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BART donates barrels of toys to Livermore's Tri-Valley Haven
BART employees and its Board of Directors turned over barrels of toys for families in need today as part of their annual toy drive sponsored by BART’s Office of External Affairs and the BART Police Department. Each year BART works with a local non-profit group located within BART’s district to collect toys to
BART Board President welcomes Station Agents to Antioch Station
For the first time since its grand opening in May 2018, the Antioch Station will be staffed with Station Agents beginning Monday, March 22, 2021. BART invites you to join Board president Mark Foley, who will be on hand on Monday afternoon at the Antioch Station beginning at 4:30pm to greet the station’s new
Safety first: Behind the scenes as BART weighed tsunami impact
Many BART customers faced an uncertain morning commute Friday as the transit agency, which runs trains under the San Francisco Bay through the Transbay Tube, weighed the impact the tsunami from the earthquake that hit Japan could have on the safety of riders. “Admittedly, when I first, head the news, my first
BART partners with veterans’ groups to connect homeless veterans with services
Above: Swords to Plowshares outreach worker talks with man outside BART, Nov. 5, 2019 By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerSometimes there are signs; camouflage-pattern clothing, a tattoo, a certain bearing in the way a person carries themselves. Outreach workers focusing on veterans are walking the
BART seeks public comment on eastern Contra Costa extension
BART is accepting public comments on its proposal to build an extension between the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station and the City of Antioch. The approximately $500 million extension, called "eBART" or eastern Contra Costa County BART, would add ten miles of trackway to the Pittsburg/Bay Point line. The
BART fleet in recovery mode following 24 hour service
We did it. We got through the final scheduled closure of the Bay Bridge, with hundreds of thousands of additional people turning to BART to get across the Bay around the clock. Seems like the hard part is over, right? Not necessarily. For the skilled workers who keep BART’s train cars running, a demanding set
BART provides timeline of events for Occupy Oakland pedestrian incident
Our first concern was and is for the safety and welfare of the two individuals who were transported to the hospital Wednesday night with injuries from an apparent auto/pedestrian accident in downtown Oakland. The accident is being investigated by the Oakland Police Department, which has jurisdiction at the
BART runs Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving, weekday schedule Friday
Longer trains around holiday will accommodate shoppers & air travelers BART will operate on a Sunday schedule Thanksgiving day, November 23, with service beginning at approximately 8 a.m. BART will resume normal weekday service on Friday, November 24. The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the
BART expecting record ridership to SFO and Oakland International for Thanksgiving
BART is expecting record ridership to both San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland International (OAK) airports during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Between the Wednesday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after, BART expects 50,000 passengers or 8% more people this year over last year to ride BART to
BART poised to take historic step to welcome LGBT contractors
BART’s Board of Directors will vote on changes to the agency’s Small Business Program that would open the door for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender businesses to help rebuild the system. BART’s full board is likely to vote at its September 14 th meeting to add LGBT contractors to the program that