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BART will increase police patrols on trains and in stations, increase the frequency of deep cleaning of train cars and add more “scrub crew” cleaning at stations this spring. Increased Police Presence BART Police is more than doubling the presence of sworn officers in trains beginning March 20 to address

Mayors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom play key role in securing funding Today, August 23, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office announced the Governor is granting BART $2.9 million to make riders more secure against terrorist attacks. "Since 9/11 the federal government has been giving mass transit just a

In April 2006, BART riders enjoyed a nearly 96% passenger on-time record ? the highest in 16 months. This news comes after a string of incidents in March toppled BART's normally stellar passenger on-time performance. Those incidents included a fire on March 9, a bomb threat on March 22 and three computer

The BART Board of Directors took the first step October 24, 2019 toward possibly giving BART riders priority access for the lines leading to passenger screening check points at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The directors voted to approve trip verification technology (TVT). With TVT, SFO-hired

BART has worked for years to get folks out of their cars and onboard its trains. That’s why at first look, it might seem strange that BART is partnering with a subsidiary of one of the premier car companies in the world to create the Fleet of the Future, a new generation of train cars going into service

BART conducted an unannounced earthquake drill at 10:15 this morning in conjunction with a statewide exercise called the Great California ShakeOut. For BART, the Great California ShakeOut meant the Operations Control Center (OCC) ordered trains to stop and hold position. Once trains were stopped, an

The challenge was high-stakes, unprecedented and borderline existential: Would BART be able keep its electric trains running if a power company shut off electricity? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, was yes, the trains would run with nary a hitch but making that happen did not come easily. BART’s Maintenance

BART’s continuing focus on safety and security for riders and increased police presence has received a funding infusion via a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). BART has been awarded $1.7 million to pay for continued police patrols on trains traveling through BART’s busiest stations

During the period between 3 a.m. Monday, September 7th and close of service around midnight, BART had 178,000 riders, or about 56,000 more than would have been expected without the Bay Bridge closure. Of those 178,000 riders, 104,000 took Transbay trips. That's about 47,000 more than would have been expected