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It takes more than trains to run a railroad. Around 800 other vehicles are used to support and maintain BART operations, some of them with specialized uses that help bring customers a safer, more reliable ride.“Trains can’t run without the work done by these machines and their crews,” from track inspections

“California’s leadership made a great step today towards helping secure a brighter future for BART, thanks to this robust proposal of dedicated investment in transit,” said BART Board President Rebecca Saltzman. “We thank Governor Brown and our legislative partners for this package, which if passed and signed

BART is in the process of developing its Fiscal Year 2017 budget. The Board received its first look at the proposed budget during the April 14 th Board of Directors meeting. Download the presentation here. Watch an archive of the Board meeting. (Click on April 14 th meeting, item 4A) Read the Preliminary

Tamar Allen, Assistant General Manager Operations provided the following update to the BART Board of Directors today related to Saturday’s computer problems that prevented trains from being dispatched between 6am-9am: The type of failure that occurred this weekend is very rare. The last time a network switch

The International Rail Rodeo is a special opportunity for transit agencies to show off their top talent and BART rose to the occasion. In the latest edition of our podcast series “Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART” you’ll meet the BART team that won the overall title at this year’s competition. This is the

The Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association (PCFMA) will open a farmer’s market in the BART Glen Park Station parking lot beginning Sunday, May 15, 2011, and continuing through the end of October. No parking will be allowed in the lot while the market is in operation. This effort is supported and sponsored

Kiana Leong pictured in her graduation photos at Downtown Berkeley Station. Photos courtesy of Julianne Han. For Kiana Leong, a BART ride is like a yardstick for her life. The South San Francisco local has been riding BART for as long as she can remember. Her earliest memories stem from preschool, when she

Read the update from Thursday March 14th into the cause of the network problem here. Monday March 11th Update BART staff is waiting for failure analysis results from Cisco to understand the exact cause of a computer network failure on Saturday. Once we understand the exact cause, we can determine next steps

You won’t believe some of the questions that people ask when they dial up our customer call center. In the latest edition of "Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART" we take an inside look at the call center, which is open 365 days a year. We hear from some of the longtime staffers at the center and see what it’s

In the National Geographic photo, Sterling Johnson may look like a protagonist from a dystopian novel, as he is shown decked out in a hazmat bodysuit with his face covered completely by his goggles and mask. But Johnson, a Utility Worker at Concord Maintenance Yard, maintained a ho-hum attitude of his