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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.

Starting Tuesday, October 29th, there will be temporary and permanent traffic circulation changes (see maps) impacting the south driveway on Martin Luther King Jr. Way (MLK Jr. Way). This is part of ongoing work on the bicycle connector project, which will formalize bicycle circulation in and out of the Adeline St. driveway.

For drivers: 

• The south MLK Jr. Way driveway will be closed fully for approximately two weeks. Once re-opened, the driveway will be permanently one-way only for drivers entering the station. The north driveway will remain open in both directions. 
• The driveway to Adeline St. will remain closed until the end of the project, currently planned for completion by the end of the year. 

For bicyclists: 

• The south MLK Jr. Way driveway will be closed fully for approximately two weeks. Once re-opened, the driveway will include a two-way bikeway between the station and MLK Jr. Way 
• The driveway to Adeline St. will remain closed until the end of the project, currently planned for completion by the end of the year. 
• Once completed, the new bicycle facility will provide a connection between Adeline Street and MLK Jr. Way through the BART parking lot, formalizing bicycle circulation in and out of the Adeline Street driveway. 

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

The elevator at Bay Fair Station will be taken out of service from Monday, April 15, 2024 through Friday, April 19, 2024 for emergency repair of a failing tank unit. 

This is the only elevator at Bay Fair Station. Riders who rely on the elevator will not be able to access the platform from the street level, nor exit the Bay Fair platform to get to street level via the elevator during the above referenced time frame.

We recommend riders use the San Leandro Station or Hayward Station as alternatives. San Leandro Station is 3.7 miles away from Bay Fair Station, while Hayward Station is 3.4 miles away. Riders can use AC Transit to travel between San Leandro, Bay Fair and Hayward stations. Riders can consult the trip planner at www.ACTransit.org for specific bus line information and schedules. 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.

The multiple construction projects underway at Montgomery St. Station are delivering a couple of big improvements to riders as November heads into December.

On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, a completely rebuilt escalator that connects the platform to the concourse levels opened for service, the fourth such escalator at this station to be replaced. Just one more platform escalator at Montgomery St. needs to be rebuilt. It’s the unit next to the newly opened escalator, at the eastern end of the station. 

The new escalators incorporate the latest technology with multiple improvements to enhance rider safety and escalator reliability. A key provision of the program requires the contractor to maintain a reliability rate of at least 96% for the new escalators during the life of the nearly ten-year contract. 

Just a couple of days before the platform escalator opened, a new canopy opened over the entrance at Sutter and Sansome Streets at the north side of Montgomery St. The canopies are an important facet of transforming downtown San Francisco BART entrances. 

The canopies will not only protect new escalators from the wear-and-tear of elements like rain and wind-swept debris, but they will provide an added layer of station security and cleanliness through motorized gates that allow the entrances to be locked at street level when stations are closed. 

Each canopy includes a real-time digital display that shows train arrival times, a retractable gate, LED lighting and security cameras.

Work is scheduled to begin on October 23, 2023, on the cycle-track on roadway on the backside of North Berkeley Station Plaza between Virginia Street and Delaware Street (“West Drive"). This is the latest step for the North Berkeley Access Improvements Project. Construction impacts will include the following:

• Crews will be grinding the existing roadway markings and striping a new two-way cycle track on the west side of the road. They will route drivers around the work area as needed.
• Once the cycle-track is completed, the roadway will be converted from two-way to one-way operation northbound (from Delaware Street to Virginia Street), so drivers will no longer be able to turn in to the road from Virginia Street (see map). Drivers will still be able to access the west parking lot from Acton Street and from Delaware Street via northbound West Drive.
• All drivers exiting the west parking lots will exit west onto Acton Street or north onto Virginia Street. 

Most work will be carried out between 7am and 3pm with occasional weekend work.

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, visit bart.gov/nberkeleybike. 

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

UPDATE May 7

The elevator was put back in service a day earlier that scheduled, on Thursday, May 7.

The street to concourse level elevator at 16th St. Mission Station will be out of service from Sunday, May 3 to Friday, May 8, 2026 for emergency repairs due to a hydraulic tank failure that requires immediate replacement.

During this outage, crews will replace the hydraulic tank and elevator pump unit, perform a full load test, and schedule and complete the state inspection prior to returning the unit to service.

This is the only street to concourse level elevator at 16th St. Mission Station. The platform to concourse level elevator will remain in service.
If you must use an elevator to access our stations, we recommend you use 24th St. Mission Station or Civic Center Station instead and continue to your destination from there. Please check SF Muni bus service for additional options at www.SFMTA.com 
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.