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BART destinations for kids

by Caroline Grannan Just riding BART can be a fun outing for children, but let's be realistic -- a trip should have a destination. These kid-friendly daytime outings let you take BART, forget about traffic headaches and have a great family day -- most of them an easy stroll from BART and one an invigorating

BART: Safer Than Ever

View and print our Welcome Back, Safer Than Ever handout. If you’ve been away from BART for a while, welcome back to a new customer experience: less crowding more cleaning less crime new safety staff improved station lighting new service to North San Jose underground restrooms re-opening plenty of parking

BART launches vendor portal

BART is modernizing its business-to-business practices. We’ve launched a new procurement portal which allows existing and prospective bidders, proposers and vendors, contractors and suppliers to access upcoming procurement opportunities and other information such as contracts out for bid and bids received

50 Years of BART

On Sept. 11, 2022, BART celebrated fifty years since its 1972 opening. It’s an auspicious milestone for an organization that provides so much more than transportation to a region it’s now served for five decades. In September, we celebrated our 50th anniversary with multiple events and happenings, including

BART, Leonardo, Metreon...Genius!

Imagine the brilliance of a single life that painted the most famous piece of art in the world, the Mona Lisa, invented the forerunner to the tank, camera, and automobile, engineered bridges and cities, and documented for the first time the intricacies of the human body. "Da Vinci-An Exhibition of Genius" is

BART's new mailing address

Effective July 5, 2021, BART headquarters (BHQ) will be located at 2150 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94612. In December 2019, BART purchased a 244,287 square foot building to avoid a 60% rent increase and save at least $210 million in public funds over a 25-year period. As our lease at 300 Lakeside Drive ends

BART and MTC to seek approval to bolster BART Inspector General funding

The budget for BART’s Office of the Inspector General would increase by 170 percent to $2.7 million annually under a new proposal co-developed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) Executive Director Andrew Fremier and BART’s General Manager Bob Powers. BART and MTC have identified $1.7

Early BART Car Design

Syd Mead, one of the original designers of the BART train, became famous for his sci-fi designs used in TRON and Blade Runner.