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The Senior Engineer whose summer interns still text him for advice and guidance
Abanehita Esoimeme knows it’s important to talk about failure. A Senior Engineer in the Integration Engineering Department, Esoimeme joined BART three years ago. Just months after starting at the transit agency, he began serving as a mentor for BART’s robust Summer Engineering Internship Program. One of the
Security grille replacement Bay Fair Station Dec. 2014
Starting the first week of December, 2014 we will remove and replace the security grilles at the entrance to Bay Fair station. The replacement work will be done on one entrance at a time. The entrance will be closed for approximately two weeks while the work is completed. We realize that this will be
Escalator and canopy program update
The BART Board’s Operations, Safety, and Workforce Committee today heard an update (presentation linked to below) on plans to renovate or replace escalators at some of the system’s busiest stations as well as install protective canopies in downtown San Francisco. The plan represents the first major overhaul
Rockridge Tree Replacement
In 2017, BART conducted a Rockridge Station Hazard Tree Assessment by Certified Arborists of the International Society of Arboriculture. The Arborist report recommends BART remove hazard-trees adjacent to the parking lots of the station to maintain public safety. The identified hazards include 16 red ironbark
Fiber Optic Cable
To improve connectivity and broadband internet services for BART stations and surrounding communities, hundreds of strands of fiber optics will be installed along all BART and certain SFMTA Rights-of-Way. These cables will support critical operations and expand BART’s current fiber optic licensing business to
New Berkeley Bike Station nearly quadruples bike storage capacity
It's never been easier to bike it, park it and BART it in Berkeley thanks to the newly opened bike station at street level above the Downtown Berkeley Station. The new bike station at 2208 Shattuck Avenue provides safe and secure parking for up to 268 cyclists. It replaces the cramped, outmoded bike parking
ATU membership approves tentative four-year contract agreement
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 (ATU) voted Tuesday to approve the four-year tentative agreement that their leaders and BART negotiators reached on August 16th. "We’re extremely pleased with the vote," BART Board of Directors President Thomas M. Blalock said. "ATU members showed today they are
Electrical upgrade work begins at Rockridge Station
As part of our 34.5KV Cable System Upgrade Project, construction will begin at Rockridge Station in late February 2012. Most work will take place at night between the hours of 9 pm and 5 am. The work will last approximately two months. Work involves attaching conduit to existing steel along our elevated
Added trains for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday schedule Monday 1/20
On Monday, January 20, 2014, we will run a Saturday schedule starting at 6am for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Several lines will have extra train service in anticipation of higher demand for service to holiday events and customers who require morning commute hour service. Pleasant Hill to Daly City