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Tips for travel during Labor Day transbay shutdown
1. Tips for Cyclists 2. Tips for Airport Travelers 3. Tips for Riders with Mobility Challenges 4. Tips for Travel within the East Bay 5. Tips for Travel within San Francisco/West Bay 6. Tips for Paying for Your BART Ride with the free Bus Bridge 7. Tips for Transbay Muni/BART riders 8. Tips for Moving between
New life for retired rail cars: Recycled and reused, with some offered to the public
Story by MELISSA JORDAN | Photos by MARIA J. AVILABART CommunicationsThe train car known as BART Car 1208 arrived in Hayward on March 26, 1973, brand-spanking new, just six months after the Bay Area Rapid Transit system opened.Car 1208 carried millions of riders over the next half-century, until mechanical
Expect late-evening delays in Transbay Tube for earthquake safety work
We are continuing to work to make the BART system safer in the event of an earthquake. Beginning this week and continuing until the end of January, there will be some late evening work performed in the Transbay Tube, which means we can use only one track after 10 pm. We are working to complete a power supply
Artist uses classic Japanese woodblock technique to create poster series
BART selected Berkeley artist, Miwako Nishizawa, to create pieces for its 2016 poster art series. Ms. Nishizawa was born in Kyoto, Japan and creates artwork adapting moku-hanga, the traditional Japanese woodblock technique. She began using this medium soon after her arrival to the United States as a way to
Parking Changes Coming to Millbrae Station Fall 2019 (Parking Spaces to be Closed)
As part of the BART Board-directed initiative to encourage Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at stations with surface parking lots, the new Gateway at Millbrae Station mixed-use development will begin construction in fall 2019 and will be completed in 2022. The BART station and parking garage will remain
Temporary relocation of ADA parking at Coliseum Station 1/14
As part of BART’s systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, seismic retrofit work at the Coliseum Station continues and expands to the northside of the Station (outside the Concourse). This construction, consists of seismic retrofit work performed on each footing and pier cap (a beam connecting two columns) that
Earthquake Safety work to begin in concourse at Fruitvale Station
As part of BART’s systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, seismic retrofit construction inside the Fruitvale Station, in the concourse, will be performed on each footing and pier cap (a beam connecting two columns), which supports the BART trackway under the alignment and is expected to begin in September 2018
Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2023 Notice of Documentation for Review and Time of Meeting
Notice is Hereby Given That: A. Documentation used in determining the District’s appropriations limit for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 will be available for public review on and after May 11, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the Office of the District Secretary, Tenth Floor, 2150 Webster, Oakland
Pilot project at Fremont Station tests hearing loop technology to help those with hearing loss
By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer A BART platform like the one at Fremont Station can be swamped with sounds: cars rushing by on nearby roads; wind whooshing through; bystanders talking. Cutting through the clamor in order to hear important announcements can be challenging even for those with perfect
Meet the Fleet: Passenger information systems get a big upgrade on new trains
Sample of what upgraded, 2nd-generation LED screen on trains could look like; note features including highlight of line, "you are here" bubble, pictograms, emergency message and translation for "next" stop. By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web ProducerYou know the feeling. Early-morning BART commute, you're