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BART PD holds "Trunk or Treat" events for kids at Coliseum and South Hayward stations
Children who visit Coliseum and South Hayward stations from 5 pm - 7 pm on Monday, October 30, 2017, will get a special treat from BART’s Police Department. Officers will host BART’s second annual Halloween “Trunk or Treat” event, a safer alternative to the house-to-house Halloween trick-or-treating tradition
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 to host Twitch livestream with San Francisco Zoo and Gardens to engage and educate youth riders
On Monday, March 20, starting at 4pm, BART will host a livestream on Twitch with the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens to celebrate red-legged frogs, a federally threatened species that resides in some of the natural areas around the BART system. The live event will stream from the California Conservation
BART 1st major transit agency in U.S. history to be led by two African American women
Women assume BART's two top posts & pay tribute to Rosa Parks On Thursday, December 15th, the BART Board of Directors unanimously elected two African American women to the District's most powerful posts – making BART the first major transit agency in U.S. history to be led by two Black women. (BART Media &
Annual BART Holiday Toy Drive to benefit hundreds of families in Eastern Contra Costa County
Update 12/16/21: The annual BART Holiday Toy Drive collected more than 1,000 toys and over $1,000 in gift cards to benefit the hundreds of families aided by the East Contra Costa Community Alliance (ECCA). BART’s advertising partner Outfront Media supported the toy drive by collecting 35 toys and $250 in gift
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
Watch: BART representatives speak at Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transit on 5/16/23
BART Assistant General Manager of External Affairs Rodd Lee and interim BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin gave their remarks on May 16, 2023 at the Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transit at Sacramento. Please watch the video above for full remarks made by Lee and Franklin. Lee and Franklin spoke of
BART will run a Sunday schedule for 4th of July 2023 with extra trains for fireworks
On Tuesday, July 4th, 2023, BART will be running a Sunday schedule (8am-midnight). We will run five-line service until 8pm and then three-line service after 8pm. Five-line service means all lines will be running including the Green and Red lines which provide direct service into San Francisco. Extra trains
Statement from BART General Manager about man cited for eating on the platform
BART General Manager Bob Powers issued the following statement: "Moving 415,000 riders each day comes with complexities and there are laws in place to keep our system safe, welcoming, and clean. I’ve seen the video of the incident involving a man eating on our platform and our police response. Eating in the
First person: Website intern learns the ups and downs of bicycles on BART in her first ride
BART Intern Xuan Lam By Xuan Lam BART Website Intern I didn’t think it would be a big deal. I thought it would be simple to take my new sleek road bike on BART for the first time, riding from my home station in Fremont to Berkeley. I was wrong. Upon buying my ticket, I proceeded to walk toward the faregate