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BART and unions resolve remaining labor contract issue
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 seeks new members for Business Advisory Council
BART is seeking new members to serve on its Business Advisory Council for the 2019 to 2021 term. The Business Advisory Council, or BAC, was established in 2010 to encourage communications between BART and the small business community and to advise BART on efforts to ensure that small businesses are afforded
BART wants to hear from you on budget issues
BART has long had a fare increase program in place to raise fares every other year in predictable small increments based on inflation. In 2013, the board voted to dedicate all the revenue from the increases through 2020 to our three most crucial capital projects- new train cars, a new train control system
BART provided $251.6 million in federal emergency funds
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
BART doubles down on cleaning with new hiring of cleaners
As part of BART’s new General Manager Bob Powers' plan to put the riders first and improve the customer experience through cleaner stations, BART plans to hire 15 cleaners over the next six months. The job posting went up this week and can be found at https://www.bart.gov/jobs listed as job opening 8315 for
BART recruits electronic techs; info session Feb 9
BART is currently hiring for Transit Vehicle Electronic Technicians (TVET), part of a rewarding career that will help keep our system safe and reliable. BART is hosting an informational session on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, to help recruit for this position, which blends technical knowledge and
Podcast: The future is now for BART’s renewable power initiatives
(Sky River Wind Farm. Photo Courtesy: NextEra Energy Resources) Transcript below: HOST: "BART has set an ambitious goal to get at least half of its power from renewable sources by 2025 but the Bay Area likely won’t have to wait that long. On the latest edition of our podcast series, “Hidden Tracks: Stories
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