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BART projects record ridership to SFO this week
BART is projecting 64,000 people will take advantage of its direct train-to-plane connection at San Francisco International Airport during the Wednesday to Monday peak travel period. This would be the highest airport ridership since the station opened in 2003. The previous record set was 62,000 riders during
BART awarded $250 million for Core Capacity Improvements
BART’s plan to achieve up to 45% in additional capacity on the existing BART system by running more frequent and longer trains has been awarded $250M by a state program to fund transformative capital improvements. The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) award announced January 31, 2023 will
BART runs Sunday service on July 4th
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, BART operates a Sunday schedule. However, BART will keep most trains on the Dublin/Pleasanton to Daly City (Blue), Richmond to Fremont (Orange) and Pittsburg/Bay Point to Daly City (Yellow) lines between eight and ten cars long much of the day to accommodate crowds going to the
Nov. 20: Join BART for a community meeting on BART’s sustainability progress and share your feedback
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5pm to 6:30pm, BART’s Sustainability Department invites the public to join a virtual community meeting for updates on BART’s sustainability progress and to share their thoughts and priorities moving forward.
To receive the meeting Zoom link, register by clicking here or scanning the QR code on the flyer below.
The meeting will gather perspectives and ideas from the community as BART moves forward in updating its 2017 Sustainability Action Plan for 2025. BART’s Sustainability Department will provide background on its sustainability vision and program; an overview of current efforts to update the action plan for 2025; and presentations on key topics (each followed by interactive polling), including energy/GHG emissions, water, waste, resilience and adaptation, transportation and land use planning, materials and construction practices, and rider and employee experience.
This will be followed by a Q&A and a discussion of next steps.
More on BART’s Sustainability Action Plan: The action plan identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes the most important actions BART can take to advance sustainability through Calendar Year 2035. The plan summarizes much of the existing sustainability work BART is doing and finds the best points to leverage sustainability in the future planning, design, construction, operations and ongoing maintenance of the system.
We hope to see you there!
To read more about BART’s Sustainability Program, visit bart.gov/sustainability. To read the 2017 Action Plan, click here.
Friday's Spare the Air Day BART ridership results
BART is projecting at least a 5% increase in ridership today as a result of today's Spare the Air free ride day. That means about 16,000 more riders will have chosen BART instead of driving to and from work. BART was expecting to carry about 314,000 riders today. In general, ridership on Fridays is lower than
BART Police make big strides in adopting reforms
The BART Police Department is making big strides in adopting recommendations made by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). Among the 82 recommendations that have already been completed are reorganizing under new community based zone structure, training officers to prevent
Discarded grocery bags give BART passengers a greener ride
BART's plastic ties remove equivalent of 1.1 million grocery bags from landfills Little do BART passengers know that many of them are riding the rails tied together with discarded grocery bags and old milk bottles. It's all part of BART's effort to get even greener. "Don't panic, there's nothing unsafe going
Top engineering group gives BART Director top honors
Director Lynette Sweet wins "2005 Public Official of the Year" While most people were at home with their families or even fast asleep, BART Director Lynette Sweet was either taking dozens of reporters on a 2 a.m. tour of BART's Transbay Tube or spending countless evenings and weekends talking to community
BART holds community meetings on two critical issues
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BART's next station named: Warm Springs/South Fremont
BART customers eagerly awaiting service to Silicon Valley now have a name to go with a place: Warm Springs/South Fremont Station. The Board of Directors voted today to combine history and practicality in officially naming the future station at the end of the Warm Springs Extension, a key link in BART to San