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BART is partnering with the City of San Leandro, the County of Alameda, and Madison Marquette, owners of San Leandro’s Bayfair Center, to improve safety and security around the half-mile radius of the Bay Fair Station area. As part of that effort, the “Crime Prevention through Environmental Design” community

On June 8th, the BART Board of Directors approved a two-year budget that addresses the agency’s highly uncertain, challenging financial outlook. Although the budget is balanced for FY24, which begins July 1st, a $93 million deficit looms for FY25. “Despite our best efforts to hold the line on expenses and

The BART Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously elected its longest-serving board member, James Fang, to serve as its new president. The Board also unanimously elected Board Member Bob Franklin to serve as vice president. Both assumed their respective posts after the Board of Directors cast their votes

BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced that all contract issues have been settled between BART and its two largest labor Unions. She will recommend the ratification of a final collective bargaining agreement with SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555 to the BART Board of Directors. A Special Meeting of

BART has successfully transitioned all stations to offer Clipper as the only fare product available for purchase. BART has been eliminating the sales of paper tickets since August of 2019 when a 4-station pilot program was launched. The conversion was accelerated during the pandemic with one or more stations

BART estimates 28,000 additional passengers or 358,000 total riders, are taking advantage of Thursday's (July 20) free BART rides. That's 8.5% jump in ridership for a typical Thursday. During the first five Spare the Air days this year, BART estimates that a total of 131,000 additional people have steered

Today the Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved providing BART with $251.6 million in federal CARES Act FTA funding. The allocation is the first installment of the $1.3 billion in funding provided to Bay Area transit operators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. BART is currently serving 6% of its

Now on BART TV: Ride along with Huston Street He looks like any other guy getting off BART at the Oakland Airport Coliseum station, except that this guy has an NBC11 camera crew in tow -- and a $3 million-a-year arm. "It just kind of gets me in a rhythm, it gets me in a routine," says Huston Street, pitcher