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Get a summary of all the BART holiday schedule and service plans
Here is a summary of BART schedule and service plans for the holiday period beginning with Christmas Eve on Friday, December 24, 2010, and continuing until New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1, 2011. BART to run longer midday trains on Christmas Eve With the exception of modified peak-commute service on the
BART sees big ridership increase on Dump the Pump Day
10,200 more riders took BART than agency predicted The final numbers show that 10,200 more riders than BART predicted rode the agency's trains during the second annual "National Dump the Pump Day," Thursday, June 21. BART had originally forecasted that there would be 340,400 riders on June 21, 2007. There
BART offering 50% off all published fares in September
In celebration of BART’s upcoming 50th anniversary on September 11, BART is offering a 50% discount for the entire month of September 2022. The reduced fare will be automatically deducted when using Clipper at the fare gates. Our online Trip Planner and Fare Calculator have been updated to show discounted
BART Police unveils new zone geographical policing structure
Today the BART Police Department (PD) unveiled its new Zone Geographical Policing Structure, which breaks the current zones down into smaller, easier to manage areas that are more compatible with its existing span of control. “A Zone Lieutenant will now be in command of one of the five patrol zones, where a
One year marks one million rides on BART to OAK
November 21 marks one year of active service for the automated BART to OAK line between Oakland International Airport and Coliseum Station. Coincidentally, it is also expected to reach the one millionth passenger trip milestone at some point this weekend – a sign of its tremendous success and growing
BART Police End Robbery Sprees, Ask For Public's Help
Four men are behind bars tonight after BART Police arrested them for cornering riders, confronting them and then ripping off items such as iPods, computers, credit cards and cash. The arrests come on the heels of news that riding BART is even safer than it was a year ago. Overall violent crime on BART, which
BART is increasing police presence and cleaning in response to customers’ concerns
BART will increase police patrols on trains and in stations, increase the frequency of deep cleaning of train cars and add more “scrub crew” cleaning at stations this spring. Increased Police Presence BART Police is more than doubling the presence of sworn officers in trains beginning March 20 to address
BART's April on-time performance a 16-month high
In April 2006, BART riders enjoyed a nearly 96% passenger on-time record ? the highest in 16 months. This news comes after a string of incidents in March toppled BART's normally stellar passenger on-time performance. Those incidents included a fire on March 9, a bomb threat on March 22 and three computer
BART moves ahead with potential public transit to SFO incentive
The BART Board of Directors took the first step October 24, 2019 toward possibly giving BART riders priority access for the lines leading to passenger screening check points at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The directors voted to approve trip verification technology (TVT). With TVT, SFO-hired