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Starting in October and continuing for the next five years, construction crews will descend on BART stations to strengthen them to withstand a massive earthquake. The BART Board of Directors has awarded one of the first in a series of construction contracts that will strengthen the columns that hold up

Just in time for the July 4th holiday weekend, BART reopened two more underground restrooms as the agency continues to focus on improving the rider experience with new amenities. All-gender restrooms at Embarcadero Station in San Francisco and Downtown Berkeley Station reopened on June 30th, the final day of

The rising sun sits just below the horizon, the sky still dark, as Jeromie Salazar pulls into BART’s Hayward Test Track. He turns with caution, as he’s driving a 126,000-pound, 100-foot-long semi-truck with a brand new Fleet of the Future car secured carefully atop. In one swift motion, Salazar neatly aligns

BART is moving forward on a major phase of the Warm Springs Extension project that will ultimately bring BART closer to Silicon Valley. BART has just begun seeking proposals to build the Fremont Central Park Subway, an extensive construction project that will create jobs and help stimulate the Bay Area

BART riders with damaged tickets or a handful of tickets with minimal remaining value have a new place to exchange or consolidate them. A "MyTransitPlus" window is now open in the Richmond Transit Center located at the Richmond BART Station. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, customers can exchange

SFO ridership up 29% compared to first year of service Almost 52,000 people used BART's train-to-plane connection with San Francisco International Airport (SFO) during the 2006 Christmas holiday travel period. From December 21st through December 27th, the transit district recorded 51,815 passengers taking

BART reported strong ridership growth and tremendous progress on escalator repair during its quarterly service performance update during today’s Board of Directors meeting. BART ridership increased 6.7% during its fourth quarter compared to the same quarter last year continuing a trend of 20 months of

BART must abide by today’s labor arbitrator ruling to reinstate Officer MarySol Domenici. Domenici appealed BART’s decision to fire her. Under the union contract, an arbitrator has the final say in this case. BART believes we did the right thing in acting on the independent internal affairs investigation’s

Using funds already set aside in its capital budget, BART intends to inject up to $45 million dollars over the next five years into the local economy with much of that money going to minority- and women-owned businesses. These types of businesses are formally called Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)

BART is holding events to distribute free Senior Clipper cards. Two of the events will be: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Richmond BART Station 1700 Nevin Avenue Richmond CA 7:00 am to 7:00 pm and Thursday, April 18, 2013 Berkeley BART Station 2160 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 7:00 am to 7:00 pm The green Senior