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BART focused on boosting service and enhancing traditional cleaning as budget talks move forward
Increasing train service, reprioritizing traditional cleaning methods, and boosting visible safety staff dedicated to riding trains are among the initiatives prioritized in BART’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget planning. BART’s Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, April 22 nd to discuss the recently released
BART seeks public help in case of man found unconscious at Civic Center Station
The BART Police Department (BART PD) is seeking BART riders who used the Civic Center Station on Friday, March 9, 2012, and may have seen something unusual involving a Caucasian, six foot male with brown hair and hazel eyes. The BART PD is seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to this man who
BART PD Chief Ed Alvarez talks police reform with Latinos in Transit group
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Image above: BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez told the group Latinos in Transit how his experience as an immigrant has shaped his policing philosophy, most recently when he created a new Bureau: the Progressive Policing and Community
Night Board meeting Thursday covers BART to OAK, Civic Center bike station, labor issues
The BART Board of Directors will meet Thursday, Sept. 25, at 5 pm to consider a number of important issues, including a new bike station at Civic Center that will expand secure bike parking, and ratifying the labor contract with the BART Police officers and managers unions. The Board also will receive an
“These aren’t your grandfather’s model trains”: Inside the making of the BART model train
If you’ve always wanted to own your very own BART car – and couldn’t get your hands on one of our decommissioned legacy cars – your time is coming. BART has joined forces with Rapido Trains, Inc. to design the definitive model BART car of your dreams. “These aren’t your grandfather’s model trains,” says Josh
Blazing the trail: BART employees are at the heart of award for LGBTQ Equality
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer BART will receive an Equality Trailblazer award May 12 from Equality California in recognition of the agency’s inclusion of the LGBTQ community. The Original Trailblazers The award is especially meaningful to employees like Paula Fraser and Karen Goetz, two of BART’s
BART union contracts extended for 30 days, service to resume Friday July 5 at 3 PM
BART and its unions reached an agreement late tonight to extend the current contracts for 30 days. BART trains will be running by 3pm Friday. Limited charter bus service will still run tomorrow (Friday) in the morning and afternoon/evening. Complete bus service details can be found on bart.gov. (Oakland) BART
Small business owners learn about contracting for Measure RR-funded projects to rebuild BART
Joseph Towner of BART's Office of Civil Rights with small business owner Susana Mendoza By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer More than two dozen small business owners turned out Thursday to learn about contracting opportunities at BART, particularly those funded by the $3.5 billion voter-approved
BART releases bike pilot survey results; any proposed changes need to go to Board
Cover page of survey results A rider survey about BART’s commute period bike pilot, when blackout restrictions were lifted on five Fridays in August, found varied results.Currently, there are bike blackout periods of about two hours during peak weekday commute times in which bikes are not allowed on some
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