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Homeward bound: Woman who was BART’s 1st LEAD drug-diversion referral reunites with mom
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Jessica is back home. The 23-year-old was living on the streets of San Francisco and battling drug addiction when BART Police Department officers made her their first referral in a pilot Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. LEAD is one of the several
New BART Trip Planner now in beta, offers real-time end to end trip planning
BART has launched the beta version of its new Multi-Modal Trip Planner, which will help riders go anywhere in the Bay Area using the various modes of transportation the region provides. Riders can now plug in their home address, work address or their next destination to find the most transit-friendly route at
BART to increase service, reopen station entrances before June 15 and offer 50% off for Sept.
Riders are returning to BART. We plan to increase service on June 7th and then return to near pre-pandemic service and hours in September. On June 7, 2021 we will add 26 new weekday trips. This will expand 15-minute frequencies on the lines with the highest ridership: Yellow, Green and Red. Saturday service
Single tracking alert: BART replacing traction power cable between Hayward and South Hayward stations
BART’s effort to replace aging traction power cables is expanding in Alameda County. Work is happening on various section of the trackway between the Coliseum and Union City stations to replace 34.5kV (kilovolt) cables that have come to the end of their design lives. These electrical cables must be replaced
Thursday, May 15: Ride your bike to BART and beyond for Bike to Wherever Day
Bike to Wherever Day 2025 is almost here! This Thursday, May 15, join BART to celebrate cycling as a green, fun, and practical way to get around. At BART, we don’t just celebrate BARTable experiences, but BIKEable ones too.
BART will be hosting “energizer stations” throughout the system. If you visit one of the BART stations listed below on Thursday morning, you’ll be greeted by Bike to Wherever Day volunteers handing out free stuff, like coffee and donuts and the famous Bike to Wherever Day swag bags.
Bike to Wherever Day began in 1994 as Bike to Work Day to encourage people to ditch their cars and hop on their bikes. The annual event has since transformed into a monthlong celebration of bicycling, called Bike to Wherever Days. The cornerstone of the month is Bike to Wherever Day.
We hope to see you at a station! Questions? Visit BARTable’s Frequently Asked Questions page.
Learn more about bikes on BART at bart.gov/bikes.
Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days is sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. BARTable is proudly partnering with Bike East Bay, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, who are hosting energizer stations across BART-served counties.
BART and BikeHub are sponsoring Bike to Wherever Day energizer stations at all three of BART’s valet Bike Stations on Thursday, May 15:
Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Bike Station
7am - 10am
19th St. Station
Uptown Bike Station
4pm – 6pm
Downtown Berkeley Station
Berkeley Bike Station
7am - 10am
Bike to Wherever Day energizer stations will also be located at the following locations throughout the BART system:
San Mateo County
Daly City BART
6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m
San Bruno BART
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Millbrae CalTrain Station, southbound platform
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Millbrae Transit Center West Plaza - near escalator entrance to CalTrain platform 5
7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Friday May 16th
Alameda County
Ashby BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
West Oakland BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Dublin/Pleasanton BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
West Dublin/Pleasanton BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
MacArthur BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Lake Merritt BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Hayward BART
6:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
South Hayward BART
6:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Warm Springs BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
San Leandro BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Union City BART
7:00 a.m. – 10 a.m
Contra Costa County
El Cerrito Plaza BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
El Cerrito del Norte BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Richmond BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART
8:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Antioch BART
6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Pittsburg Center BART
7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
BART invites local musicians to celebrate Bach and his music on 3/21/23-3/31/23
Bach in the Subways 2023 flyer, with QR code at lower right corner BART invites local musicians to join us and Bach in the Subways in a worldwide celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach and his enduring music between Tuesday, March 21 and Friday, March 31, 2023. Come listen to the music in our free areas or
George Takei, actor and activist, visits Tanforan Memorial Plaza at San Bruno BART Station
George Takei (pictured right), with Steve Okamoto Actor and activist George Takei, known for his role as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu on the 1960's television series "Star Trek", visited the Tanforan Memorial Plaza at the San Bruno BART Station on Monday, October 10, 2022, to pay tribute to the Japanese Americans
PHOTOS: More than a thousand people celebrate BART and the holiday season at SweaterFest '23
Photos from SweaterFest '23
On Sunday, Dec. 10, BART rang in the holiday season with our riders during our inaugural SweaterFest ‘23. More than a thousand of you showed up to Rockridge Station to celebrate with us – a reminder of just how much the Bay Area loves BART.
