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BART budget sets groundwork for system investments and expansion
The BART Board of Directors has approved a $1.92 billion Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget that prudently controls expenses in the face of a 3% decline in ridership. The budget allows BART to integrate new rail cars into service starting before the end of this calendar year, gear up for the opening of two
BART to implement daily parking fees at ten stations
BART will begin phasing in daily parking fees at the 10 busiest East Bay stations over the next six months. The fee/permit program will offer you a variety of options for parking while helping BART maintain high quality service and meet its difficult financial challenges. Three Phase Program The daily parking
Service restored between the Hayward and Fremont BART stations
BART service has been restored between Hayward and Fremont after an earlier fire at a power substation near the South Hayward station. The South Hayward BART station has been reopened. Service throughout the rest of the BART system was not affected by the fire, the cause of which is currently under
BART-dedicated Homeless Outreach Team expanding to Mission Stations
HOT team members go over data sheets that are used to collect information in the field By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer A new BART-dedicated Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) that will expand coverage to San Francisco's Mission District got their orientation last week -- quickly showing how valuable they
BART Police seek public's help in investigating suspicious death
The BART Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in which a 22-year-old white male from Berkeley, Konstantin Tomashevsky, was found at the UN Plaza entrance of the Civic Center BART Station on May 5, 2010. He was found in the early morning unconscious and breathing. Mr. Tomashevsky was
Join BART at 6th annual Blue Sky Festival
The 6th annual lunch-time eco celebration runs from 11am to 1:30pm at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. There will be environmental info and giveaways from more than 50 environmental exhibitors, plus valet bicycle parking, a Segway obstacle course, and carnival games with an
Downtown Berkeley BART Station hosts Rose Pavilion art installation
Starting Monday, July 16, 2012, the main entrance to the Downtown Berkeley Station will be transformed from a functional transit stop into a rose-inspired art installation. The art piece blends photography with poetry and is part of a creative collaboration between BART, the University of California Botanical
BART PD participates in torch run for Special Olympics
BART PD officers and staff teamed up for the Special Olympics Northern California Torch Run from Hayward to Castro Valley. BART PD joined more than 100,000 law enforcement professionals and their friends and families across the country to raise money for Special Olympics. Those fundraising efforts over
BART releases Short Range Transit Plan, Capital Improvement Program
BART has released the District's Final Fiscal Year 2008 Short Range Transit Plan and Capital Improvement Program (SRTP/CIP), which the BART Board adopted on September 27, 2007. The Federal Transit Administration and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission require BART to produce the plan, which is a
BART car cleaner is credited with saving a rider's life
About 15 minutes after midnight on Monday, October 29, 2018, Vincent Seals, a BART train car cleaner, heard a co-worker calling for help from the platform at the Dublin/Pleasanton Station. He ran toward her and she pointed him to the lead car of a train that had just finished its run for the night. Seals