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BART Safety Tips
To help keep you safe, BART has more than 4,000 working cameras throughout our system and we are increasingpolice presence.Please follow these important safety tips while traveling on BART: Download the free BART Watch App: it lets you send a private text to BART Police dispatch. Save the number for BART
Take BART to the ballpark
The smell of the grass, the crack of the bat and the familiar "boop, boop" of a BART train mean all the excitement of Major League Baseball in the Bay Area. The 2007 season is drawing to a close, be sure to get to a game before the last out! Make your run to the ballpark as easy as possible, take BART to the
BART Police reminder: where it's okay to drink and eat on BART
BART Police are reminding riders where it's okay to drink and eat on BART property and where it's not. "According to both state law and BART policy, passengers can drink and eat all they want in the 'Free Area,' which we define as the portion of the station that's outside the fare gates where you don't need a
BART Board votes unanimously to purchase 130 Tasers for BART Police
The nine-member BART Board of Directors on Thursday voted unanimously to approve the BART Police Department's request to negotiate the purchase of 130 Tasers. Currently the BART Police Department has 60 Tasers available for field deployment; this does not allow all sworn members to be equipped with a Taser
BART is recruiting new members for the BART Accessibility Task Force (BATF)
Want to help make BART more accessible for seniors and people with disabilities? The BART Accessibility Task Force (BATF) is recruiting new members! The BART Accessibility Task Force is a public committee comprised of BART riders to advise the BART Board of Directors and staff on disability-related issues and
Natural beauty by BART: BART, Caltrain, and SFO converge at this nature preserve
SFO biologist Natalie Reeder holds a California red-legged frog as a BART train passes overhead. In a nondescript residential neighborhood in Millbrae, there is a magical sort of place tucked under freeways and airplane routes, BART lines and Caltrain tracks. Here, the cattails sway with the wind. Lupine
BART destinations for kids
by Caroline Grannan Just riding BART can be a fun outing for children, but let's be realistic -- a trip should have a destination. These kid-friendly daytime outings let you take BART, forget about traffic headaches and have a great family day -- most of them an easy stroll from BART and one an invigorating
Take BART to the ballpark
It may be the dog days of summer, but both the A’s and the Giants are turning the heat in a push for the postseason. As this exciting MLB season heads down the stretch, skip the traffic and ride BART to the ballpark. BART is the best and easiest way to get to Oracle Park (previously known as AT&T Park) and O
BART and HNTB Win ASCE's California Award For BART/SFO Extension
The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded its prestigious 2004 Outstanding Civil Engineering Transportation Project in the State of California to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and HNTB Corporation for the BART extension to San Francisco International Airport. The project was an FTA-sponsored
50 years of BART: Why BART uses a nonstandard broad gauge
In celebration of BART’s 50th Anniversary this year, we’re looking back at the transit system’s five decades of service and innovation in a new series of stories. BART celebrates 50 years on Sept. 11, 2022. For decades, rail aficionados have asked us: Why does BART use a nonstandard gauge, or track width? The