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BART police go undercover to protect holiday shoppers

Crime rate down 15% on BART Many BART Police officers will be going undercover this holiday season to prevent criminal activities from spoiling the holiday spirit, despite a recent 15% drop in crime on the BART system. BART officials expect a big increase in the number of people taking the trains to do their

BART begins parking validation program at Fruitvale Station

Beginning Monday, January 31, BART will implement a parking validation system at the Fruitvale station. The validation program is in response to BART customer concerns that people who aren't riding BART are using BART parking areas. The new parking validation system is easy to use: 1. Park your car in a

BART launches limited rollout of TransLink fare payments

A limited rollout of TransLink fare payments on the BART system began Monday, August 3rd. Select BART EZ Rider cardholders will be invited to try out TransLink on BART and give us feedback on their experience. This group will involve a limited number of participants. Anyone else with a TransLink card is

BART's longest serving director dies at age 78

Nello Bianco served for 25 years The longest serving member of BART's Board of Directors died Sunday of health problems. Former Director Nello J. Bianco of Lafayette was 78 years old. "I am in mourning with his family," BART Board President Carole Ward Allen said. "Nello was an inspiration to me and very

BART Police unveils new zone geographical policing structure

BARTtv: press conference

Today the BART Police Department (PD) unveiled its new Zone Geographical Policing Structure, which breaks the current zones down into smaller, easier to manage areas that are more compatible with its existing span of control. “A Zone Lieutenant will now be in command of one of the five patrol zones, where a

BART continues expanded service following Bay Bridge opening

The Bay Bridge reopened this morning but BART is continuing to run expanded service all day with longer trains, when available, to accommodate customers who already planned to ride. Because there may be a more riders than usual today, you may want to plan ahead: New to BART? Haven't been in a while?Check out

BART expands service for Thanksgiving travel, holiday shopping

BART will operate longer trains on Wednesday, November 26, and Sunday, November 30, to accommodate holiday travelers. On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, BART will run on a Sunday schedule, with service beginning at approximately 8 a.m. While service starts two hours later on Thanksgiving Day, BART officials

BART approves $3.5 billion capital reinvestment bond measure

Bond press conference

On Thursday June 9th, the BART Board of Directors voted 9-0 to approve an historical $3.5 billion general obligation bond measure that will fund BART’s plan to improve safety, increase train reliability and reduce traffic. The bond will be on the November general election ballot. The bond measure is a key

BART's April on-time performance a 16-month high

In April 2006, BART riders enjoyed a nearly 96% passenger on-time record ? the highest in 16 months. This news comes after a string of incidents in March toppled BART's normally stellar passenger on-time performance. Those incidents included a fire on March 9, a bomb threat on March 22 and three computer

BART sets ridership record for a Bay Bridge closure

But overall ridership was down BART customers set a ridership record for a Bay Bridge closure during the 2009 Labor Day weekend – however, overall ridership during the 2009 Labor Day weekend was slightly lower than 2007, which was the previous time when Caltrans closed the Bay Bridge to perform earthquake