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Puppies rescued during stolen vehicle arrest
BART PD’s proactive enforcement efforts to combat vehicle crimes at Coliseum Station resulted in an arrest and the rescue of several young puppies who were found in a stolen vehicle. BART PD officers working as part of our Strategic Response Team in collaboration with the Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force Tuesday afternoon spotted a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Fremont being driven through the Coliseum Station parking lot. Officers attempted to make a stop, but the suspect fled in the vehicle. During a short pursuit a dog fled from the stolen vehicle through an open window. Eventually 28-year-old Courtney Taylor of Oakland stopped the vehicle and was taken into custody. Multiple puppies were found in the vehicle and have been turned over to Oakland Animal Control. A search was conducted and the dog who fled from the vehicle was not located. Taylor was arrested in connection with eight felony and misdemeanor charges and has been booked into Santa Rita Jail.
Single Tracking that had been scheduled between North Berkeley and El Cerrito Plaza on Sunday, January 26 has been postponed
(January 21, 2025 update)
The vegetation management work that had been planned between North Berkeley and El Cerrito Plaza for Sunday, January 26 has been postponed. A new date has not yet been finalized. BART will now offer normal Sunday service on January 26.
On Sunday, January 26, a work team will be deployed in the trackway between North Berkeley and El Cerrito Plaza stations 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 between those two stations. Riders in the area should expect delays of 20-25 minutes on those work dates. BART will also cancel Red Line service for the day. Richmond riders wanting to travel transbay can board an Orange Line train and transfer to a Yellow Line train at MacArthur Station. A shuttle train will operate between SFO and Millbrae stations all day.
Single Tracking Alert: Service to be reduced to one track between Balboa Park and Daly City on Sunday, April 13
On Sunday, April 13, BART workers will replace a segment of third rail between Balboa Park and Daly City stations. The third rail provides electricity to our trains. To ensure the work can be done safely, service through the project area will be reduced from two tracks to one between those two stations. Riders in the area should expect delays of 15-20 minutes.
BART will not run Red Line trains all day on April 13. Richmond riders who want to travel transbay can take an Orange Line (Richmond-Berryessa/North San Jose) train and transfer at MacArthur Station to a Yellow Line (Antioch-SFO) train. Green Line trains will run from Berryessa/North San Jose to 24th Street/Mission Station. Riders wishing to continue their trip to Daly City can transfer to a Blue Line (Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City) train. Additionally, a shuttle train will operate between SFO and Millbrae stations.
Rebuilt escalator and new canopy open at Market St. stations
Two projects transforming BART entrances along Market Street marked significant progress as May gave way to June.
The Escalator Replacement Project opened a completely rebuilt escalator at Embarcadero Station on May 31, 2024, connecting the platform to the concourse level near the Beale St. entrance. Crews are set to rebuild another platform escalator at the other end of the station next.
Meantime, two crews farther down Market Street are advancing as well. Workers rebuilding platform escalators at both Civic Center and Powell Street stations are approaching the finishing line.
Not to be outdone, the Canopy Project completed a new canopy above an entrance at Montgomery Street Station the evening before the escalator at Embarcadero was opened. The new canopy at the entrance near Sutter St. contributes to better security and will provide protection to a new escalator when the unit at that entrance is rebuilt.
Together, the Canopy and Escalator Rebuilding projects are improving the safety and cleanliness of entrances along Market St, BART’s most heavily used stations.
Powell Street Station: Temporary signage test installation on 5/30
On Friday 5/30, BART crews will be installing temporary test signage at Powell Station's Hallidie Plaza lobby. Installation should be completed by 1pm. Crews will provide pedestrian barricades around the work sites and no pedestrian impacts are anticipated. Test signs are planned to remain in place for approximately one month.
BART and SFMTA (Muni) are collaborating with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on this signage test as part of the Regional Mapping & Wayfinding Project. This project is harmonizing maps and signs across all of the Bay Area's over two dozen transit agencies. The goal of the project is to make transit easier to navigate, and get riders where they need to go using more consistent and easy to identify signs, maps and communication systems.
New permanent signage has been installed for testing at El Cerrito Del Norte Station and at Santa Rosa's SMART Station and Transit Mall. This test at Powell will help ensure new signage standards work consistently across all transit locations, including the most complex in the Bay Area.
For more information: https://mtc.ca.gov/mappingwayfinding