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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.

Work is scheduled to begin on March 12, 2024, on the installation of new, double-decker elockers on the North Berkeley Station Plaza. Once completed, the new elockers will accommodate oversized bicycles, greatly improving bicycle security at the station.

This is the latest step in the North Berkeley Access Improvements Project. Construction impacts will include the following:

• Crews will deliver partially assembled lockers to the plaza using a truck with a trailer, with a flagger.
• Crews will complete assembly of the lockers on the Plaza, one small section at a time.
• Pedestrians will be routed around the work areas with barriers and wayfinding signage as the crew moves around the Plaza. ADA access to the station will be maintained at all times.
• Cyclists using existing elockers will be notified ahead of time, and signs will be posted on elockers that will be temporarily unavailable to users.

Most work will be carried out between 7 am and 5 pm on weekdays. The installation is expected to last 3-4 weeks.

The project includes bicycle and pedestrian access improvements in the satellite parking lots to the northwest of the station as well as the main station area. For questions, comments and details of the scope of work, including an image of the double-decker elockers, visit bart.gov/nberkeleybike. 

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

Riders using Embarcadero Station now have a safer, cleaner way to enter the station thanks to a recently opened canopy protecting the entrance near Beale St. Two canopies are now complete at Embarcadero while work on two more is underway. It’s all part of a project to build 19 canopies over entrances at BART stations along Market St. in downtown San Francisco.  This is in addition to two canopies previously constructed under a pilot project for a total of 21 canopies.

The newly installed canopy at Embarcadero is designed to enhance the station's aesthetic appeal while providing practical benefits. By offering protection from the elements, such as rain and harsh sunlight, the canopy ensures greater comfort and convenience for passengers navigating the station's entrances and exits.

The canopies are also intended to protect new escalators that will be built at the stations as part of separate project to refurbish/replace 41 escalators with more modern, reliable units. 

The well-lit and spacious design of the canopy contributes to enhanced safety and visibility, fostering a sense of security for travelers, especially during nighttime hours.

The project to install canopies is funded by voter approved Measure RR funds, San Francisco Prop A funds, and state Prop 1A funds.