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Fact sheet on details of BART labor contract proposal
The proposal before BART's two largest unions, the ATU and SEIU, includes these components: Preserves base salaries but eliminates 3 vacation days and/or floating holidays each year for two years Provides a 0.75% wage increase in the fourth year Gives employees a $500 lump sum payment in both the second &
BART Police deploy additional officers during holidays
Plainclothes & uniformed officers on the look-out for pickpocketers and other predators The BART Police Department is launching a special deployment of officers during the holiday shopping season, which traditionally begins the Friday after Thanksgiving. The deployment includes undercover officers to protect
One man’s fight to make BART accessible for all
07.29.22 “There is a special personal pride in being the first handicapped person in a wheelchair to use a subway train, and to represent all handicapped travelers who will use the BART system in years to come. I’ll never forget that sense of freedom I experienced as I boarded the BART train.” – Harold
BART moves forward with subway section of Fremont extension
BART is moving forward on a major phase of the Warm Springs Extension project that will ultimately bring BART closer to Silicon Valley. BART has just begun seeking proposals to build the Fremont Central Park Subway, an extensive construction project that will create jobs and help stimulate the Bay Area
Ticket exchange window opens at Richmond BART Station
BART riders with damaged tickets or a handful of tickets with minimal remaining value have a new place to exchange or consolidate them. A "MyTransitPlus" window is now open in the Richmond Transit Center located at the Richmond BART Station. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, customers can exchange
Best scoring bid to build BART's Fleet of the Future
BID COMPARISON Bidder PriceOffer Combined Score Bombardier (Canada) $1,543,192,904 79.70 Alstom(France) $1,727,025,189 73.22 Rotem(South Korea) $2,791,394,850 48.47 Technical Score + Price Score = Combined Score. Price offer is for a total of 775 cars. BART staff is recommending that the Fleet of the Future
BART Board passes interim budget with $24M deficit
Budget preserves train service and safety levels, establishes parking fees, eliminates positions and freezes top managers' salaries Today BART's Board of Directors passed the Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) Interim Operating Budget, which for the fourth year in a row, deals with the effects of a struggling economy
BART launches data-driven passenger load charts
As more riders return to BART to avoid traffic, BART is launching weekly train car loading charts to provide a snapshot of what riders can expect on-board trains during the COVID-19 pandemic. The commitment to share this data is part of BART’s 15-Step Welcome Back Plan as the region reopens. The schedule
Reserved parking and waitlists transitioning to official BART app
BART is transitioning its monthly, single day and airport/long term-reserved parking and waitlists systemwide to the official BART app to give riders a more modern and convenient way to pay. Reserved parking has previously been known as permit parking at BART, but with this transition to the official app, a
BART reports record ridership and progress on escalator repair
BART reported strong ridership growth and tremendous progress on escalator repair during its quarterly service performance update during today’s Board of Directors meeting. BART ridership increased 6.7% during its fourth quarter compared to the same quarter last year continuing a trend of 20 months of