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BART survey seeks customer feedback on paid parking program
TAKE THE PARKING SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE BART customers are encouraged to complete a newly released parking survey to provide feedback on potential changes to the paid parking program that could impact the amount customers pay to park at BART stations. BART is considering modifying parking policies and
BART approves developer for North Berkeley Transit Oriented Development
BART has taken another major step toward creating new housing just steps from the North Berkeley Station. The Board of Directors today gave the General Manager authority to enter into a two-year Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with BRIDGE Housing Corporation to begin planning a Transit Oriented
BART's lawyer provides background on response to Grant family lawsuit
The attorney representing BART said the man a former BART police officer shot on New Year’s morning died as a result of a tragic error. Responding to a federal lawsuit filed by family of Oscar Grant, attorney Dale Allen filed an answer to the lawsuit that seeks $50 million from the transit agency, its police
Further decline in BART revenues reported in fiscal shortfall update
Even with major spending cuts, higher fares effective July 1, and planned labor cost savings from BART employees, BART’s fiscal situation is growing more dire. The main problem is that our primary sources of operating revenues lag even lowered expectations. Ridership accounts for about 60% of operating
BART to participate in the Great California ShakeOut 2020 on October 15
BART will participate in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill Thursday, October 15, 2020 to test our emergency response systems and to help raise public awareness of the importance of having a plan and being prepared. At 10:17 a.m., BART staff will trigger our early warning earthquake system to
BART responds to hundreds of citizen emails and letters in shooting case
February 2, 2009Dear BART Rider/Bay Area Resident: BART has received hundreds of letters and emails about the shooting of Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day at the Fruitvale BART Station. While we would like to provide a more personal response to everyone who took the time to communicate with us, the number of
BART uses Coronavirus downtime to continue improving its system
August 27, 2020 Update BART is making more progress with its plan to maximize capital rebuilding work while ridership remains low because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since BART reduced service hours in March there has been an increase in the amount of time workers can spend in the trackway to improve the system
BART passengers break Thanksgiving weekend ridership, parking records
Holiday ridership to SFO tripled projections BART passengers set new ridership and parking permit records during the six-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period. "We anticipated an 8% jump in ridership to SFO this Thanksgiving holiday season" said BART Board President Lynette Sweet. "But we ended up with a
BART.gov launches new estimated train crowding feature
Visitors to the BART website and mobile site can now get a snapshot of estimated crowding levels on trains when they plan a trip. The beta version of the estimated crowding feature launched Tuesday. When you use the BART QuickPlanner, your trip plan will show an icon with three heads, two heads or one head –
Pride Parade and Giants combine for Sunday BART ridership record
Almost a quarter million people took BART yesterday, setting a record for Sunday ridership at 247,936. That’s 23,477 more than the previous record for a Sunday set June 28, 2008, which not coincidentally, was also a day that combined the Pride Parade and a San Francisco Giants game. “BART was proud to break