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BART expands service for event-filled weekend

BART will have long trains and more of them all weekend long to help riders get to the Oakland A's playoff games, the Oakland Raiders game, the Cal football game, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and anywhere else. Riders are encouraged to plan ahead by loading value to their Clipper card early or

BART Police reunite mother with missing daughter

Late this evening BART Police were able to put an end to a mother's worst nightmare when they found her missing child. 11 year-old Aquellezra Gabriel was last heard from around 6:00 pm when she was on the 22 Muni bus headed to City College. “Her mother told investigators that her daughter's usual route was to

BART train techs earn another trophy

It’s official: BART’s train car maintainers are the best in nation – wait – make that the best in North America. BART’s team of train car maintainers took the trophy in Montreal this weekend during the transit industry’s version of the NBA Finals: the International Rail Rodeo. BART's team, Ted Christian, Dan

Nov. 20: Join BART for a community meeting on BART’s sustainability progress and share your feedback

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5pm to 6:30pm, BART’s Sustainability Department invites the public to join a virtual community meeting for updates on BART’s sustainability progress and to share their thoughts and priorities moving forward. 

To receive the meeting Zoom link, register by clicking here or scanning the QR code on the flyer below. 

The meeting will gather perspectives and ideas from the community as BART moves forward in updating its 2017 Sustainability Action Plan for 2025. BART’s Sustainability Department will provide background on its sustainability vision and program; an overview of current efforts to update the action plan for 2025; and presentations on key topics (each followed by interactive polling), including energy/GHG emissions, water, waste, resilience and adaptation, transportation and land use planning, materials and construction practices, and rider and employee experience.  

This will be followed by a Q&A and a discussion of next steps.  

More on BART’s Sustainability Action Plan: The action plan identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes the most important actions BART can take to advance sustainability through Calendar Year 2035. The plan summarizes much of the existing sustainability work BART is doing and finds the best points to leverage sustainability in the future planning, design, construction, operations and ongoing maintenance of the system. 

We hope to see you there! 

To read more about BART’s Sustainability Program, visit bart.gov/sustainability. To read the 2017 Action Plan, click here.  

 

Community Town Hall for Sustainability flyer

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300 BART cars get new seats

Board Awards $2.7 Million Contract to Belmont Company; nearly half of BART's fleet of 669 rail cars will be getting a fresher, cleaner look The BART Board of Directors unanimously approved a $2.7 million contract that will help the agency nearly double its efforts to replace worn out seats on up to 300 cars

BART 2022 pride shirt now available

Our 2022 pride shirt is now available in our stores, and for the first time ever, virtually on select platforms. The physical shirt is now available on Rail Goods, and can also be purchased from our Customer Service Center at Lake Merritt (Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:45pm). Our pride shirt is also available as an

BART outlines roadmap to boost small business

BART is looking to give small businesses a boost in these uncertain economic times by increasing contracting opportunities within the transit District. At today’s Board of Directors meeting, BART’s Office of Civil Rights outlined a comprehensive strategy to change the agency’s processes in awarding contracts

Update on BART's actions following the January 1 shooting

Since 1972, BART has built its solid reputation as a transportation leader dedicated to providing safe and reliable transportation to the communities that we serve. It has been our history to face problems and take corrective action. While we cannot reverse the shooting of Oscar Grant, we can take every

BART resumes regular service hours Tuesday

BART resumes regular hours on Tuesday after running limited round-the-clock service for five nights while the Bay Bridge was closed for the switch to a new eastern span. BART ridership was over 1.85 million trips from Wednesday-Sunday (final Monday figures will be available Tuesday afternoon), a 23% increase