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(January 6 update) The work that had been planned for January 12 has been cancelled because of the progress made by work crews with vegetation management on January 5. BART plans to provide regular Sunday service at South Hayward Station on January 12.

On Sunday, January 12, a work team will be deployed in the trackway near South Hayward Station to manage vegetation that could pose a hazard to service. To ensure the work can be done safely, service through the project area will be reduced from two tracks to one at South Hayward. Riders in the area should expect delays of 15-20 minutes on those work dates. Also, the Green Line will be cancelled for the day. Riders travelling from North San Jose/Berryessa to San Francisco can take an Orange Line, Richmond-bound train and transfer to a Blue Line train at Bay Fair Station.

Article updated 10/12/23 to reflect that construction will begin 10/18, not 10/19

An entrance to Embarcadero Station between Spear and Main Streets, in front of the Federal Reserve Bank, is scheduled to close October 18th for construction of a new canopy. The entrance is expected to remain closed until Spring 2024. 

Four alternative entrances will remain open, including the entrance at Market and Davis Streets where a new canopy has just been completed. 

BART has finished six canopies over station entrances along Market Street and 13 more will be built, including the canopy at the entrance referenced above. The new canopies protect escalators and provide additional wayfinding, lighting, real-time information and security cameras. 

The canopy project is proceeding in conjunction with a program to replace 40 escalators and add one new escalator at the four downtown San Francisco stations. 

Starting Monday, November 18, 2024, signage and maps will be installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station to test new regional transit standards. Construction will take approximately three weeks and is not likely to impact passengers.

This work will include select station identification, elevator, bus stop, and new line diagram signage, as well as new maps.

Once complete, we’ll ask you to share your feedback on these test signs and maps and how we can make them work better for you. Your ideas will help us improve designs to make traveling by transit more intuitive, convenient and fun!

This is part of the Regional Mapping & Wayfinding Project, which will harmonize maps and signs to help people navigate transit throughout the Bay Area. It is led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in collaboration with BART and all Bay Area transit agencies. 

Learn more about the project at: https://mtc.ca.gov/MappingWayfinding

Notice is Hereby Given That:

A. Documentation used in determining the District’s appropriations limit for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, will be available for public review on and after May 7, 2025.  Please see the links below.

Appropriations Limit Resolution  

Appropriations Limit Attachment 1

Appropriations Limit Attachment 2 

 B. At its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, the Board of Directors will address the District’s appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2026. Any person may appear there and be heard regarding this matter.

Comments may be made at the hearing or should be sent to:
Robert Franklin, District Secretary (Interim)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
[email protected]  

Notice is Hereby Given That:

A. Documentation used in determining the District’s appropriations limit for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will be available for public review on and after May 8, 2024 at the Office of the District Secretary, Tenth Floor, 2150 Webster, Oakland, California.

Appropriations Limit Resolution

Appropriations Limit Attachment 1

Appropriations Limit Attachment 2 (revised)

B. At its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, the Board of Directors will address the District’s appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2025. Any person may appear thereat and be heard regarding this matter.

Comments may be made at the hearing or should be sent to:
April Quintanilla, District Secretary
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
[email protected]

In advance of the renovation of the elevators at our Downtown Berkeley Station, crews will conduct a site visit on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to get measurements, pictures and other related information.

As a result, between 10am and 2pm that day, the elevators will be shut down in 20 minute increments. This will be the case at both the street to concourse level elevator, as well as the concourse to platform level elevator. The elevators will remain operational the entire day, but there may be times when riders will be asked to wait to board while the preliminary renovation work is being done. Signage will be posted.

To check if an elevator is in service before arriving at a station, please call 510-834-LIFT (510-834-5438) or 888-2-ELEVAT (888-235-3828), or sign up for elevator status alerts at www.bart.gov/elevators. If you arrive at any station and find that the elevator(s) are out of service, you may contact a Station Agent to arrange for a lift van to take you to a nearby station with a working elevator.

Update: 7/25/24

The elevator was returned to service on Thursday, July 25, 2024.

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The concourse to platform elevator at 24th St./Mission Station will be taken out of service on Monday, July 22, 2024 for emergency replacement of cables. The elevator is expected to be back in service by Friday, July 26, 2024.

This is the only concourse to platform elevator at 24th St./Mission Station. The street to concourse level will remain in service. 

We recommend riders use the 16th St./Mission Station, which is 0.9 miles away, as an alternative. 

To check if an elevator is in service before arriving at a station, please call 510-834-LIFT (510-834-5438) or 888-2-ELEVAT (888-235-3828), or sign up for elevator status alerts at www.bart.gov/elevators.

If you arrive at any station and find that the elevator(s) are out of service, you may contact a Station Agent to arrange for a lift van to take you to a nearby station with a working elevator.

We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

BART is giving notice of documents related to surveillance technology that will be discussed at the March 14, 2024 meeting of the Board of Directors. There are six projects seeking approval for surveillance technology use as listed below with their respective Surveillance Impact Reports (SIRs).

Notification to the Board of Directors

SRIs should be read in concert with the existing Surveillance Use Policies for closed-circuit television (CCTV) and Public Emergency Phone Towers (PEPT) (adopted on October 25, 2018).

Surveillance Impact Report for Dublin/Pleasanton Access Improvements
Surveillance Impact Report for Canopy/Escalator Replacement (4 San Francisco stations)
Surveillance Impact Report  for Balboa Park Station East Side Improvement & Plaza
Surveillance Impact Report for Colton Vent Structure (San Francisco)
Surveillance Impact Report for In-Station CCTV Cameras (3 San Francisco stations)
Surveillance Impact Report for In-Station CCTV Cameras (31 stations, phased)

This SIRs and Use Policies will also be available for review in print on or after February 28, 2024 at the Office of the District Secretary, 10th Floor, 2150 Webster St, Oakland CA 94612

Starting September 9, 2024 the W. Estudillo Ave pedestrian entrance to the San Leandro BART station, adjacent to the San Leandro Tech Campus (SLTC), will be temporarily closed for construction of pedestrian improvements. This work will improve access and safety for our customers by widening the sidewalk, removing fencing and overgrown landscaping, and installing a high-visibility crosswalk and new pedestrian-scale lighting. The work will be completed in approximately six weeks.

During the work, signs will be posted to help you find your way around the construction. The map and description below show the pedestrian detour.

As you exit the faregates, turn left and left again to follow the sidewalk along the bus area. Turn left on San Leandro Blvd. Turn left on Davis St. Turn left on the Martinez St Pathway.

For those traveling to the station on W. Estudillo Ave from Alvarado St: Turn left on the Martinez St Pathway. Turn right on Davis St. Turn right on San Leandro Blvd. Turn right along the bus entrance and follow the sidewalk to the faregates.

Thank you for your patience as we complete this important work.