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US Senator Alex Padilla and San Francisco Mayor London Breed tour BART’s Powell Street Station as Transit Ridership Rebounds
On April 12, 2022 U.S Senator Alex Padilla (D.-Calif.) and San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined leaders from BART and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) at Powell Street Station to see firsthand the benefits of American Rescue Plan emergency funds and the potential for upcoming
BART General Manager and Chief of Police launch the “Safe & Clean Plan” Listening Tour
BART has taken immediate action to improve safety and cleanliness of the system to increase ridership and improve the customer experience. A Safe and Clean Plan was launched in coordination with a new service schedule that is responsive to post-pandemic commute patterns and ridership growth opportunities.
BART’s General Manager Bob Powers and new Chief of Police Kevin Franklin are now launching a Safe & Clean Plan Listening Tour to hear directly from riders to get feedback on the plan and to check in with riders about their experience.
This is the General Manager’s third Listening Tour. With safety being top of mind for many riders, this is the first time the Chief of Police will join the Listening Tour to hear directly from riders.
“So much has changed at BART since the pandemic and we have doubled down on our commitment to safety, cleanliness, and reliability improvements,” said General Manager Bob Powers. “Meeting riders where they are at and offering a specific time and location is a great way to gather invaluable feedback from riders and employees.”
Station Visits*
- Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:45am-8:45am: Fruitvale
- Monday, Nov. 13, 5-6pm: Embarcadero
- Tuesday, Nov. 14, 7:15am-8:15am: Pleasant Hill
- Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7am-8am: Antioch
- Thursday, Nov. 30, 7am-8am: Dublin
- Sunday, Dec. 3, Noon-1pm: Civic Center
- Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:15am-8:15am: Fremont
- Wednesday, Dec. 13, 7:15am-8:15am: El Cerrito del Norte
*Subject to change. The schedule will be kept up to date.
Powers and Franklin will be on the platform talking to riders while they wait for trains. Posters will be displayed on Station Agent booths in advance to notify riders when they will be at the station.
In a historic first, BART runs Exploratorium train and station advertisements in Chochenyo, the language of the East Bay Ohlone
The Exploratorium advertisement for ¡Plantásticas!, written in Chochenyo, featuring Ohlone leaders Vincent Medina (left) and Lous Trevino (right). For the first time in its fifty-year history, BART is running advertisements on trains and in stations written in the oldest language of the inner East Bay
No Change to Service for Veterans Day 11/11/22; free daily fee parking at most BART stations
There will be no change to our current weekday service on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2022. Excluding Reserved Parking, parking permit & fee requirements will not be enforced in station parking facilities at BART station lots, except Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations. The Valley
Local beekeeper makes honey with bees removed from BART property, protecting riders and helping to preserve the critical insect
If you passed by the four-inch notch in the wall on Bailey Road next to BART’s Pittsburg/Bay Point Station, you probably wouldn’t notice a thing. But if you took a closer look – not too close – you’d find a hive of hundreds of buzzing honeybees. The notch in the wall seemed like a keyhole into another world –
BART Board approves project team to build-out new headquarters with priority of small and minority-owned business involvement
The BART Board of Directors, at its June 25th meeting, voted to award a $58 million Progressive Design-Build contract to Turner Construction Company and RIM Architecture to design and build the new BART Headquarters at 2150 Webster Street in Oakland. BART purchased the modest size building on December 10
‘A little gesture that means a lot’: BART PD’s Special Engagement Team gives out free socks to those in need
Socks. They’re not something many of us stop to consider on a daily basis. But when you’re unhoused, a pair of clean, warm socks can make a world of difference. On Tuesday, the BART Police Department’s Special Engagement Team – consisting of police officers and Crisis Intervention Specialists (CIS) – fanned
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.
BART's Impact: How Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station supports a city’s businesses, residents, and tourists
Read more stories and see interactive maps about BART’s impact at bart.gov/impact.
BART's Impact
How do you measure BART's impact on the Bay Area?
You might look at the numbers. In fiscal year 2024, for example, BART contributed an estimated $2.7 billion* in economic activity to the five counties it serves. Another metric: Riders traveled over 750 million miles that same year – that's nearly a billion miles traveled on our tracks!
But other impacts go beyond stats and figures: BART makes people’s lives easier, BART reduces traffic, BART helps the environment. Numbers don't tell the whole story.
So, where to begin? Let's start small.
Case Study: Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station
To understand BART’s impact, we will start by looking at a single station – Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre. From this zoomed-in vantage point, we can illustrate how just one station transforms and sustains not just a neighborhood, but a broad community of residents, workers, businesses, travelers, and families.
Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station sits at the convergence of Highway 680, the Iron Horse pedestrian and bicycle trail, multiple hotels and office buildings, and a vibrant mixed-use transit village with restaurants, gyms, bars, a dance school, 600-plus apartment complex, the list goes on . The station is the beating heart that enables these resources to exist and prosper. BART stations are not simply destinations -- stops on a line to get you here and there.
BART stations create destinations.
"Locating by a BART station is a great move for businesses. You have in-built customers, who are coming and going from the station, you can increase capacity by not needing a parking lot, and your employees can get to work affordably."
- BART Director Matt Rinn, whose district includes Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station.
We connected with local homeowners, small business owners, a commuter, a major hotel chain, restaurants, neighborhood hangouts, and an apartment complex to understand firsthand why BART is essential to their bottom lines and the well-being of their community.
View a larger version of the interactive map by clicking here.
Join BART for Under the Stars Family Movie Night on August 16 at Concord Station
Let’s all ride BART to the movies...
Buy tickets on Railgoods.com
BART invites you to join us beneath the big Bay Area sky for a family movie night on Saturday, August 16, at Concord Station.
We’re transforming the station parking lot into a camp-themed movie theatre, where we'll screen the beloved film Madagascar once the sun sets and stars emerge. The king of the lemurs likes to “move it move it” almost as much as BART likes to move the Bay Area.
Before that iconic song gets stuck in our heads, BART will be screening never-before-seen footage filmed from a Train Operator’s point of view along all 131 miles of the BART System. The virtual ride offers a sped-up and mesmerizing perspective of the Bay Area from the five BART lines end to end.
While we wait for the sky to darken, attendees can enjoy a series of family-friendly activities, including crafts and lanyard making, face painting, a BART uniform try-on station, photo ops, and Under the Stars stickers and giveaways.
Bring your BART Stamp Passport (or pick one up at the event) to get the Under the Stars stamp. Fill up the pages of your passport to redeem a cool prize. Stamps are available at select BART events.
On Railgoods, you can purchase single tickets (click here) or a discounted family pack of 4 (click here). Your Railgoods receipt will act as your ticket. Everyone must have their own ticket. The price includes admission to the event, a bag of popcorn, a small disposable water, and fruit snacks.
We will be selling tickets at the door (credit/debit/Apple Pay/Google Pay only).
Railgoods will also sell a selection of BART merchandise, including a new BART System Map fleece blanket to be unveiled at the event.
The station parking lot will be covered with turf, but attendees should bring their own low chairs, blankets, pillows, and whatever else they might need to be comfortable for the duration of the screening, expected to be just under two hours. We will have ADA-accessible bathrooms, misters to keep people cool, and hydration stations onsite – bring a water bottle.
BART hosts events throughout the year to encourage people to ride BART and gather with their community. Learn more about fun stuff happening at BART at bart.gov/fun
Under the Stars BART Family Movie Night
Where: Concord Station parking lot
When: Saturday, August 16. Doors open at 7pm for 8pm showtime