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BART’s $3.5 billion general obligation bond—Measure RR on the November ballot— would help rebuild and upgrade the backbone of the Bay Area transportation system. BART originally carried 100,000 people per week, but now serves roughly 440,000 riders per weekday, and ridership is expected to increase 75% by

BART is taking early steps to create a second Transbay Tube, although it’s too early to say if it will actually be a tube. For right now, BART and Capitol Corridor partners are calling it the second Transbay Rail Crossing. At tomorrow’s Board meeting, BART Directors will see that a companion to the existing

The BART Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a suspected hit-and-run driver who struck and seriously injured a BART rider in March at the Dublin/Pleasanton Station. The victim was walking from the station to his parked car when he was struck by the suspect vehicle that was exiting the

Times change. Turns out BART seats do too. We’ve now changed every seat on every train car –all 669 of them- replacing the wool material with easy-to-clean vinyl. The last of the wool seats followed the wooly mammoth into extinction at exactly 10:50 a.m. on December 30, 2014. BART utility workers yanked out

Extra Service For Dragon Boat Racers, LoveFesters, Blues and Cal Fans BART runs longer trains Saturday, October 4 to accommodate Cal football fans and the throngs of revelers flocking to events around the Bay Area. From the athletic rigors of dragon boat racing to the ethereal experience of the SF LoveFest

As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, work has begun to strengthen structures at the Hayward Station to better withstand future earthquakes. Beginning the week of February 10, 2014 a temporary ramp will be installed to provide access for persons with disabilities into the Hayward Station. The

On Friday, March 28, 2014 BART will begin electrical improvements for the West Oakland Electrical Substation in the BART parking lot located on the southwest corner of 7th Street and Chester Street. The project will renovate the electrical substation by replacing most of the existing equipment from the 1970’s

Past is prologue? Unveiling of first BART car, 1965. The public will get a look at renderings for the next generation of BART trains as the Fleet of the Future project proceeds. Photo: Corbis By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer The seat labs are over and the results are in: Some 2,200 Bay Area

With two weeks left before the June 30 contract deadline, BART unions have yet to agree to a single major cost saving proposal designed to help close a $250 million, four-year deficit and secure a new labor contract that will protect jobs and worker salaries. "The public and our ridership want and expect us