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BART expands service for Giants-Padres, Raiders-Cardinals
BART will run longer trains on Saturday, Aug. 23, to accommodate the thousands of sports fans attending the SF Giants-San Diego Padres match-up at 1:05 p.m. and the Oakland Raiders-Arizona Cardinals 6 p.m. preseason game at McAfee Coliseum stadium. As an added service, after the football game BART will add
BART to operate holiday schedule on 4th of July
Many trains will be longer to accommodate crowds On Tuesday, July 4, 2006, BART will operate on a Sunday schedule. However, BART will keep trains on the Dublin and Richmond lines between eight and ten cars long most of the day to accommodate crowds going to the various sporting events, such as the Oakland A's
BART launches "Bay Area Rides Together" campaign
BART is taking new steps to highlight the diversity of our ridership and to make sure everyone feels welcome on the transit system. The “Bay Area Rides Together” campaign includes 280 posters that have been placed inside our trains. The signs focus on a central theme, “on this train, everyone is welcome.”
BART hero saves rider who fell into trackway
At about 5:20pm on Sunday, November 3, 2019 BART Transportation Supervisor John O’Connor was working Coliseum Station to help with crowd control after the Raiders game. O'Connor was on the platform ensuring riders stayed away from the yellow safety strip when an intoxicated male accidentally miss-stepped and
BART ridership during westbound Bay Bridge closure
The Bay Area turned to BART in near record numbers during the closure of the westbound Bay Bridge Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s unofficial numbers, just released this morning, show about 178,000 people rode BART yesterday. That’s compared to 121,000 the previous Sunday and 112,700 on Sunday, February 5
BART Police host National Night Out events
BART invites you to meet its Police Officers and learn more about crime prevention on Tuesday, Aug. 5, as the BART Police Department hosts National Night Out events at six BART stations from 4 pm to 7 pm. Each event will have a special focus on bicycle and electronic device theft prevention. BART Board of
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
BART sees surge in riders for San Francisco Pride
BART on Sunday, June 25th carried 140,006 trips as riders took advantage of BART's expanded Sunday service. That's about 6,000 more riders than took BART for Pride '22 and 117% of pre-COVID ridership projections for a June Sunday. It was BART's busiest Sunday since the arrival of the pandemic. BART now runs 5
Take the BART Earth Day Quiz and celebrate sustainability
On Saturday, April 22, BART will join the world in celebrating Earth Day, an international event held annually since 1970 to support environmental protections and sustainability. It's no secret that public transit is one of the greenest ways to get around the Bay Area. BART continues to offer train service