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BART hosted community Open House on potential Rockridge Transit-Oriented Development on 4/13/23
Original article published on March 30, 2023. BART will continue to update this webpage with more information regarding Rockridge Station TOD. Article updated May 15, 2023 to reflect that the comment period has closed. BART is excited to announce a community Open House on Thursday, April 13 at Rockridge
A soldier's story: On leave from Iraq, seeing the Bay Area sights with a free BART pass
Staff Sgt. Rod Starcke, photo courtesy of Oregon National Guard By Melissa Jordan BART Senior web producer On-the-job stress doesn’t get much tougher than a typical day for Rod Starcke, an Army staff sergeant with the Oregon National Guard who is deployed in Iraq. Starcke's unit provides security for the
San Leandro 2nd-graders thank BART; free rides for field trips still available
A group of second-graders from San Leandro showed their creativity -- and finesse at etiquette -- in thanking BART for its Free Rides for Field Trips program, funded by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Thousands of slots are still available for the program; teachers should visit www.bart.gov/fieldtrips for details
BART PD and San Francisco PD team up on joint foot patrols in downtown San Francisco
BART PD Officer D. Davis and SFPD Officer S. Dumont on a joint foot patrol BART Police and San Francisco PD are teaming up on joint foot patrols to address quality of life issues in and around downtown San Francisco stations. The free areas of BART’s downtown San Francisco Stations have long been the joint
BART Board hosts rare tour of Hayward Maintenance Complex for 10/27/22 board meeting
RSVP FOR THIS EVENT BART Board President Saltzman has requested a BART board meeting site tour at the Hayward Maintenance Complex. This mobile board meeting offers the public a rare chance to go inside our maintenance facility. This board meeting is in person only and will not be live-streamed or video
BART one step closer to securing $1.17 billion federal grant to increase transbay capacity
BART is one step closer to increasing the number of trains operating through the Transbay Tube and lengthening peak hour trains in a program designed to relieve crowding. The Federal Transit Administration today announced it has given BART approval to advance the Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Project into
BART and Capitol Corridor unveil Link21 Program to transform rail experience in Northern California
The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) and San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) are proud to unveil Link21, a transformational rail improvement program, and a new website that outlines the program’s objectives. Link21 will connect BART and Regional Rail (including intercity
BART invites small business owners to its 2025 Small Business Summit
BART is pleased to announce it will host its 2025 Small Business Summit event on Monday, May 19th, 2025 on the first floor of its headquarters located at 2150 Webster St. in Oakland.
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in BART’s new disparity study to help BART evaluate and refine its efforts to encourage small business participation, as well as meet BART staff from various departments to hear about upcoming contracts and purchasing needs, network with prime contractors, learn about BART’s equity program and certifications process and learn about resources available to small businesses from community partners.
BBC Research & Consulting (BBC) is conducting a disparity study for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to assess outcomes for person of color- and woman-owned businesses in BART's contracting and procurement. The study will help inform BART's efforts to encourage the participation of those businesses in BART's work. BBC, with BART's support, will be holding one in-person stakeholder engagement session to provide information about the study, answer questions about the study, and collect insights about business conditions in the Bay Area marketplace, which will be integrated into the disparity study.
Representatives from several departments and groups at BART will be available at the event to answer questions about upcoming contracts, programs and resources for small businesses. These include representatives from BART’s Infrastructure Delivery and Procurement departments along with staff from BART’s Office of Civil Rights and Small Business Support Services. May 19-23 is BART’s Small Business Week. Visit bart.gov/ocr for a list of scheduled events during the week.
Registration is preferred for BART’s 2025 Small Business Summit. Here are event details:
Date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Location: 2150 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94612 (1st floor)
Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Here is the event schedule:
- 12:30 -1:00 PM: Registration
- 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Opening Remarks
- 1:30 - 3:00 PM: New BART Disparity Study
- 3:00 – 4:00PM: Networking between BART Staff, Primes, Small Businesses and Community Partners
Please register at the link here!
BART website adds new trip plan functions, including bike directions, using Google Maps
The BART website ( www.bart.gov) just went live with new trip planning functions, including bicycle directions and station area points of interest that use the Google Maps API. In addition to walking and driving directions, you now can get bicycling directions between BART and any address using the BART
BART personal hand strap available for sale for riders wanting to avoid touching train car surfaces
As riders plan to return to BART, BART is working to accommodate to riders' concerns about cleanliness and possible COVID-19 transmission via touching surfaces. One solution is the personal BART hand strap, which is lightweight, easy to use and easy to clean. The BART hand strap is made of polyester and nylon