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BART is taking new steps to highlight the diversity of our ridership and to make sure everyone feels welcome on the transit system. The “Bay Area Rides Together” campaign includes 280 posters that have been placed inside our trains. The signs focus on a central theme, “on this train, everyone is welcome.”

President Lynette Sweet pledges to increase diversity Today the BART Board of Directors unanimously elected two women to BART's most powerful posts?Board President and Vice President. President Lynette Sweet and Vice President Gail Murray assumed their respective posts after the nine member Board of Directors

BART will run longer trains on Saturday, Aug. 23, to accommodate the thousands of sports fans attending the SF Giants-San Diego Padres match-up at 1:05 p.m. and the Oakland Raiders-Arizona Cardinals 6 p.m. preseason game at McAfee Coliseum stadium. As an added service, after the football game BART will add

On Thursday, September 11 th, the BART Board of Directors will review a newly released report examining the 2013 labor negotiations. The report, which was commissioned by the Board of Directors, provides recommendations on how BART can improve the process of future labor negotiations. The full report

BART is projecting at least a 5% increase in ridership today as a result of today's Spare the Air free ride day. That means about 16,000 more riders will have chosen BART instead of driving to and from work. BART was expecting to carry about 314,000 riders today. In general, ridership on Fridays is lower than

The Bay Area turned to BART in near record numbers during the closure of the westbound Bay Bridge Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s unofficial numbers, just released this morning, show about 178,000 people rode BART yesterday. That’s compared to 121,000 the previous Sunday and 112,700 on Sunday, February 5

BART invites you to meet its Police Officers and learn more about crime prevention on Tuesday, Aug. 5, as the BART Police Department hosts National Night Out events at six BART stations from 4 pm to 7 pm. Each event will have a special focus on bicycle and electronic device theft prevention. BART Board of

At its April 23 meeting, the BART Board of Directors voted to amend its Transit-Oriented Development Policy to support the production of affordable housing. The policy amendments provide greater clarity about the expected financial return to BART from its developments, and allow for a discount of up to 60%

BART will be providing additional trains after regular BART service ends for fans departing A’s night games at the Coliseum. These additional trains will all be long trains to ensure social distancing. Masks are required while riding. 2021 Season For the 2021 season, BART will provide one extra batch of

BART on Sunday, June 25th carried 140,006 trips as riders took advantage of BART's expanded Sunday service. That's about 6,000 more riders than took BART for Pride '22 and 117% of pre-COVID ridership projections for a June Sunday. It was BART's busiest Sunday since the arrival of the pandemic. BART now runs 5