One Book One BART hosted an author talk with Hua Hsu, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the first BART book club selection, Stay True, moderated by award-winning writer, historian, and thinker Jeff Chang. Watch a recording of the talk below.
To keep up with all things BART book club, visit bart.gov/bookclub, and sign up for the mailing list at the top of that page.
Stay tuned for the launch of our next book club on Monday, September 18, 2023
The next book selection is Oakland-based author Margaret Sexton Wilkerson's "On the Rooftop." Reese Witherspoon called the novel, set in San Francisco's Fillmore District, "an utterly original and brilliant story."
Questions? Ideas? Suggestions? Email [email protected].
We look forward to reading with you!
One Book One BART – the official BART book club – invites members of the public to a free, virtual author talk with Hua Hsu, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir and official book club selection, Stay True. The event, which marks the culmination of the Spring/Summer ‘23 One Book, One BART club, will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, August 2, at 4pm. A Q&A will follow the discussion.
The talk will be moderated by Jeff Chang, author of acclaimed book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, which was named one of the best U.S. nonfiction books of the last quarter century. His other books include Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America and We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation. Chang has received the American Book Award, the Asian American Literary Award, and the USA Ford Fellowship in Literature.
When: Wednesday, August 2, 4pm to 5pm
Join the meeting online via Zoom (no registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84824326758
For updates about upcoming One Book One BART events, including the launch of the Fall/Winter ’23 book club, visit bart.gov/bookclub.
Sign up for the One Book, One BART mailing list by visiting BART’s Profile Center and adding your information. On step 3 – “Manage Subscriptions” – click the caret next to “Other” and check the One Book, One BART box.
Questions? Email [email protected].
BART schedule change begins 2/14/22, extending service to midnight on Sundays
BART’s schedule will change on Monday, February 14, 2022, with significant improvements to Sunday service. With this schedule change, BART will operate midnight service every night of the week. Highlights include: Extend service to midnight on Sundays Run 5-line service every day ( except for single-tracking
Fighting crime with data: BART Police using new tools to enhance public safety
Lt. Mike Hayes gives a CompStat presentation on the zone he commands. By Melissa Jordan BART Senior Web Producer The community-oriented policing philosophy known as COPPS, a new geographic zone structure and focus on data-driven decisions are bringing BART Police into a new era, one in which many crimes are
Two more Clipper outreach events in March: Learn how to save on BART with Clipper
Outreach event held at 16 th St./Mission Station in February Still to come in March are four more outreach events where you can get a free Clipper card and learn how to save on BART by using Clipper. The upcoming events are: March 25, As vs. Giants Pre-season, 12pm--3pm March 27, Fremont Station, 4pm--7pm
BART will run Saturday service for 2019 Martin Luther King holiday with free parking
BART will run a modified Saturday schedule on the Martin Luther King holiday, Monday, January 21, 2019. The system will open at 6am and trains will run 20 minutes apart.The service from Richmond will start an hour earlier than usual for a Saturday. There will be additional early trains from Richmond and Daly
BART celebrates Earth Day with fellow Bay Area transit agencies
As we’ve seen in recent events, our communities are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. Average annual air temperatures in California have risen 2.5 degrees since 1895, and eight of the ten warmest years occurred between 2012 and 2022 ( California Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Valentine's Day inspiration: You just might meet the love of your life on BART
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Once upon a time (well, last summer), a woman named Michelle sat next to a man named Jesse on a BART train. And, those strangers on a train turned out to be soulmates. It was not an auspicious start. She tried to strike up conversation, showing him photos of her