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Construction project begins at Downtown Berkeley BART Station
Dear Customer: Starting Monday, April 5, 2010, crews will begin building a concession kiosk at the concourse level of the Downtown Berkeley Station. Construction will be limited to the fenced area of the concourse and you can expect mild construction-related noise. We expect to finish this project around the
East Contra Costa Bart Extension/Reference Documents
NEW! eBART Next Segment Study Click here to see the eBART Next Segment report, which looked at a possible extension of eBART service beyond the Antioch Station. This was a pre-engineering study, looking primarily at possible alternative station sites for a future extension.
BART PD connects young gunshot survivor to SF pro soccer team for a night to remember
By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer A dream team will make dreams come true Saturday night, July 15, for a group of young Oakland soccer players and their families. It began with the story of Isai Catalan, a bystander wounded in a drive-by shooting on the day of his 9 th birthday as he was out for a
BART PD employees donate to jacket, glove drive to warm hearts and hands of day laborers
Rudy Lara, center, of the Multicultural Institute, talks with day laborers Story by MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART CommunicationsDay laborers, whose work helps power essential construction around the Bay Area, are often transit-dependent and rely on BART to get to their jobs.BART Police
Joint statement from BART PD and the Independent Police Auditor on the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez and BART Independent Police Auditor Russell Bloom have issued the following joint statement: The BART Police Department and the Office of the Independent Police Auditor stand together in denouncing the killing of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. His death was
BART Board supports SB 532, the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Public Transportation Emergency Act
The BART Board voted Friday, June 30 th, to support Senate Bill (SB) 532 the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Public Transportation Emergency Act. Authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), SB 532 would require the Bay Area Toll Authority to raise tolls on the seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area by $1
BART Offers 12% Raise in Last Best and Final Offer, Unions Won't Strike Monday
BART General Manager Grace Crunican issued the following statement after BART offered its last best and final proposal and the unions announced they will not strike on Monday: “We have been working with our unions on labor negotiations since April 1st and tonight I gave a last best and final offer to the
BART invites public to tour mockup of new train car interior July 23-26
Under construction: workers are building a wooden mockup of a new train car interior using high-contrast colors to help visitors visualize the configuration. A milestone in public outreach for BART's Fleet of the Future project comes July 23-26, when a full scale mock up of two-thirds of a train car interior
From routine patrols to explosives detection, K-9 unit helps keep BART riders safe
Officer Mike Zendejas with Tim By Melissa Jordan BART Senior Web Producer Tim seemed to be getting a little restless. He paced a bit on the platform, unfazed by the trains screeching through Lake Merritt Station and the cameras filming the scene. Now on BART TV: Watch video of the dogs in action "He wants to
Podcast: Four female leaders take center stage as BART celebrates Women's History Month
Transcript below: HOST: March is Women’s History Month so on this edition of “Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART” we’re profiling four of the female leaders of the agency. We’ll hear their stories of growing up, hear about the trajectories of their careers, their triumphs, challenges, how they define good