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Youth transit enthusiasts visit BART Headquarters, share ideas for the future of Bay Area transit
Transit Twitter Besties with BART General Manager Bob Powers, BART Chief Communications Officer Alicia Trost, BART Digital Media Specialist Seung Lee, and BART Youth Engagement Specialist Melody Starling. It all started with a paper map. Fern Hahn, a youth transit enthusiast based in Oakland, posted an image
7th and Market Street BART entrance/exit at Civic Center Station temporarily
We need to replace certain aluminum "walk mats" inside the Civic Center BART Station at the base of our escalator and stairway at the 7th & Market station entrance. To complete this work, we will need to shut down the northwest entrance/exit at 7th & Market Streets near the Carl's Jr. Restaurant. We will shut
BART is hosting a 50th Birthday Party & Family Fun Festival on 9/10/22
50th Birthday Party and Family Fun Festival Saturday, September 10, 2022Lake Merritt Station and Plaza, 11am–4pmMain stage event begins at noon and will be live streamed on BART's social media accounts. Join us for a free public celebration. The event will include: Food trucks Music, including Taiko drummers
BART plans longer trains to carry Giants fans to World Series games in San Francisco
The Giants urged fans to post photos superimposed with Sergio Romo; this one from Dublin BART is by @KadieHelton Read more of their story here. Just as sports devotees avidly support local teams, BART is on deck to get thousands of Giants fans to AT&T Park for the first 2012 World Series game on Wednesday
Multi-agency law enforcement training at four BART stations, Tuesday 1/28/14
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. New event information will be posted as soon as it is rescheduled. From 8:30am to 12:30pm on Tuesday, January 28, BART Police, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Bay Area law enforcement will be working with other local transit agencies to conduct joint
BART to run round-the-clock during Labor Day weekend Bay Bridge closure
BART will be open while the Bay Bridge is closed over Labor Day Weekend. BART will run trains on a 24 hour basis beginning the night of Wednesday, August 28th until the night of Monday, September 2nd. BART resumes normal weekday service at about 4 am on Tuesday, September 3rd. The overnight trains will
Art at BART: The stories of the new artworks at modernized 19th Street Station in Oakland
In January, BART celebrated the unveiling of a newly modernized 19th Street Station with a ribbon cutting and celebration hosted inside the gleaming Oakland destination. The station update is part of BART’s ongoing Station Modernization Program. Today, it looks and feels brighter, more expansive, and more
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.
First person: Website intern learns the ups and downs of bicycles on BART in her first ride
BART Intern Xuan Lam By Xuan Lam BART Website Intern I didn’t think it would be a big deal. I thought it would be simple to take my new sleek road bike on BART for the first time, riding from my home station in Fremont to Berkeley. I was wrong. Upon buying my ticket, I proceeded to walk toward the faregate