BART is ready for Fleet Week in San Francisco

As the Bay Area celebrates California Clean Air Day on Wednesday BART is urging people to take the clean air pledge by riding transit to big events such as this weekend’s Fleet Week activities. In addition to our recently expanded 5-Line weekend service BART will deploy two additional event trains on both Saturday and Sunday to expand our capacity around the Fleet Week air show. Those additional event trains will be added to the weekend service plan based on real-time demand.

BART has seen its strongest increases in ridership on weekends as more people come back to BART. In September BART weekend ridership ranged from 60-70% of pre-pandemic projections while weekday ridership reached 40%.

Add Clipper to your digital wallet now

If you need a new Clipper card, save time and $3 by adding a Clipper card to your iPhone, Android phone or Apple Watch before you go. BART is encouraging riders to use  Apple Pay or Google Pay instead of purchasing a new Clipper card because global supply chain issues have depleted the inventory of plastic cards. Setting up a new Clipper card in your digital wallet is free (normally $3) and the cash value is immediately available for use. You can add funds at any point of your trip. Just open your digital wallet and follow the directions to create a Clipper card in your wallet. For instructions on how to add Clipper to your digital wallet go to Clipper’s Apple Pay or Google Pay pages.

Free weekend parking

Riders can take advantage of plenty of available parking at many BART stations. Parking is free at BART after 3pm on weekdays and throughout weekends. The only exceptions are the new Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations, whose parking lots are operated by VTA.