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BART Police enhance crisis intervention outreach program
The BART Police Department has enhanced its Crisis Intervention Outreach Program by adding a liaison between the Police Department and mental health stakeholders in the Bay Area. The Police Department took this step to make sure those on the BART system who suffer from mental illness or mental disabilities
BART moves to build clean power portfolio
BART is adopting aggressive guidelines that will allow the transit agency to buy even more of its power directly from renewable sources. The Board of Directors has approved a new Wholesale Electricity Portfolio Policy that will guide future energy purchases. “Every day, BART takes cars off the road and helps
BART employees volunteer to clean up shoreline
Instead of donning shorts on Saturday, BART managers and union members slipped on heavy duty gloves and joined forces to clean up the shoreline at Jack London Square. "Last year we spruced up the streets of Oakland and this year we’re helping to clean up the shore environment," BART General Manager Dorothy
BART Police host National Night Out events
BART PD K-9s, handlers will be part of National Night Out BART invites the public to meet its Police Officers and learn more about crime prevention on Tuesday, Aug. 7, as the BART Police Department hosts National Night Out events at six BART stations from 4 pm to 7 pm. Each event will have a special focus on
BART labor contracts approved by 2 largest unions
BART labor contracts allow for system reinvestment, efficiencies, and employee benefit cost sharing BART’s four year labor contract agreements, approved by its two largest unions, lay the groundwork for continued reliable service for years to come. The contracts address the growing cost of employee benefits
BART auto burglary suspect take into custody
A suspect has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing as many as 16 cars earlier this week including nine at the Millbrae BART Station in San Mateo County. A Daly City police officer on Wednesday afternoon arrested two juveniles for auto burglary in the parking lot of Century Theatres near the Daly City BART
BART expands service for July 4 holiday weekend
Look for longer trains on BART this holiday weekend to accommodate baseball and fireworks fans and airport travelers. On Friday, July 4, BART will operate on a Sunday schedule and will add cars on the Dublin/Pleasanton to Daly City line and the Pittsburg/Bay Point to SFO line most of the day. Independence Day
Consider BART to SFO for your travels
No matter where you're from, for more than 10 years and 31 million passengers, BART SFO is still the easiest way to go. The BART SFO station has now been around a decade. That's another milestone for the transit system that spans the Bay area and connects commuters, and tourists to where they need to go. BART
BART and Capitol Corridor release transfer timetables
BART and Capitol Corridor are working together to better serve the region with continued schedule coordination to support transfers between systems at Richmond Station. Schedules were built to provide transfer wait times that are convenient for riders but also flexible enough to avoid missing connections or a
BART begins extensive San Francisco elevator project
On Monday, January 5, 2009, BART will begin a major elevator project replacing the street-level elevator enclosures at the Civic Center, Embarcadero, Montgomery and Powell Street BART/Muni Metro stations. This elevator enclosure replacement work is necessary to extend the life of the equipment and improve the