We encouraged attendees to wear their BART holiday sweaters – from 2023, 2022, or 2021 (the first year we launched the sweaters) – and pose for a group photo on the steps to the station. You can view the photo and more snapshots from the joyous event in the above slideshow.
Some BART fans showed up as early as 11am – three hours before the start of the event – to be the first in line to buy a 2023 holiday sweater. By 2pm, the line to purchase BART merch snaked around the Rockridge sign and the plaza.
“I didn’t know BART had a fashion line,” said one rider passing through the station.
In addition to selling tons of BART-themed gifts, including the last-remaining 2023 holiday sweaters and beanies, we also launched our BART Stamp Rally with official BART passports, and handed out lots of free BART merch, including number plates and the new BART train plushie.
Thanks for coming out, Bay Area. Happy Holidays!
This year, BART sold 3,500 holiday sweaters in total. To help meet the strong demand, we pre-sold 2,370 sweaters earlier in the year. We ordered more than 1,000 additional sweaters to sell during the holiday season and were thrilled when they sold out quickly.
If you weren’t able to get a sweater before they sold out this year, we encourage you to stay up to date on all things BART by following us on social media (click the icons at the bottom of this page), signing up here for our BART News email subscription, and downloading the official BART app.
BART to hold discussion on Adeline Street connection for Ashby Transit-Oriented Development on 4/20/23
BART will host a community open house on Thursday, April 20 from 6:30-8:30pm that will focus on future development and connection to Adeline Street of the planned Transit Oriented Development (TOD) on the Ashby Station West Lot. The meeting will be held at the Ed Roberts Campus at 3075 Adeline Street in
BART posts 23% drop in violent crime as Congressmember Simon visits Oakland stations
Congressmember Lateefah Simon tours Fruitvale Station.
BART’s efforts to put rider safety first are paying off with another drop in violent crime. For the first three months of the year violent crime on BART fell by 23% compared to last year. The latest drop comes on top of a 17% decline in overall crime on BART in 2024.
BART’s efforts to enhance rider safety were a focus of a tour by East Bay Congressmember Lateefah Simon (CA-12) who visited the 19th Street and Fruitvale stations in Oakland. Congressmember Simon recently met with BART in Washington, D.C., and this visit was an opportunity to get an in-person update on the progress BART has made in recent months on rider-focused safety, cleanliness, and accessibility improvements. Congressmember Simon previously served as BART Board President and BART District 7 Board Member.
“I believe that BART will be the nation’s safest transit institution,” said Congressmember Simon. “You know why? There are [transit-dependent] folks like me who don’t have a choice, who aren’t jiggling car keys. They are riding BART because unfortunately, mobility in many parts of the Bay Area is still a privilege. We’ve made it a right here at BART.”
The implementation of BART’s Safe and Clean Plan has been at the forefront of putting rider safety first. The plan includes boosting visible train patrols, installing Next Generation Fare Gates, right-sizing trains to create safer spaces, improving station lighting, and other rider-focused initiatives.
“This steep decline in our violent crime rate would not be possible without the hard work of the people of the BART Police Department,” said BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin. “We will continue to deploy sworn officers as well as non-sworn unarmed Crisis Intervention Specialists, Transit Ambassadors, Fare Inspectors, and Community Service Officers to maximize our presence in the system and ensure BART is welcoming for all.”
BART has already installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 29 stations and remains on track to have the new, more durable gates in place at all 50 stations by the end of this year. The new gates are improving the station environment by serving as a deterrent against many instances of fare evasion and reducing the amount of unwanted activity in the system. A recent survey found the number of riders who have reported seeing fare evasion on BART has dropped by almost 1/3 since installation work began for the new gates.
