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BART installs new bike racks inside 19th St./Oakland Station, offering more storage
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
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
‘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 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
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.
El Cerrito Plaza
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
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.