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BART creates new position to implement Strategic Homelessness Action Plan
BART has created a new Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships position as part of the agency’s efforts to increase resources to help address homelessness within the system and connect people to resources. The job posted can be found at bart.gov/jobs. The Senior Manager of Social Services Partnerships
BART partners with location-based service Foursquare to encourage transit ridership
Icons for four Foursquare badges, including the BART-themed badge. Bay Area Rapid Transit has become the first transit agency to partner with the location-based mobile network Foursquare, with the goal of encouraging public transit use. Foursquare combines social networking elements with game mechanics
Statement from BART General Manager regarding West Oakland protesters
BART General Manager Grace Crunican issued the following statement regarding the protesters who stopped the BART system the day after Thanksgiving: "As BART's General Manager, I must ensure safe public access to the BART system. The protesters who stopped the BART system on the day after Thanksgiving shut
Live streaming of BART Board meetings to start Thursday, May 13
The public will have unprecedented access to the inner workings of the BART Board of Directors beginning Thursday as the agency is now streaming its meetings live on the Internet. In addition, Board meetings will be available on-demand on the web for those who wish to view the meetings at a later time. "This
BART teams up with Bike East Bay to prevent bike thefts
With more riders bringing their bikes to BART, Bike East Bay and BART have announced a new partnership to prevent bike thefts at BART stations. From now through the summer of 2015, representatives from Bike East Bay will be at BART stations throughout the system during the evening commute to share bicycle
BART to turn over internal affairs investigation to independent, third party
BART will turn over its internal affairs investigation to an independent, third party to investigate the actions of all the officers involved in the events leading up to the shooting death of Oscar Grant the morning of New Year's Day on the Fruitvale Station platform. "It's imperative that we determine
BART offers free ride program for school field trips in January
Update from January 29, 2010: Thanks for your interest in the free rides on BART for field trips. However, we have reached our maximum of 15,000 students and have no more free rides available at this time. If you would like to be notified of any future programs that provide free rides for field trips, click
Monday Spare the Air BART ridership is 2nd highest in history
28,000 more riders than on a typical Monday Monday, June 26 is the last of three Spare the Air free ride days this summer and BART is now projecting to see the second highest increase in ridership for a Spare the Air free rides day since BART joined the program in 2004. The highest ridership increase was last
BART tests webcasts of Board meetings for public rollout later this spring
BART is testing a system to provide live streaming webcasts of its Board of Directors meetings, aiming for a public rollout by the end of April. The goal is to promote transparency of Board meetings, which are typically scheduled on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. in the BART Board Room
BART Board meeting notices and agendas now available via email
BART now offers a free email subscription service that allows the public to receive BART Board of Directors meeting notices and agendas via email. To sign up, visit www.bart.gov/alerts and click "sign up now." Enter your email address, select "BART Board Meeting Notices and Agendas" and press submit. You can