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BART PD and San Francisco PD team up on joint foot patrols in downtown San Francisco
BART PD Officer D. Davis and SFPD Officer S. Dumont on a joint foot patrol BART Police and San Francisco PD are teaming up on joint foot patrols to address quality of life issues in and around downtown San Francisco stations. The free areas of BART’s downtown San Francisco Stations have long been the joint
BART Board hosts rare tour of Hayward Maintenance Complex for 10/27/22 board meeting
RSVP FOR THIS EVENT BART Board President Saltzman has requested a BART board meeting site tour at the Hayward Maintenance Complex. This mobile board meeting offers the public a rare chance to go inside our maintenance facility. This board meeting is in person only and will not be live-streamed or video
BART one step closer to securing $1.17 billion federal grant to increase transbay capacity
BART is one step closer to increasing the number of trains operating through the Transbay Tube and lengthening peak hour trains in a program designed to relieve crowding. The Federal Transit Administration today announced it has given BART approval to advance the Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Project into
The details on doors: How forcing your way into a BART car can harm service for thousands
BART maintenance workers already are doing everything they can to keep as many cars as possible in service. But they’re facing a growing challenge because of an avoidable problem. BART’s service yards are spending precious workhours repairing train doors that were forced open by riders or otherwise damaged
BART personal hand strap available for sale for riders wanting to avoid touching train car surfaces
As riders plan to return to BART, BART is working to accommodate to riders' concerns about cleanliness and possible COVID-19 transmission via touching surfaces. One solution is the personal BART hand strap, which is lightweight, easy to use and easy to clean. The BART hand strap is made of polyester and nylon
BART fares increase 6.1% starting July 1 as District deals with $250 million four-year deficit
BART fares will increase beginning July 1, 2009, by 6.1%, or an average fare increase of 20 cents. The fare increase was originally scheduled to take effect January 1, 2010, but the BART Board of Directors moved up the start date of the increase as part of its efforts to close a $250 million four-year deficit
BART website adds new trip plan functions, including bike directions, using Google Maps
The BART website ( www.bart.gov) just went live with new trip planning functions, including bicycle directions and station area points of interest that use the Google Maps API. In addition to walking and driving directions, you now can get bicycling directions between BART and any address using the BART
Night Board meeting Thursday covers BART to OAK, Civic Center bike station, labor issues
The BART Board of Directors will meet Thursday, Sept. 25, at 5 pm to consider a number of important issues, including a new bike station at Civic Center that will expand secure bike parking, and ratifying the labor contract with the BART Police officers and managers unions. The Board also will receive an
BART could have been an elevated monorail and other fascinating facts from the Parsons-Brinckerhoff report
05.04.22 A rendering of a “basic supported system” train from the Parsons-Brinckerhoff report of 1956. In celebration of BART’s 50th anniversary this year, we’re looking back at the transit system’s five decades of service and innovation in a new series of stories. BART celebrates 50 years on Sept. 11, 2022
BART Board to get update on planned improvements for all transit in the Bay Area
The BART Board of Directors will get an update at their board meeting tomorrow, January 25, 2024, on the ongoing efforts of Bay Area transit systems to work together as one coordinated network to grow ridership and make transit easier to use.
Transit agencies in the Bay Area are committed to advancing exciting improvements in fares, customer information, coordinated schedules, and accessibility as outlined in the Transit Transformation Action Plan released in 2021. The plan is in coordination with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission which is providing funding to launch multiple pilot projects, studies, and planning efforts.
As transit agencies work towards a potential regional transportation ballot measure in 2026, the implementation of this plan will help build confidence in transit.
The plan includes:
- Testing new fare policies such as unlimited region-wide transit passes and free/reduced cost transfers between systems through Clipper.
- Exploring changes to regional fare structures to keep things simple and affordable and identifying what new funding would be needed to implement changes.
- An emerging new unified look for all transit agencies with consistent signage and new maps that show riders how to get around.
- Coordinated schedules that change at the same time and that improve connections.
- Increasing bus priority lanes to speed up bus trips and improve reliability.
- Improved regional paratransit trips.
- Ongoing advocacy for new funding to pay for all the changes and ensure agencies can maintain and enhance service, improvements to safety, and increased accessibility.
These improvements are critical for transit agencies in the Bay Area to showcase what a well-funded transit network looks and feels like. “Bay Area transit is not business as usual,” said Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer at BART. “We are listening to our riders and working on a new vision and better future that features cleaner, safer, easier to use transit.”