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‘Everything happens for a reason’: BART Police officer played semi-pro soccer before joining department
When Tyler Mauldin was three years old, her father handed her a basketball. Instead of dribbling it, she started kicking it. Her dad, who played basketball for Stanford University, realized he needed a new approach. He bought her a soccer ball and enrolled her in a recreational league. At 10, Mauldin began
BART offers chance to throw out first A’s pitch; moves sports fans throughout the Bay Area
Here at BART we love all our Bay Area sports teams, win or lose, professional, college, pee-wee league and more. And we’re proud of moving the fans (and sometimes the players) to their destinations. This year, we’re doing something new with regard to the Oakland Athletics, one of our longtime sponsorship
With rainy season upon us, BART’s resplendent rain gardens are hard at work keeping local waterways clean
A rain garden at Lafayette Station during a storm. The typically yellow hills surrounding Lafayette were green as emeralds on a recent rainy afternoon as yet another storm pummeled the already-inundated Bay Area region. While locals may be tired of all the rain, the region’s thirsty vegetation certainly is
BART PD reports strong monthly arrest totals amid redeployment plan that boosts safety presence in trains
Based on preliminary data, the BART Police Department in March and April saw two of its highest monthly arrest totals since the arrival of the pandemic. In March BPD reported 258 arrests systemwide and in April the monthly total increased to 266. On March 20th, BPD implemented a new deployment strategy that
BART is doing its part to keep creeks clean with low-impact development at Lafayette Station
Above, example of a "rain garden" that helps absort runoff and filter out pollutants from the water By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerTake a moment to look, listen, and smell the natural environment of the new, low-impact development at Lafayette Station – it’s a window into what’s possible when
Happy Halloween! Download our BART-themed stencils to have the best pumpkin on the block
This year, give your pumpkin a BARTy twist! We created eight BART-themed pumpkin carving stencils (from easy peasy to challenging) that you can download at this link.
Print 'em out and get carving!
If you post a pic of your pumpkin, give us a tag on Twitter (@sfbart) or Instagram (@sfbayarearapidtransit) so we can show it off.
Happy Halloween!
BART rebuilding effort makes most of additional wrench time as trackway replacement begins in southern Alameda County
Initial work is underway for a large construction project in southern Alameda County. Crews will replace critical track components between the South Hayward and Union City BART stations as well as begin the preliminary work to build a new storage facility at the Hayward Maintenance Complex for hundreds of new
Congresswoman Barbara Lee joins BART in reopening long-closed restrooms at 19th Street/Oakland Station
On Friday, February 25, 2022, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee helped mark the reopening of the newly remodeled 19th Street/Oakland Station restrooms, a project for which she played a major role in securing funding. Restrooms at 10 of BART’s underground stations have been closed since 9/11 because of safety
BART releases Draft FY08 10-year Operating Plan and 25-year Capital Improvement Program
BART's Fiscal Year 2008 Draft Short Range Transit Plan and Capital Improvement Program (SRTP/CIP) is now available. Prepared in compliance with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) guidelines and principles, the SRTP/CIP is required by the Federal Transit Administration and the MTC as a
Role in the Region: BART plays an important role in the Bay Area meeting its climate goals
In July, BART released the Role in the Region Report, a comprehensive study of BART's impact on the Bay Area illustrated by new analyses, data visualizations, and powerful personal narratives. Over the coming weeks, we'll be sharing some of the key insights from the report in a series of Role in the Region articles here on bart.gov. Click here to read the first story -- on BART's role in reducing regional traffic -- click here for the second story, which explores BART's contributions to the economy.
We encourage you to read the full report - click here - and visit the project webpage at bart.gov/roleintheregion.
Today's post examines BART's impact on the regional economy. See the full report for methodology.
BART is one of the greenest ways to get around the Bay Area and taking public transit is one of the easiest ways to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.
Consider these facts:
- Transportation accounts for 38 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions.
- Driving releases 42 times more greenhouse gases per mile than BART.
- Every BART train car moves as many people as 76 automobiles.
California has a 2045 target date to achieve carbon neutrality and help prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The transition to zero-emission vehicles alone will not happen fast enough to meet state and regional climate goals.
What BART Riders Say…
“I think BART makes the world a better place. It provides an economy of scale, is better for the environment, and allows for more urbanization in the region.”
Samantha Greenstone, High School Student at Orion Academy in Concord
Without BART, there would be a daily increase of 780,000 to 1,560,000 miles driven, which is equal to 2,000 to 4,000 cars driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Removing an equivalent amount of greenhouse gas emissions would require planting a new San Francisco-sized forest every two years to offset the extra carbon dioxide.
100 percent of BART’s contracted electricity supply has been greenhouse gas emission-free in recent years, and BART is helping transit agencies operating buses achieve their electrification goals with battery charging at BART stations. BART continues to find new ways to lower emissions; our September 2023 schedule change, which introduced shorter trains and only Fleet of the Future train cars running for the base schedule, resulted in a 15% reduction in energy used per day.
What BART Riders Say…
“To me, BART is a sustainable way of life. When I take BART, I feel like I’m doing my part."
Rider from San Francisco, CA
Taking BART and other public transit options is one good thing anyone can do for the planet.
Learn more about BART's sustainability practices and read the 2023 Sustainability Report at bart.gov/sustainability.
