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BART’s first paying passenger on Sept. 11, 1972. In celebration of BART’s 50th anniversary this year, we’re looking back at the transit system’s five decades of service and innovation in a new series of stories. BART celebrates 50 years on Sept. 11, 2022. The BART magnetic ticket, with its blue and black

Photo of fire at West Oakland Due to a fire near BART tracks in West Oakland that started early this morning, BART service between Oakland and San Francisco was suspended for most of the day today. BART service continued throughout the East Bay and between San Francisco / Peninsula stations. Reports indicated

BART has made preparations to carry large loads of passengers out of downtown San Francisco and Oakland if crowds increase following today's sentencing in Los Angeles of former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle. BART is extending train lengths all day to accommodate extra riders. Additionally, the 11

With regard to lead negotiator Tom Hocks's availability BART spokesperson Rick Rice said, "Mr. Hock is here today. He will be here tomorrow as previously scheduled and also next Monday and Tuesday and the rest of next week if the mediator deems it necessary to meet. At the time the mediators suggested the 30

We are experiencing a heavy volume of riders today, Wednesday, Nov. 2. As always, BART’s primary mission is to ensure your safety and keep trains on-time. Listen for public address announcements and watch for electronic messages when inside stations. To assist our disabled passengers, BART personnel will be

The Oakland Museum of California and Creative Time are sponsoring the reenactment of a landmark 1969 speech by activist Angela Davis. It's part of a project to examine American democracy by considering today's political situation in context to that of the 1960s and 70s. The stage will be set for the

The KPFA Crafts & Music Fair in San Francisco Dec. 13-14 is the largest weekend holiday fine crafts fair in Northern California, drawing thousands of KPFA listeners and supporters for a celebration of arts, music and free speech radio. There's a free shuttle to the fair from the Civic Center BART Station

BART sets ridership records, weekday averages up BART carried an average of 9,274 more riders each weekday following the collapse of a portion of the MacArthur Maze on Sunday, April 29. Weekday ridership averaged 355,590 passengers from Monday, April 30 to Thursday, May 24. This was up from the 346,316 riders

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