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BART Police officer involved in fatal shooting resigns
Scheduled to meet with BART police investigators today, the BART Police officer involved in the tragic shooting New Year’s Day at Fruitvale Station submitted his resignation effective immediately. On Monday, the officer’s attorney postponed a meeting that had been scheduled by BART investigators for Tuesday
BART prioritizes affordable housing with TOD policy update
At its April 23 meeting, the BART Board of Directors voted to amend its Transit-Oriented Development Policy to support the production of affordable housing. The policy amendments provide greater clarity about the expected financial return to BART from its developments, and allow for a discount of up to 60%
BART runs extended service for Oakland A’s Games
BART will be providing additional trains after regular BART service ends for fans departing A’s night games at the Coliseum. These additional trains will all be long trains to ensure social distancing. Masks are required while riding. 2021 Season For the 2021 season, BART will provide one extra batch of
Take BART to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Navy vs. Arizona State - Sat., Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. The Arizona State Sun Devils will face the Navy Midshipmen in the third Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Sat., Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is the only bowl game dedicated to raising money and awareness about the issue of hunger in the United States
BART board elects former mayor to lead agency
President Gail Murray pledges to maintains BART's role as a leader in the transit community The BART Board of Directors unanimously elected BART Director and former Walnut Creek Mayor Gail Murray to its most powerful post: Board President. The Board also elected Director Thomas Blalock to serve as Vice
BART reaches $1.3M settlement with Oscar Grant's mother
BART settled the $50 million case that was filed on behalf of the family of Oscar Grant—the young man killed January 1, 2009 by a former BART Police officer on the Fruitvale station platform. Around 1:45 this afternoon, following five settlement conferences over 2.5 years, BART reached an agreement with Oscar
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.
