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New bus transit center at Walnut Creek Station to open 3/23
The new Bus Transit Center at the Walnut Creek Station is now scheduled to open on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019. You can see a map for the new Bus Transit Center location here. There will be 15 bus bays serving local agencies. Please follow instructions from work crews, BART employees, and comply with signs and
Bay Area police training exchange with Philippines builds on Pinoy pride, professionalism
Watch a video slideshow with images from P.E.T. training trips. By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer For the BART Police Officers who go on an annual training exchange program in the Philippines, it is difficult to choose just one most meaningful or memorable moment. There are so, so many. The time a
Riders urged to be watchful for signs of measles infection
BART and Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) are urging riders to seek medical attention if they exhibit any symptoms of measles after CCHS learned that a person infected with the contagious disease traveled on BART in the East Bay last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says measles
Powell St. Station, gateway to San Francisco's world class shopping, to get a makeover
***Take the online survey through Monday July 7. As part of BART’s Station Modernization Program, we are developing a co mprehensive plan to help modernize and improve the station’s function and enhance our customers' ov erall ex perience. Join the conversation by attending one of our in-station open houses
Check out our Twitter town hall archive
* Check out the archive of our Twitter town hall Bring all your questions about BART’s future to the upcoming Twitter town hall we’re hosting from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, where we’ll have experts and elected leaders on-hand to discuss next year’s budget (FY18 is July 1 2017-June 30 2018). BART is
Two days added for tours of new train mockup, Aug. 1-2
Due to popular demand, the public outreach for BART’s Fleet of the Future project continues for two extra days this week, Aug. 1-2, with tours of a new train car interior mockup at MacArthur Station in Oakland. Nearly 4,000 visitors toured the mockup last week. BART built the plywood model to give the public
Early Bird Express service to change due to shelter in place orders
Beginning Monday, April 27, 2020, service on all 13 Early Bird Express (EBX) bus routes will be reduced or discontinued until further notice due to decreased ridership during shelter-in-place orders. In mid-March, the network carried roughly 1,000 riders per day. Today, that number has dropped to between 100
Three doors on new train cars to reduce noise, improve reliability, increase capacity
By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer What a difference three doors can make.Of all the thousands of decisions that went into designing BART's new train cars, one -- a change in the number of doors -- may prove one of the most momentous.For 43 years now, riders have known the familiar BART train cars
West Oakland Station elevators closing temporarily for earthquake safety work
Dear Customer: As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, work is in progress to strengthen West Oakland Station against earthquakes. We will need to close both elevators temporarily at different times. In addition, we will install temporary stairs to allow passengers to detour around construction
Downtown Berkeley Station Modernization
The photo rendering above shows a possible new concourse ceiling, walls and floors as part of the ongoing BART Station Modernization Plan for Downtown Berkeley. The Downtown Berkeley Station Modernization Plan creates a community-based vision for modernizing the station with a high standard of design