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BART to participate in statewide earthquake drill Thursday

BART will be among the more than 10 million participants of the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, 2015. At 10:15 am, BART engineers will trigger an earthquake alarm that will automatically slow trains to 27 miles per hour and the Operations Control Center will make

BART customers shatter previous ridership records

437,200 riders following emergency Bay Bridge closure Tuesday evening's emergency closure of the Bay Bridge resulted in the highest ridership day since train service began 37 years ago. Yesterday, trains carried 437,200 customers - easily shattering the previous record of 405,400 riders set on September 8

BART seeks public comment on extension to Livermore

On Thursday, November 5, BART will release its Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DPEIR) for an extension between the Dublin/Pleasanton Station and the City of Livermore. The goal of extending BART to Livermore is to increase mobility to, from, and through the Tri-Valley region. As added benefits, a

Everything found in BART’s 30-year-old time capsule

The plaque for the 1992 time capsule., 1992 Time Capsule.jpeg, An assortment of the items found in the capsule., R65_4011.JPG, Dirt from the Market Street Subway groundbreaking, 1967., R65_4013.JPG, A circuit board from the Operations Control Center., R65_4016.JPG, A coaster from the 1991 groundbreaking of Dublin/Pleasanton and West Pittsburg stations., R65_4015.JPG, A cassette tape featuring a KCBS special on BART for its 20th anniversary, R65_4017.JPG, An Automatic Train Control component., R65_4020.JPG, Source code for the Computer Automatic Block System., R65_4024.JPG, A 20th anniversary t-shirt., R65_4026.JPG, A VHS Tape documenting the 1991 BART extension., R65_4027.JPG, A survey marker from BART’s construction., R65_4029.JPG
Thirty years ago, on BART’s twentieth anniversary, we buried a time capsule deep in the ground at Lake Merritt Station and Plaza in Oakland.Until rece

BART doubles parking spaces for holiday travelers

More Airport/Long Term parking spaces for SFO and Oakland Airport customers BART has doubled the amount of Airport/Long Term parking spaces available this Thanksgiving season and is urging customers to reserve their permits online as soon as possible. BART riders may purchase Airport/Long Term parking permits

BART statement regarding protest at Embarcadero Station

In response to reports of a protest scheduled for today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Embarcadero Station, BART Chief Communications Officer Linton Johnson said: "We are extremely experienced and have been very successful in dealing with all kinds of protests, including anti-war, immigration and student

Meet George and Gracie, the (synthesized) voices of BART

They’ve been likened to sounds of the computer HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey," the synthesizer-assisted speech of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, and the waiting-line announcements at Disneyland's Space Mountain. The synthesized voices that announce train arrivals on BART platforms, nicknamed George

BART Board Livestream

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BART Board TV

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