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BART launches $700,000 airport ridership campaign & "wraps" cars in a bold, new look
Unique partnership with Travelocity & SFO means $700,000 worth of ads won't cost riders or taxpayers a dime You may have seen a number of BART train cars streaking across the Bay Area sporting a bold, bright new look. Instead of silver-brushed aluminum and blue trim, drivers and riders alike are seeing the
Roll with Us: From the third rail to station lightbulbs, BART Electricians keep the system energized
Interested in becoming a BART Electrician? Visit bart.gov/jobs and search for “Electrician.” Pay range: $38.33/hour to $50.11/hour. BART Electrician Paul Dimapasoc pictured at BART's Oakland Yard. When you’re an electrician at BART – a system comprised of more than 130 miles of track and 50 stations – each
7th and Market Street BART entrance/exit at Civic Center Station temporarily
We need to replace certain aluminum "walk mats" inside the Civic Center BART Station at the base of our escalator and stairway at the 7th & Market station entrance. To complete this work, we will need to shut down the northwest entrance/exit at 7th & Market Streets near the Carl's Jr. Restaurant. We will shut
BART to host Twitch livestream with San Francisco Zoo and Gardens to engage and educate youth riders
On Monday, March 20, starting at 4pm, BART will host a livestream on Twitch with the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens to celebrate red-legged frogs, a federally threatened species that resides in some of the natural areas around the BART system. The live event will stream from the California Conservation
Youth transit enthusiasts visit BART Headquarters, share ideas for the future of Bay Area transit
Transit Twitter Besties with BART General Manager Bob Powers, BART Chief Communications Officer Alicia Trost, BART Digital Media Specialist Seung Lee, and BART Youth Engagement Specialist Melody Starling. It all started with a paper map. Fern Hahn, a youth transit enthusiast based in Oakland, posted an image
BART offers automated service alerts on Bluesky social media platform
BART has made service alert information even more accessible to the public by adding an automated BART Service Alerts channel to its Bluesky account (@bart.gov). As of Friday, April 11, there is now a dedicated feed for real-time BART Service Alerts (@alerts.bart.gov) to inform riders when multiple trains are off schedule by ten or more minutes. Unlike other social media platforms, Bluesky does not require a login to view BART’s timeline.
BART has been providing informational content on Bluesky since November 2024.
“Service alerts offer critical and timely information for our riders to help them make decisions about their ride,” said Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer. “We want this information to be easy to find and on the platforms people use. The Bluesky social media platform is growing in popularity, and our followers have been asking for our automated service alerts to be posted there.”
BART Service Alerts are available:
- On bart.gov and the BART Official App (the app offers customized in-app notifications).
- On the bart.gov Alerts and Advisories page
- Via text or email alerts.
- On the social media platform Bluesky at @alerts.bart.gov and X at @SFBARTalert.
- Via third-party apps through BART’s Developer Program.
- Alerts are posted on platform digital signs in BART stations and audio announcements are made inside stations and onboard trains.
BART is hosting a 50th Birthday Party & Family Fun Festival on 9/10/22
50th Birthday Party and Family Fun Festival Saturday, September 10, 2022Lake Merritt Station and Plaza, 11am–4pmMain stage event begins at noon and will be live streamed on BART's social media accounts. Join us for a free public celebration. The event will include: Food trucks Music, including Taiko drummers
BART plans longer trains to carry Giants fans to World Series games in San Francisco
The Giants urged fans to post photos superimposed with Sergio Romo; this one from Dublin BART is by @KadieHelton Read more of their story here. Just as sports devotees avidly support local teams, BART is on deck to get thousands of Giants fans to AT&T Park for the first 2012 World Series game on Wednesday
BART PD reports surge in arrests as more officers patrol trains
Felony arrests on BART increased 62% last year compared with 2022. The jump comes as BART PD has been aggressively recruiting new officers and ensuring safety staff are riding more trains to increase their visible safety presence. BART officers recorded 726 felony arrests in 2023 compared with 448 for 2022. Along with those arrests 49 illegal firearms were seized in 2023 compared with 40 the previous year. It’s the most guns BART PD has recovered in a year since at least 2003. BART PD has already recovered a dozen firearms so far this year.
“These latest arrest and gun seizure numbers are a credit to all the hard work of our officers,” said BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin. “Since we started deploying more patrol officers to ride trains we have seen an impact, and our riders are telling us they notice the difference.”
In the latest Quarterly Performance Review the percentage of riders who reported seeing BART PD on their trip reached a record high of 20%. That’s up from the previous record of 17% the previous quarter. The last two quarters have been the first in BART’s history where the percentage of riders who reported seeing BART PD exceed the department’s official goal of 12%.
BART has been working to implement its Safe and Clean Plan which focuses on boosting the visible safety presence in the system and increasing staffing to clean trains and stations.
BART PD has also been advancing an aggressive officer recruitment campaign to fill its remaining vacancies. This effort has been boosted by a 22% salary increase for officers, which was approved by the BART Board to ensure BART PD remains competitive with other law enforcement agencies in the Bay Area. Anyone interested in joining BART PD can learn more at joinbartpd.com.
(Examples of recently seized guns)
