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Entrance Closure Alert: Montgomery St. entrance near Sutter and Sansome to close for canopy work

An entrance to Montgomery Street Station near Sutter and Sansome Streets is scheduled to close October 18th for construction of a new canopy. The entrance is expected to remain closed until Spring 2024. 

Three alternative entrances will remain open, including the entrance at Montgomery and Post Streets where a new canopy has just been completed. 

BART has finished six canopies over station entrances along Market Street and 13 more will be built, including the canopy at the entrance referenced above. The new canopies protect escalators and provide additional wayfinding, lighting, real-time information and security cameras. 

The canopy project is proceeding in conjunction with a program to replace 40 escalators and add one new escalator at the four downtown San Francisco stations. 

Single Tracking Alert: Service reduced to one track at South Hayward Station for vegetation management

(January 6 update) The work that had been planned for January 12 has been cancelled because of the progress made by work crews with vegetation management on January 5. BART plans to provide regular Sunday service at South Hayward Station on January 12.


On Sunday, January 12, a work team will be deployed in the trackway near South Hayward Station to manage vegetation that could pose a hazard to service. To ensure the work can be done safely, service through the project area will be reduced from two tracks to one at South Hayward. Riders in the area should expect delays of 15-20 minutes on those work dates. Also, the Green Line will be cancelled for the day. Riders travelling from North San Jose/Berryessa to San Francisco can take an Orange Line, Richmond-bound train and transfer to a Blue Line train at Bay Fair Station.

Entrance Closure Alert: Embarcadero Station entrance in front of Federal Reserve to close for canopy work 10/18

Article updated 10/12/23 to reflect that construction will begin 10/18, not 10/19

An entrance to Embarcadero Station between Spear and Main Streets, in front of the Federal Reserve Bank, is scheduled to close October 18th for construction of a new canopy. The entrance is expected to remain closed until Spring 2024. 

Four alternative entrances will remain open, including the entrance at Market and Davis Streets where a new canopy has just been completed. 

BART has finished six canopies over station entrances along Market Street and 13 more will be built, including the canopy at the entrance referenced above. The new canopies protect escalators and provide additional wayfinding, lighting, real-time information and security cameras. 

The canopy project is proceeding in conjunction with a program to replace 40 escalators and add one new escalator at the four downtown San Francisco stations. 

El Cerrito del Norte Station: Installation of new signs and maps for testing

Starting Monday, November 18, 2024, signage and maps will be installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station to test new regional transit standards. Construction will take approximately three weeks and is not likely to impact passengers.

This work will include select station identification, elevator, bus stop, and new line diagram signage, as well as new maps.

Once complete, we’ll ask you to share your feedback on these test signs and maps and how we can make them work better for you. Your ideas will help us improve designs to make traveling by transit more intuitive, convenient and fun!

This is part of the Regional Mapping & Wayfinding Project, which will harmonize maps and signs to help people navigate transit throughout the Bay Area. It is led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in collaboration with BART and all Bay Area transit agencies. 

Learn more about the project at: https://mtc.ca.gov/MappingWayfinding

El Cerrito del Norte Station wayfinding testing in November
Picture of wayfinding signage at El Cerrito del Norte Station

Ridership Watch: daily ridership update

 

This page features daily ridership figures for the current year. Ridership numbers are updated manually by BART Communications Monday through Friday.

Explore Ridership Data

  • Extensive ridership data (in excel format) such as station specific data and origin-destination pairs, ridership trends, historical data, and the new Monthly Ridership Report Snapshot in PDF format are available here: https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership

To visit the archived manual daily ridership updated for between January 2023 and December 2024 please click here. For the March 2020 through December 2022 archive, click here.

March 2025 
DateRidership (# of paid exits)
3/1/2595,545
3/2/2566,512
3/3/25160,417
3/4/25191,682
3/5/25192,575
3/6/25192,117
3/7/25158,921
3/8/25103,590
3/9/2568,297
3/10/25159,261
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February 2025 
DateRidership (# of paid exits)
2/1/2574,208
2/2/2552,916
2/3/25152,909
2/4/25169,047
2/5/25190,479
2/6/25169,859
2/7/25146,355
2/8/2593,620
2/9/2563,351
2/10/25155,879
2/11/25188,211
2/12/25181,064
2/13/25161,449
2/14/25153,801
2/15/25139,475
2/16/2578,790
2/17/2589,742
2/18/25184,166
2/19/25184,063
2/20/25183,697
2/21/25151,823
2/22/2598,694
2/23/2574,755
2/24/25161,848
2/25/25191,331
2/26/25194,619
2/27/25190,357
2/28/25154,326
January 2025 
DateRidership (# of paid exits)
1/1/2548,695
1/2/25124,532
1/3/25108,665
1/4/2578,853
1/5/2559,030
1/6/25140,448
1/7/25172,586
1/8/25172,605
1/9/25165,667
1/10/25138,142
1/11/2583,173
1/12/2560,642
1/13/25152,716
1/14/25185,466
1/15/25183,455
1/16/25181,036
1/17/25140,668
1/18/2589,922
1/19/2566,830
1/20/2581,667
1/21/25180,170
1/22/25184,158
1/23/25183,700
1/24/25148,267
1/25/2596,057
1/26/2564,774
1/27/25157,631
1/28/25190,532
1/29/25180,641
1/30/25190,659
1/31/25139,689

Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2025 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, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will be available for public review on and after May 8, 2024 at the Office of the District Secretary, Tenth Floor, 2150 Webster, Oakland, California.

Appropriations Limit Resolution

Appropriations Limit Attachment 1

Appropriations Limit Attachment 2 (revised)

B. At its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, the Board of Directors will address the District’s appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2025. Any person may appear thereat and be heard regarding this matter.

Comments may be made at the hearing or should be sent to:
April Quintanilla, District Secretary
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
[email protected]

Parking News

Lake Merritt TOD - Parking UpdatesAs of 9/16/2024, the Lake Merritt parking lot is closed.More information on the Transit-Oriented Development project

Platform elevator at 24th St./Mission Station out of service July 22-26

Update: 7/25/24

The elevator was returned to service on Thursday, July 25, 2024.

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The concourse to platform elevator at 24th St./Mission Station will be taken out of service on Monday, July 22, 2024 for emergency replacement of cables. The elevator is expected to be back in service by Friday, July 26, 2024.

This is the only concourse to platform elevator at 24th St./Mission Station. The street to concourse level will remain in service. 

We recommend riders use the 16th St./Mission Station, which is 0.9 miles away, as an alternative. 

To check if an elevator is in service before arriving at a station, please call 510-834-LIFT (510-834-5438) or 888-2-ELEVAT (888-235-3828), or sign up for elevator status alerts at www.bart.gov/elevators.

If you arrive at any station and find that the elevator(s) are out of service, you may contact a Station Agent to arrange for a lift van to take you to a nearby station with a working elevator.

We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

 

Notice of discussion on proposed surveillance technologies March 14, 2024

BART is giving notice of documents related to surveillance technology that will be discussed at the March 14, 2024 meeting of the Board of Directors. There are six projects seeking approval for surveillance technology use as listed below with their respective Surveillance Impact Reports (SIRs).

Notification to the Board of Directors

SRIs should be read in concert with the existing Surveillance Use Policies for closed-circuit television (CCTV) and Public Emergency Phone Towers (PEPT) (adopted on October 25, 2018).

Surveillance Impact Report for Dublin/Pleasanton Access Improvements
Surveillance Impact Report for Canopy/Escalator Replacement (4 San Francisco stations)
Surveillance Impact Report  for Balboa Park Station East Side Improvement & Plaza
Surveillance Impact Report for Colton Vent Structure (San Francisco)
Surveillance Impact Report for In-Station CCTV Cameras (3 San Francisco stations)
Surveillance Impact Report for In-Station CCTV Cameras (31 stations, phased)

This SIRs and Use Policies will also be available for review in print on or after February 28, 2024 at the Office of the District Secretary, 10th Floor, 2150 Webster St, Oakland CA 94612

San Leandro Station: temporary closure of pedestrian entrance starting 9/9

Starting September 9, 2024 the W. Estudillo Ave pedestrian entrance to the San Leandro BART station, adjacent to the San Leandro Tech Campus (SLTC), will be temporarily closed for construction of pedestrian improvements. This work will improve access and safety for our customers by widening the sidewalk, removing fencing and overgrown landscaping, and installing a high-visibility crosswalk and new pedestrian-scale lighting. The work will be completed in approximately six weeks.

During the work, signs will be posted to help you find your way around the construction. The map and description below show the pedestrian detour.

As you exit the faregates, turn left and left again to follow the sidewalk along the bus area. Turn left on San Leandro Blvd. Turn left on Davis St. Turn left on the Martinez St Pathway.

For those traveling to the station on W. Estudillo Ave from Alvarado St: Turn left on the Martinez St Pathway. Turn right on Davis St. Turn right on San Leandro Blvd. Turn right along the bus entrance and follow the sidewalk to the faregates.

Thank you for your patience as we complete this important work.

San Leandro passenger bulletin loading zone work