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Regular weekday BART schedule on Halloween; no extended hours
Halloween partiers, take note: BART will run regular weekday service hours on Halloween night -- Friday, Oct. 31 -- with no extended hours. Please plan your Halloween travel early and check BART schedules for the last train leaving your station. Printed schedules are available at all stations, or use the BART
BART Board elects Tom Blalock Board President
District #6 Director Tom Blalock will serve as BART Board President for the third time in his 20-year career as a BART Director. Members of the Board elected Blalock today to serve as Board president until December 2015. Blalock is dedicated to expand BART south. The completion of the Warm Springs Extension
One man’s fight to make BART accessible for all
07.29.22 “There is a special personal pride in being the first handicapped person in a wheelchair to use a subway train, and to represent all handicapped travelers who will use the BART system in years to come. I’ll never forget that sense of freedom I experienced as I boarded the BART train.” – Harold
Take the BART parking policy survey by 12/16
BART is considering changes to its parking policy, including parking rates and hours. Tell us what you think by taking the survey online now through December 16 at https://bart.gov/parkingsurvey. You can enter a drawing to win a $130 Clipper card at the end of the survey to thank you for your time. Changes
Violent and property crime plummet on BART
Newly released data shows crime has dropped substantially on BART through the first seven months of this year. The number of violent crimes reported on BART declined from 203 for the first seven months of 2024 to 130 incidents this year. Property crimes also fell from 1,091 for the first seven months of 2024 to 547 this year. All the latest crime numbers can be found in the July Chief’s Report.
The decrease in crime has come as BART PD has remained focused on maintaining a highly visible safety presence in the system. At the same time BART has accelerated the installation of Next Generation Fare Gates. Now 48 of BART’s 50 stations have new high-tech gates, which are proving to be a strong deterrent against fare evasion and other unwanted behavior. BART is well on track to meet its goal to have Next Generation Fare Gates at all stations by the end of this year. Maintaining a visible safety presence and installing new gates are both key components of BART’s Safe and Clean Plan to put the everyday concerns of riders first.
Other highlights from the Chief’s Report:
*Robberies plummeted from 126 for the first seven months of 2024 to 37 this year.
*Only one cellphone robbery was reported for the entire system in July. That follows zero cellphone robberies in June.
*Auto burglaries fell from 449 last year to 162 in 2025.
BART PD’s highly visible safety presence is making it possible for officers to get to incidents more quickly. The average emergency response time for July was 4 minutes, 21 seconds. That’s well below BART PD’s goal of five minutes and one of the fastest response times for any law enforcement agency in the Bay Area.
BART Board elects James Fang as new president
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 opens Milpitas and Berryessa stations for passenger service
BART and VTA announced the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations will open for service on June 13, 2020. On Friday, June 12, a closed ribbon cutting ceremony was held for dignitares and news media at 10am. The event included an inaugural train ride on the extension. The public was invited to watch
BART constantly working to give passengers a quieter ride
Steel on steel plus speed equals noise.No doubt about it – sometimes a ride on BART can be noisy. If you've ever tried to hold a conversation going through the Transbay Tube, you know it can be difficult to hear.But believe it or not, BART is rated one of the quietest transit systems in the nation. And
Take BART to the KPFA Crafts & Music Fair
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
Take BART to Oakland Museum's celebration of activism
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