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Watch our town hall answering questions about transbay shutdown
**Watch an archive of this town hall at www.bart.gov/townhall ---- Got questions about our planned Transbay Tube closure? BART officials will host a live online town hall meeting from Noon-1pm on Tuesday, July 28 th to answer questions about the work taking place the first weekend in August and during Labor
UPDATE: Union City elevator out of service starting 3/5
UPDATE: New start date is March 5 As part of our ongoing efforts to improve Union City Station, we will need to shut down the only elevator serving southbound trains for thirty (30) days from Saturday, March 5 to approximately Tuesday, April 5. In order to have elevator access to or from southbound trains
Police, Station Agent team up to arrest suspected catalytic converter thieves
Two suspected catalytic converter thieves are behind bars today thanks to an eagle-eyed BART Station Agent and the quick response of BART Police. The events leading up to the two arrests began at about 9:40 Tuesday morning at Union City BART Station. A Station Agent, Luther McGill Sr. of San Lorenzo, called
Structural Engineering: The Building Blocks of Infrastructure
Making tunnels and structures sound in an earthquake is part of a structural engineer’s work Part III in our four-part series celebrating National Engineers Week. You're invited to join in our Twitter Q&A at the end of the week on Friday, Feb. 23, from noon - 1 pm PST. By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web
Temporary escalator closures start 4/26/21 at Montgomery and Powell Street stations to make way for installation of replacements
BART is moving forward with its Market Street Escalators Renovation Project by beginning prep work this month for the next set of new escalators to be installed at the Montgomery Street and Powell Street stations. Three escalators will be replaced in this next round of work including the plaza level unit at
Walnut Creek Station: Passenger loading north side closed 5/8-5/12
The north side of the Walnut Creek BART passenger loading zone and sidewalk (adjacent to the new residential development) will be closed for construction from Monday 5/8 to Friday 5/12. The south side passenger loading zone and sidewalk will remain open. Drivers entering the station from North California Blvd
Cell service impacted in some areas due to fire
We’ve learned some AT&T fiber was destroyed in a fire and it is impacting cellphone service while riding BART in some areas. The impact area is from Embarcadero, through the Transbay Tube and parts of the East Bay (through Oakland, Richmond, and the Caldecott BART Tunnel). This is out of BART’s control and is
Modernizing train control technology essential for increased capacity and reliability
Less crowding and fewer equipment related-delays are the important goals of BART’s “Big 3” capital improvement projects. The new train cars, an expanded facility to maintain the much larger fleet, and a 21 st century train control system are all linked and essential to relieving crowding. No one single
Suicide Prevention
In April 2015, BART first launched a crisis intervention campaign posted in our stations that was developed in cooperation with area mental health professionals and agencies. The agencies involved are all part of BASCIA (Bay Area Suicide & Crisis Intervention Alliance). Large posters with the suicide crisis
Denser filters have been added on all train cars
Denser air filters like the one shown above are capable of blocking more particlesAfter a successful pilot, BART installed MERV 14 filters throughout its fleet of train cars in 2021 as part of a multilayered plan for stepped-up system safety as the pandemic plays out.Air filtration has an important role in