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Parking fee changes planned for several stations
On Thursday, October 23, 2008, the BART Board approved a revised Fiscal Year 2009 budget that includes raising or implementing daily parking fees at seven stations, cutting spending by three percent in all departments and imposing a hiring freeze. Changes to the parking fees are expected to generate $800,000
19th Street Station timed transfers temporarily moving to MacArthur Feb 26-28
19th Street Station timed transfers temporarily moving to MacArthur Friday, February 26 at 10pm until end of service on Sunday, February 28. BART will be replacing system components, rail and control equipment on a portion of trackway in downtown Oakland over the weekend. The timed transfers that normally
Major escalator repair at Embarcadero (update)
Update: New end date 12/31/2017 We are removing from service the street-level escalator at the Market and Davis Street entrance to Embarcadero Station on August 1, 2017. This is a major repair that will replace the escalator controller unit with a new solid-state unit along with other repairs. The unit will
Major escalator repair at Montgomery (update)
Update: New end date: 11/27/2017 We are removing from service the street-level escalator at the Market and 2nd Street entrance to Montgomery Street Station on August 1, 2017. This is a major repair that will replace the escalator controller unit with a new solid-state unit along with other repairs. The unit
New South Garage at Walnut Creek Station opens 3/29
The new South Garage at the Walnut Creek Station will open to the public on Friday, March 29th. Please allow extra time for parking and catching your train during the first week or so after the opening. Please see the map below for more details on how to access the new garage. The next phase of the Walnut
New passenger loading and mid-block pedestrian crossing at Walnut Creek Station
As part of the improvements at the Walnut Creek Station, a NEW Mid-Block Pedestrian Crossing with a traffic signal has been installed at N. California Boulevard and a NEW Passenger Loading area has been created on the east side of N. California Boulevard between Ygnacio Valley Road and Pringle Avenue. The new
Pleasant Hill Station Passenger Loading Zone Detour 3/25-4/05
Due to construction, there will be a detour for the passenger loading zone at Pleasant Hill BART from 3/25 to 4/5/2021 (see map). A section of the passenger loading roadway will be closed in both directions adjacent to Coggins Dr. During this construction, the passenger loading zone will be temporarily
Rebuilt escalator opens at Civic Center Station
A third new escalator is now open in San Francisco as part of BART’s ambitious project to rebuild 40 escalators and add one new unit at four downtown stations. The newest escalator reopened October 28, 2021, connecting the Civic Center Station concourse level to street level at 7th and Market Streets. The
Parking areas at Fremont Station being reconfigured
In the next few weeks, the parking areas at Fremont will be reconfigured. More of our riders are using BART only occasionally, so we are expanding first-come, first-served Daily Fee parking to better accommodate these new commuting patterns. A portion of the existing Reserved Parking Area, formerly known as
Station agent called a hero for role in locating missing young man with autism
By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer A BART station agent is being hailed as a hero by the mother of a young man with autism who became separated from a group taking BART on an outing with a day program for people with disabilities. John Buitrago was on duty as a station agent at the Pittsburg/Bay Point