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BART Board votes to boost power washing at San Francisco's Mission St. Stations
The BART Board voted today to quadruple the duration of power washings for the 16 th St/Mission Station and 24 th St/Mission Station plazas and walkways, boosting the nightly cleanings from one hour to four hours. Power washing is required to maintain the cleanliness of areas at BART that are subject to the
BART opens all entrances/exits that were previously closed due to pandemic
June 14, 2021 Update All stations entrances that were temporarily closed due to the pandemic have been re-opened as of Saturday June 12, 2021 as part of our recovery plan. Note, 19th Street station has 2 entrances closed due to construction. Phased Station Entrance Re-opening To improve access to our stations
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
BART will run a Sunday schedule for 4th of July 2023 with extra trains for fireworks
On Tuesday, July 4th, 2023, BART will be running a Sunday schedule (8am-midnight). We will run five-line service until 8pm and then three-line service after 8pm. Five-line service means all lines will be running including the Green and Red lines which provide direct service into San Francisco. Extra trains
With solar power and more, Warm Springs may be BART's greenest station yet
Solar panels atop the concourse roof and parking areas provide power to the station. By RAQUEL CRITESBART Contributing Writer and Photographer What does it take to construct a state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable train station? It was a long road to the March 25 grand opening, but BART, with its new
BART Board to consider Draft Cell Phone Interruption Policy on Oct. 27
Below is the text of the Draft Cell Phone Interruption Policy currently scheduled for consideration by the Board of Directors at its October 27th meeting. This revised draft differs from an earlier version in that it incorporates the suggestions and comments of the American Civil Liberties Union on that
Fiscal year 2018 budget among topics for BART Board meeting May 11
BART is in the process of developing its Fiscal Year 2018 budget, a process that continues Thursday, May 11, with a budget discussion on the agenda for the Board of Directors meeting. Read the FY18 Preliminary Budget Memo. Read the Budget Pamphlet NEXT STEPS May 11: FY18 Budget - Sources, Uses, Service Plan,
EMT student and BART Police save man found overdosing at Civic Center Station
Nicholas Stallcup believes he was at the right place at the right time to save a man's life. On Monday, February 3rd, Stallcup was waiting for a friend to catch a 11:30 p.m. train from Civic Center to MacArthur, his home station. As he descended the station stairwell, he found a man lying on the floor
BART Independent Police Auditor presents Positive Outcome Award to Officer William Baker
BART’s Independent Police Auditor presented this year’s Positive Outcome Award to BART Police Department (BPD) Officer William Baker after reviewing body-worn camera video of a contact on a train. The Office of the Independent Police Auditor (OIPA) is tasked with reviewing BPD officer contacts with riders and
BART offers automated service alerts on Bluesky social media platform
BART has made service alert information even more accessible to the public by adding an automated BART Service Alerts channel to its Bluesky account (@bart.gov). As of Friday, April 11, there is now a dedicated feed for real-time BART Service Alerts (@alerts.bart.gov) to inform riders when multiple trains are off schedule by ten or more minutes. Unlike other social media platforms, Bluesky does not require a login to view BART’s timeline.
BART has been providing informational content on Bluesky since November 2024.
“Service alerts offer critical and timely information for our riders to help them make decisions about their ride,” said Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer. “We want this information to be easy to find and on the platforms people use. The Bluesky social media platform is growing in popularity, and our followers have been asking for our automated service alerts to be posted there.”
BART Service Alerts are available:
- On bart.gov and the BART Official App (the app offers customized in-app notifications).
- On the bart.gov Alerts and Advisories page
- Via text or email alerts.
- On the social media platform Bluesky at @alerts.bart.gov and X at @SFBARTalert.
- Via third-party apps through BART’s Developer Program.
- Alerts are posted on platform digital signs in BART stations and audio announcements are made inside stations and onboard trains.