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Promotional passes encourage holiday shoppers to skip traffic hassles
Here’s a holiday tradition that would make even the Grinch grin: For the second year in a row, BART gave away passes for free rides to 65,000 customers. The passes were handed out this morning at seven stations: 19th Street in Oakland (where Director Robert Raburn helped give out the goodies), at Powell St
Ashby Station elevator service out Aug. 4-6 for electrical improvements
From Monday, Aug. 4, through Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, work crews will be interrupting elevator service at the Ashby Station to complete electrical improvements to the elevators. This elevator shutdown will limit access to train platforms at Ashby Station. Passengers who require elevators are advised to plan
San Leandro TOD
BRIDGE Housing Corporation is building a mixed-use Transit-Oriented Development project on the small BART parking lot on the east side of San Leandro Boulevard. Phase I of the project, Cornerstone Apartments, will consist of a 5-story, 115 family/workforce affordable housing rental project with some retail
Elevator upgrade project at Fremont Station
From December 12 through December 14, 2006, elevator service will be interrupted at Fremont station. IF YOU REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR: 1. Passengers who normally enter BART at Fremont Station: Instead of boarding BART at Fremont, take AC Transit Bus #214 from Fremont Station to Union City Station, where you can
Daytime maintenance work next Saturday cancelled on Pittsburg/Bay Point to SFO Line
BART is cancelling previously planned Saturday daytime maintenance work on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line for Saturday, December 7 and Saturday, December 14 because crews made such good progress over previous weekends that remaining work can be completed during overnight hours.Crews have been performing
Trains run on Sunday schedule July 4th 2019
If you plan on attending the Thursday, July 4th firework show on the waterfront in San Francisco, BART is a great way to get there and get home. BART will be running on a Sunday schedule (opening at 8am and providing a three route service unlike the five we run on Saturday) but with longer trains and some
New budget cleans trains, improves service
New budget cleans trains, doubles SFO/Millbrae service, improves night/weekend service On Thursday, June 14, the BART Board of Directors approved a $627.4 million Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Operating Budget. The budget makes substantial improvements to the overall customer experience by: Doubling the number of
No more shutdowns in 2022 for trackway replacement work between South Hayward and Union City
Updated 9/29/22 The bus bridge weekends for this trackway rebuilding project have now been completed. Crews will continue to work during overnight hours through the rest of the year but those efforts are not expected to impact service. Thank you for your patience as BART replaced track components that in many
Project Alternatives
Project Alternatives The Project EIR evaluates a BART rail extension as the proposed project, along with three other transit alternatives, and a "no project" alternative. The alternatives are: A. Conventional BART Extension (proposed project) B. Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) or Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)
Six years of police reforms
Six years after the tragic shooting death of Oscar Grant III focused attention on the BART Police Department (BPD), BART and BPD continue their efforts to reshape and reform themselves to meet the needs of the community BART serves. Among the steps BART took immediately after the January 1, 2009 tragedy was