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New double-deck bike racks inside the station The latest step in BART's efforts to improve facilities for bicyclists is a set of spiffy double-deck racks that can hold 64 bikes inside the 19th St./Oakland Station. Previously, the only option for bicyclists who wanted to store bikes near the station were the

People celebrate at the tenth annual BPD Awards Ceremony on Dec. 14, 2022. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, the BART Police Department hosted its tenth annual end-of-year awards ceremony, honoring the individuals who served exceptionally over the past year. “Thank you for your efforts and dedication towards the pursuit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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