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Stimulus bill increases transit tax benefit for commuters
The Emergency Economic Recovery Act signed into law by President Obama this week provides significant tax savings, up to $1,000 or more a year, to working Americans who commute by transit. The law raises the amount of pretax income that workers enrolled in employer-sponsored commuter benefits programs can use
Public hearing on fare increase, parking fee changes set for May 28
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: Preliminary budget pamphlets of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District concerning its preliminary annual budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, were made available beginning April 9, 2009, to persons requesting them at the Office of the District
Escalator out of service at El Cerrito del Norte Station until December
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the out-of-service escalator at El Cerrito del Norte Station. The main drive assembly was out of alignment and needs to be rebuilt and replaced. This is a major undertaking that will require an extensive amount of precision work. This means the escalator will be
Elevator out of service at El Cerrito Plaza Station 3/14-4/15
We will be taking out of service the elevator that travels to the platform level on the north side of the station from Monday, March 14 through Friday, April 15 for important maintenance work to replace the door assemblies. We will make every effort to return the elevator to service as soon as possible
Second weekend closure of Warm Springs Station to be scheduled
June 12, 2017: We will need to close the Warm Springs Station for this work on one more weekend, however that date is still to be determined. We will issue a new bulletin and update this article when a date is chosen. Sunday June 4th 10:30am update: this work is now complete and we have reopened the station
Hazardous Material Abatement at Powell St. Station October 2017 Update
11/22 Update: The work is completed, however the barricade will remain up through the Holiday as sign-off is needed before it can come down. We apologize for the inconvenience. 11/7 Update: The abatement work is taking longer than expected due to some challenges with the structures. The work will be completed
Coliseum Station stabbing suspect identified
32-year-old Robert Dolph of San Francisco was arrested on attempted murder charges following a stabbing at BART’s Oakland Coliseum Station at 2:52 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2018.The victims are a woman in her 60’s and her brother in his 50’s.The siblings initially boarded a train at the South San Francisco
Potential Evening Delays Due to Power Cable Replacement in Downtown San Francisco
This is the 2020 article about cable replacement. View the 2021 article. As we experience dramatically reduced ridership due to shelter-in-place orders, we are reducing hours of operation. This gives us the ability to do additional work on vital track and infrastructure projects in the off hours. One such
San Bruno garage closed in stages for lighting improvements starting April 26, 2021
On Monday, April 26, 2021, the garage at San Bruno Station will be closed in stages for approximately nine weeks to allow our contractor to retrofit and upgrade the garage lighting. The garage will be closed in stages starting with floors 3-5. Once those floors are completed, the first and second floors will
Elevator out of service at 24th St. Mission Station 6/14/21-7/22/21
UPDATE: July 19, 2021 The new projected return to service date for the 24th St. Mission street level elevator is July 22, 2021. The delay was caused by severe corrosion discovered during the door replacement project. The corrosion requires crews to chip out the existing concrete, reinstall new brackets under