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BART launches Transbay Tube Trivia Contest to mark 50 years of service
BART has launched an online trivia contest to help celebrate a half-century of service in the Transbay Tube. Do you know how fast trains travel through the Tube? How deep it is?
One lucky person who correctly answers these questions will be chosen at random to receive a $50 gift card to Railgoods, BART's official merch store. The winner will be announced at an event to be held later this month (the winner does not need to be present to collect the prize).
The contest is live now and runs through Thursday, September 12.
Click here to enter the Transbay Tube Trivia Contest
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
BART receives more than 7,000 entries so far in Trains to Planes Sweepstakes
BART’s Trains To Planes Sweepstakes has received more than 7,000 entries to date, and the first batch of winners is being announced. The contest, a first of its kind for BART, runs through the end of March. If you haven’t entered yet, don’t miss out on this chance to win a free round trip ticket to any
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
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
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 Board to get update on planned improvements for all transit in the Bay Area
The BART Board of Directors will get an update at their board meeting tomorrow, January 25, 2024, on the ongoing efforts of Bay Area transit systems to work together as one coordinated network to grow ridership and make transit easier to use.
Transit agencies in the Bay Area are committed to advancing exciting improvements in fares, customer information, coordinated schedules, and accessibility as outlined in the Transit Transformation Action Plan released in 2021. The plan is in coordination with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission which is providing funding to launch multiple pilot projects, studies, and planning efforts.
As transit agencies work towards a potential regional transportation ballot measure in 2026, the implementation of this plan will help build confidence in transit.
The plan includes:
- Testing new fare policies such as unlimited region-wide transit passes and free/reduced cost transfers between systems through Clipper.
- Exploring changes to regional fare structures to keep things simple and affordable and identifying what new funding would be needed to implement changes.
- An emerging new unified look for all transit agencies with consistent signage and new maps that show riders how to get around.
- Coordinated schedules that change at the same time and that improve connections.
- Increasing bus priority lanes to speed up bus trips and improve reliability.
- Improved regional paratransit trips.
- Ongoing advocacy for new funding to pay for all the changes and ensure agencies can maintain and enhance service, improvements to safety, and increased accessibility.
These improvements are critical for transit agencies in the Bay Area to showcase what a well-funded transit network looks and feels like. “Bay Area transit is not business as usual,” said Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer at BART. “We are listening to our riders and working on a new vision and better future that features cleaner, safer, easier to use transit.”