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BART issues statement on union leadership’s labor lawsuit
BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost issued the following statement on union leadership’s decision to pursue legal action: “This unnecessary action will only delay resolution to BART’s labor contract. A lawsuit is not needed to correct a mistake. When mistakes are made in contract negotiations they are corrected
BART employees volunteer to spruce up downtown Oakland
In partnership with the Oakland City Council, over 125 BART employees and their friends and families helped to clean Oakland’s downtown South of Broadway neighborhood today. "The South of Broadway area, which covers 12th Street to 17th Street area between Madison Street to Franklin Street, took the brunt of
BART Launches Open Public Records Request Portal
In an effort to make the records request process easier for the public, and to improve transparency and efficiency, BART has implemented a new, open public records portal at https://bart.nextrequest.com/. Built by San Francisco-based software company NextRequest, the portal helps BART streamline processes
BART schedule change begins March 22, 2021
BART will make some minor adjustments to its schedule effective March 22, 2021. While service hours will remain unchanged for now, BART staff will closely monitor ridership and demand as the region begins to reopen. The new schedule starting on March 22nd is now available on our Trip Planner and on the BART
BART Board of Directors approves two-year budget
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
New hours for BART Transit Information Center
BART has a Transit Information Center that can help you with trip planning if you call 510-465-2278 Effective Monday, March 12, 2018, the days of operation will be Monday thru Friday, 8:00AM-6:00PM, closed Saturdays and Sundays. These new days of operation will also include closing some holidays, see below
"Machines of BART" coloring sheets for kids at home
While many Californians are staying at home to counter spread of the coronavirus, fun and educational activities are more welcome than ever. We're reposting from our archives some graphic illustrations of machines used in BART maintenance. Click on each of the four images to get the downloadable coloring
BART issues notice of disadvantaged business enterprise goal
In accordance with requirements of the U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) as set forth in 49 CFR Part 26, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) hereby notifies the public that it has set an overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal for federally funded contracts during the
BART expands its involvement in student engineering competition
BART sponsoring more schools as they try to follow in footsteps of 2005 Future City regional winner BART will expand its involvement in the Future City engineering competition Saturday, January 7, 2006 when it invites eight teams from middle schools in San Francisco, Oakland and Richmond to the BART
BART announces Thursday's Spare the Air ridership results
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