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Board approves Civic Center bike station
Secure bicycle parking will more than triple at Civic Center Station thanks to a move by the BART Board of Directors Thursday night. The Board okayed a plan to use more than a half million dollars in grants to increase the number of bicycle spaces from 63 to 216. 89 of the spaces will be in an area accessible
Riders to help fund new train cars with fare increase starting January 1
Starting January 1, 2014, BART riders will pay on average an extra 19 cents in fares to help pay for new train cars and other top priority projects that will ensure reliable, safe and clean train service for the Bay Area for years to come. In February 2013, the Board of Directors voted to continue BART’s
Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre earthquake safety work update
Update 2/28/14: The work will now proceed intermittently from the end of February until June 2014 between the hours of 9pm and 6am. =========================================================== As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, BART is in the process of strengthening Pleasant Hill/Contra
Coliseum Station partial parking lot closures May-June
From approximately May 15 through July 21, 2014 the Coliseum Station Parking Lot will be partially closed in phases for construction. We are installing a security fence and gates to help protect the lots. See the .pdf of this bulletin for a map of the locations of each closure. The current plan is to close
Learn about improvement plans for Embarcadero and Montgomery
You spoke, we listened! During fall of 2014, BART asked the public to weigh in on station improvement options to ease crowding at its two busiest stations – Embarcadero and Montgomery. Thanks to the feedback collected from over 4,900 survey respondents and input received from a Technical Advisory Committee
50% off drives 50% of pre-pandemic ridership for the first time
BART’s weekend ridership skyrocketed this past weekend with a series of record-breaking days, hitting 50% of pre-pandemic weekend ridership for the first time since March 2020. Saturday’s ridership was 80,439 exits, representing 53% of pre-pandemic Saturday ridership and about 14,000 more trips than the
Documents
Environmental Documents Notice of Availability (NOA) of Final Environmental Impact Report for the BART to Livermore Extension Project Notice of Availability Final Project Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) Response to Comments Cover and Title Page Response to Comments Table of Contents BART to Livermore
Latest BPD arrest comes amid cellphone theft awareness campaign
The BART Police Department has arrested a juvenile suspect at the Castro Valley Station in connection with the theft of a cellphone. This arrest comes as BART has launched a public awareness campaign to help prevent cellphone thefts. Castro Valley incident BART Police investigators say the victim and suspect
General Manager appoints Ed Alvarez as Chief of Police
BART’s General Manager Bob Powers announced today the hiring of Ed Alvarez as Chief of Police and tasked the new chief with immediate changes to increase officer presence on board trains and other strategies to reduce crime on the system and improve the rider experience. Alvarez is a 22-year veteran of the