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BART joins new partnership to improve conditions at Civic Center Station
BART is teaming up with the City of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department on a new joint plan to improve public health and safety conditions at Civic Center Station. The comprehensive action plan will increase the number of officers patrolling the station as well as closely align existing
BART Board approves transbay late night bus pilot program
*** For the latest information on the late night bus pilot program, click here. On Thursday, October 9 th, The BART Board of Directors approved a plan to partner with AC Transit to provide extra bus service between San Francisco and the East Bay on Friday and Saturday nights during the overnight hours when
BART stops trains for one minute to commemorate "Great California ShakeOut"
On Thursday, October 21 at 10:21 am, BART will bring to a stop all trains for about one minute to participate in the U.S. Geological Survey's annual earthquake preparedness event called " The Great California ShakeOut." The event is designed to encourage people to participate in earthquake drills on the 142nd
BART runs Saturday schedule on Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
BART will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, Jan. 17, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. A Saturday schedule means that BART service begins around 6 a.m. and ends around midnight. In addition, some trips may require transfers that are different from the schedule for regular weekday service. To
Grant will fund strategy to attract businesses that create jobs near BART
Barbers Mark DeGuzman, foreground, and Romel Diaz at their Hayward shop Story by MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART Communications As a new post-pandemic jobs landscape begins to take shape, BART will use a $350,000 federal grant to develop a strategy for attracting businesses that will create jobs
BART will run Saturday service for 2023 Presidents Day, 2/20
BART will run a Saturday schedule on Presidents Day, Monday, February 20, 2023. Saturday service means BART will open at 6am and close at midnight. BART will also run all five lines until from opening until around 9pm, and three-line service from around 9pm until end of service. For the most up-to-date
BART expects no disruptions if PG&E shuts off power to prevent wildfires
During the 2019 wildfire season, PG&E may turn off electricity in designated areas to lessen the threat of fires starting from power lines. These precautions are called Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). See PG&E’s website for more information about the conditions that may prompt a PSPS, specific areas that
In innovative approach, BART outreach focuses on moving homeless people into services
Armando Sandoval (left) talks with a community member who advocates for helping the homeless population around the 24 th St./Mission BART Station Plaza to access services and move into housing. By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer The man leaned against the wall of Powell Station, in ragged clothes, his
BART increases service four weeks early starting 8/2/21
BART will return to near-pre pandemic service on August 2 instead of August 30 as originally planned. The August 2 change includes extending closing times to midnight Monday through Saturday. In the meantime, BART will also add late-night limited trains leaving downtown San Francisco at 11:30pm serving nine
BART teams with UC Berkeley to adopt earthquake early warning system
Thanks to assistance from the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system can now automatically brake trains when earthquakes threaten to rattle the Bay Area, allowing perhaps tens of seconds to a minute for trains to slow down before the ground starts to shake