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BART staff today recommended that the Board of Directors authorize award of a contract to build the next-generation Fleet of the Future to North American-based Bombardier. Bombardier bid the lowest price and earned the highest technical score in the competition to build BART’s new cars. In choosing Bombardier

The Apple iPad was just released this past weekend, and commuters already are toting the tablet computers along on BART -- prompting lots of riders to report their first sightings of iPads "in the wild" on BART. Along with attracting attention from curious commuters, the iPad -- like other easily portable and

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

Just in time for spring and summer travel, BART has made transformative changes at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Station to make it easier than ever to take the train. BART has modified platform assignments and improved signs and maps to help guide riders to the train they need. Upgrades have

Have you ever thought about pi on BART? Not the lemon meringue or deep-dish apple kind -- the mathematical one. Turns out pi is used in lots of ways at BART. Pi is a mathemathical constant, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It's typically written as 3.14159 and is celebrated with Pi

On October 27, the Board of Directors authorized BART to enter into an agreement with Solar City to install, operate, and maintain solar panels at the new, upcoming Antioch station as well as Lafayette Station. BART will purchase electricity generated from these two new installations, which once constructed

By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer This Veterans' Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, marks almost a year since Vietnam veteran Jack Hanna's life changed in a dramatic and positive way. Last year at this time Hanna was spending a lot of time huddled in a cardboard box in BART stations, homeless, hard for

On September 8, the BART Board gave final approvals to the first phase of the housing development at the Lake Merritt BART Station, consisting of 457 housing units with nearly 30% affordable to low and middle-income households. The development will be built by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

July 21, 2015 MemberBay Area State DelegationState CapitolSacramento, CA Re: Special legislative session on financing transportation infrastructure Members of the Bay Area State Delegation: The Governor’s call for a special legislative session to “enact permanent and sustainable funding for repair and

BART is planning to run regular Saturday service on Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2009. BART will operate a regular weekday schedule on Friday, July 3rd. A reminder: If you're planning to use long-term parking over the weekend, the only way to reserve a long-term spot is to visit www.bart.gov/parking