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BART looks for business partners to help design and build the new BART headquarters
BART is seeking qualification statements from prospective businesses for a contract to help design and build the new BART Headquarters at 2150 Webster St. in Oakland and is encouraging small, local businesses to apply to help build BART's future in the Bay Area. On December 10, 2019, BART purchased 2150
One Book, One BART: BART launches first book club for riders
Today, BART is proud to announce the launch of our first book club for riders, One Book, One BART. The official book selection is Hua Hsu’s “Stay True,” a bracing coming-of-age story set in 1990s Berkeley that recently won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir. One of the undeniable benefits of taking BART is
BART lengthens trains during Try BART Week, Giants playoff games
Starting Monday and through the end of the week, BART will keep trains as long as possible to accommodate the thousands of additional riders the agency expects will be riding the system to cheer on the Giants during the playoffs or to win one of the $60,000 worth of valuable prizes during "Try BART Week."
50 years of BART: To learn the story of BART, look to its system maps
A map can tell a person where to go, where not to go, and how to get there. It orients the viewer in physical space – but also geographic time, chronicling the shifting landscape and the patterns of human motion. The BART System Map is one of the most iconic maps to grace the modern Bay Area. To locals – and
Are you a BART star? Check out a casting call to appear in BART ads
In support of its ongoing "BART…and you’re there" marketing campaign, BART is turning to its ridership to find the stars of upcoming TV and radio spots. BART is seeking to cast two real BART riders to appear in TV and radio spots. The two people selected will be filmed in mid-June, and the ads will begin
BART statement about ELERTS incident reporting system (BART Watch App)
BART Spokesperson Alicia Trost issued the following statement about the BART Watch app by ELERTS: The BART Board voted to award a contract in 2014 with ELERTS in response to our riders asking for a way to discreetly report criminal activity with their cellphones. Several other transit systems were using
50 years of BART: One man’s fight to make BART accessible for all
“There is a special personal pride in being the first handicapped person in a wheelchair to use a subway train, and to represent all handicapped travelers who will use the BART system in years to come. I’ll never forget that sense of freedom I experienced as I boarded the BART train.” – Harold Willson, quoted