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Top engineering group gives BART Director top honors
Director Lynette Sweet wins "2005 Public Official of the Year" While most people were at home with their families or even fast asleep, BART Director Lynette Sweet was either taking dozens of reporters on a 2 a.m. tour of BART's Transbay Tube or spending countless evenings and weekends talking to community
BART plans to issue 2022 general obligation green bonds
BART is preparing to offer its Series 2022 issuance of Green Bonds, certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). BART plans to hold an order period exclusively for individual investors on May 10, 2022, with priority granted to BART District residents. The Series 2022 Green Bonds are General Obligation
Podcast: An inside look at BART inspires East Bay teens
BART is making it a priority to reach out to young people. In the latest edition of "Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART" we learn more about how BART is teaming up with U.C. Berkeley on the Y-Plan (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now). It’s an educational strategy that empowers young people to take on real-world
BART-themed pumpkin carving stencils are here
Carving a pumpkin is an art. The "oooos" and "aahhs" of trick-or-treaters coming to your door as they check out your carefully crafted pumpkin is something we all love to hear. From the classic jack-o'-lantern to a favorite cartoon character, there’s so much to choose from when it comes to pumpkin carving.
Luckily for you, we have your solution…eight BART train stencils that are bound to get you many smiles. Check out the BARTable post for the designs that come in beginner, intermediate, and expert.
BART praises Station Agent for quick response to tragic situation
BART is praising one of its Station Agents after she administered CPR to a patron that had collapsed on the platform of the Castro Valley Station yesterday morning. At about 7:50 a.m. on Monday, February 22, 2016, during the height of the morning commute, a rider knocked on the station agent booth window and
BART brings free outdoor music series to stations in October
The sounds of Reggae, Jazz, and Folk music will bring joy to BART riders in the month of October as the latest “welcome back” gesture by the agency to encourage the return to transit and reinforce the role public transit plays in fueling the Bay Area’s economy and culture. BART and Taylor Street Production
BART makes progress on escalator repairs by marshalling extra resources
BART has repaired ten escalators this week as it continues a full court press to tackle an unusually large number of escalator outages. Four of the escalators returned to service are at BART’s four downtown San Francisco stations, the busiest in the system. As of 9AM Friday, 19 station escalators remain out
BART wins overall championship at 2019 International Rail Rodeo
BART's Rail Rodeo Team (from second to left to fifth in right), with Superintendant of Richmond Shop Scott Fitzgerald (fourth from right), BART Assistant Chief Transportation Officer Paula Fraser (third from right), and Deputy General Manager Robert Powers (second from right), at the awards dinner in Toronto
BART Board delays next fare increase by six months
Today the BART Board of Directors put the brakes on the next regularly scheduled fare increase. Instead of ticket prices going up on January 1, 2012 as originally planned, they won’t increase until six months later – on July 1, 2012. This was the last piece of the Board’s overall plan to thank riders for
BART seeks industry input on key federal stimulus project
Oakland Airport Connector on fast track to construction BART is looking for industry input to begin the process of building the long-awaited transit connection between the Oakland Airport and the Coliseum BART Station that will be quicker, easier and more efficient than the current connection – the AirBART