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Sherwood Wakeman The BART Board of Directors made two key personnel appointments today. The Board voted 6-3 today to appoint a man who retired in July 2007 as BART's General Counsel to be the agency's Interim General Manager. Sherwood Wakeman will begin as the Interim General Manager on April 23, 2011, the

BART Board President Tom Radulovich Responds issued the following statement on the passage of Measure RR: "We are grateful for all the Bay Area voters who doubled down on their commitment to transit and to BART, approving the $3.5 billion infrastructure bond designed to keep our system safe and reliable. More

Longer Trains for Carnaval, Giants & A's Games BART will use longer trains to accommodate the crowds going to the many different Memorial Day weekend events, including the Carnaval Street Festival and Grand Parade in San Francisco and the Giants games at AT&T Park. Then, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, BART

BART is retaining outside experts in law enforcement and civil rights to conduct a comprehensive review of its Police Department following the New Year's Day officer-involved shooting of Oscar Grant. With input from the BART Board of Directors and the public, the agency has finalized the attached scope of

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

Our hearts go out to the families of the victims and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) employees and riders following the smoke incident that tragically caused one death and several injuries. As at WMATA, safety is our top priority at BART, which is why we are closely monitoring what

The Oakland Museum of California and Creative Time are sponsoring the reenactment of a landmark 1969 speech by activist Angela Davis. It's part of a project to examine American democracy by considering today's political situation in context to that of the 1960s and 70s. The stage will be set for the

The KPFA Crafts & Music Fair in San Francisco Dec. 13-14 is the largest weekend holiday fine crafts fair in Northern California, drawing thousands of KPFA listeners and supporters for a celebration of arts, music and free speech radio. There's a free shuttle to the fair from the Civic Center BART Station

BART is currently hiring for Transit Vehicle Electronic Technicians (TVET), a rewarding career that helps keep our system safe and reliable. BART is hosting a career fair on Monday, January 4, 2016, to help recruit for this position that blends technical knowledge and troubleshooting ability with practical

SFO ridership up 56% compared to first year of service BART passengers have broken ridership records to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) during the Christmas travel season for the fourth year in a row. 62,400 people used BART's SFO train-to-plane connection between December 21st and December 27th