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BART Police Department Review Committee to meet January 5
The BART Police Department Review Committee will meet on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in the BART Board Room, which is located in the Kaiser Center 20th Street Mall, Third Floor, 344 20th St., Oakland, CA Download directions to the Board Room (.pdf)
BART Police Department Review Committee to meet Nov. 4
The BART Police Department Review Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in the BART Board Room, which is located in the Kaiser Center 20th Street Mall, Third Floor, 344 20th St., Oakland, CA Download directions to the Board Room (.pdf)
Trouble navigating through BART? Wayfinding improvements on the way
On January 28, the BART Board of Directors approved a contract that will jump start the third phase of wayfinding upgrades at Lake Merritt, Coliseum, San Leandro, Bay Fair, Hayward, South Hayward, 19th Street/Oakland, West Oakland, 16th Street/Mission, and 24th Street/Mission stations. BART’s wayfinding
BART unions give 72-hour strike notice
BART spokesman Rick Rice issued the following statement on labor negotiations: “Union leadership has given the District a 72-hour strike notice. We are very disappointed and hope they reconsider their options. A strike only stalls and delays the decisions that need to be made while using our riders as pawns.
BART Police Officers honored for child homicide arrests
Two BART Police officers are being honored for their role in capturing two suspects in the death of a Napa three-year-old girl this past February. Sergeant Nathan Weissich and Officer Dominic Boutain are the 2014 recipients of the Chief Special Agents Award, The Investigative Merit Awards. During their
Podcast: An inside look at BART’s complex scheduling dance
Changes coming in September will revolutionize BART’s schedule by adding a layer of consistency in the timing of trains across all 7 days of the week that will be unlike anything BART riders have experienced in the last 50 years. The latest edition of BART’s podcast series “Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART”
BART runs holiday schedule on New Year's Day
BART is running a holiday schedule today, New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 2010 with service starting at at 8 a.m. Check the QuickPlanner for specific details about your trip. New Year’s Day is also a BART parking holiday so parking permit and fee requirements are not enforced in station parking facilities
BART celebrates Transit Worker Appreciation Day 2023
Ahead of Transit Worker Appreciation Day 2023, on Saturday, March 18, BART Communications asked riders to express their gratitude to the local transit workers who keey the Bay Area moving. If you see an operator or transit worker out this week, whether they work for BART or any of our partner agencies, offer
BART launches new safety initiative to remove potentially dangerous trees
BART is moving forward with a critical preventative maintenance effort to protect the system from trees that could be knocked down into the trackway during severe weather. The program will result in more than 200 trees being removed or cut back along multiple service lines. The work is happening now so the trees with the greatest potential to impact BART are removed well before winter storms arrive in the Bay Area. Last year tree failure derailed two trains and delayed train service a minimum of seven times. Tens of thousands of riders were delayed during those incidents but luckily none resulted in injuries.
The tree removal work starts in July and will continue into November. More tree removal work is expected in 2024 but details are still being finalized. To allow the work to happen in the safest manner possible, service will be impacted at the following locations on the dates listed below.
| Location | Dates | Service Impacts |
| Pleasant Hill-Concord | 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 | Service reduced to one track with delays up to 10 minutes |
| Union City-Fremont | 8/26-27, 9/9-10, 9/23-24 | Free buses replace trains between Union City and Fremont. Delays up to 30 minutes. |
| Balboa Park-Daly City | 8/27, 9/10 | Service reduced to one track with delays of 10-15 minutes. |
| Pleasant Hill-Concord | 10/14-15, 10/28-29 | Free buses replace trains between Pleasant Hill and Concord. Delays up to 30 minutes. |
| Hayward-Union City | 11/5 | Service reduced to one track with delays of up to 20 minutes. |
| Glen Park-Daly City | 12/2-3 | Free buses replace trains between Glen Park and Daly City. Delays up to 30 minutes. |
During bus bridge weekends BART will make the most of its time in the trackway by deploying additional crews to perform track improvement work. This work will include replacing worn rail, destressing rail so it can better cope with extreme temperatures, brightening stations, and other maintenance projects.
This is the largest hazardous tree removal effort in BART’s history. Ongoing identification and removal of hazardous trees will be required yearly to continue to mitigate risks of tree failure impacting service and endangering public safety. You can learn more on our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
BART Police Chief outlines his vision for safety
BART's new Chief of Police Ed Alvarez presented his vision for safety this week at the Board of Director's annual workshop. He shared promising new crime data showing his new strategies are already paying off. BART crime in January is down 18% system wide when comparing January 2019 to January 2020. Cellphone