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The definitive history of the BARTmobile as it approaches its 20th birthday

The BARTmobile at BART’s 50th Birthday Party and Family Fun Festival on Sept. 10, 2022. It has been said that its eyes can see through to your soul. Some have speculated it has the power to improve society. Those who cross its path are known to start acting joyfully and sometimes erratically. It’s even slowed

Union City Station transit-oriented development project hits a milestone

Promenade lined with palm trees leads to housing within steps of the BART Station By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer The latest milestone in the Union City Station District comes Friday, May 12, with a ceremony to mark completion of the new East entrance to the BART station -- an entrance that opens

A night shift with new homeless outreach team for Contra Costa County

CORE homeless outreach team members during one of their first overnight shifts in Richmond Update: CORE homeless outreach team is already producing positive results. In its first two weeks, CORE made contact with 24 individuals who were willing to talk them, all of which received referrals to available social

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

Weekend track work may cause delays on Pittsburg/Bay Point line

Weekend track work may cause delays on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line the weekends of October 29 - 31, November 5 - 7 and November 12 - 14, 2010. For the next three weekends, BART will need to run northbound Pittsburg/Bay Point line trains on a single track due to ongoing weekend track work for the Central

Electrical work at Downtown Berkeley Station starting Feb. 7

On Thursday, February 7, 2013, we will begin sectioning off areas of the Downtown Berkeley station to do some needed electrical work. Because there is some asbestos dust contamination in the work areas, they will be contained and decontaminated before the work begins. There will be on-site monitoring of the

More parking changes on the Dublin side of Dublin/Pleasanton Station

Effective Saturday, December 17, AvalonBay will close approximately 400 of the 800 parking spaces located in the privately operated surface parking lot located on the Dublin side of the Dublin /Pleasanton BART Station. The area is needed by AvalonBay to construct the residential development on the parking lot

Take a car-free trip to Niles Canyon Rail

On the first and third Sundays of each month through October, a classic fully restored 1950s bus will stop at Fremont BART Station to take train buffs to Niles Canyon Railway, the historical rail service that takes passengers along the route that linked America’s first transcontinental railway. A five minute