BART is undertaking studies and projects to advance the goals of our Station Access Policy and related Performance Measures and Targets. Check back regularly for updates and new initiatives.
Studies
Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan
BART is helping address the housing and climate crises by fulfilling state, regional, and local goals to build housing around El Cerrito Plaza, North Berkeley and Ashby stations as transit-oriented developments. These developments will result in more than 2,000 new mixed-income apartments that maximize housing near transit, improving sustainable transportation options to work, school, and recreation for people of all abilities and income levels. The Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan, funded by California's Department of Transportation, identifies access strategies along the Richmond line that more equitably distribute BART's investments in walking, rolling, biking, riding transit, driving, and parking.
Means-Based Parking Pricing Study
BART’s Parking Policy, last updated 2013, sets a price cap of $3 for daily parking at most stations. The BART Board of Directors is considering increasing this cap and is concerned about the impact on low-income BART riders, especially those who have few alternatives to driving. This Means-Based Parking Pricing Study evaluates options for improving the affordability of BART for low-income riders who drive and park.
BART Walk and Bicycle Network Gap Study
BART’s Board-adopted Station Access Policy (2016) has a goal to advance the region’s safety, public health, and greenhouse gas (GHG) and pollution-reduction goals, with a particular focus on improving pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. To advance this, BART has released the BART Walk Bike Network Gap Study. It includes specific recommendations to improve walking and biking access to 17 stations, as well as global recommendations that may apply to all BART station areas, both on and off BART property.
North Concord to Antioch BART Access Study
Anticipating the opening of BART to Antioch, BART undertook this study to identify how access to stationsin Eastern Contra Costa County could be improved. For North Concord/Martinez and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations and the BART to Antioch stations at Pitttsburg Center and Antioch, the North Concord to Antioch BART Access Study identifies potential access improvement projects to enhance pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and vehicular access.
Multimodal Access Design Guidelines
Following the Board's adoption of the Station Access Policy in 2016, BART developed Multimodal Access Design Guidelines to provide easy-to-use guidance and minimum/maximum and recommended standards for planning pedestrian, bike and transit access within BART’s station areas. This guide covers the area from the station faregates to the edge of BART’s property, and applies to connecting intersections.
Projects
MacArthur 40th St Underpass Safety Improvements
BART is working to improve the lighting along 40th Street at the I-580 underpass at the MacArthur BART station. To develop the lighting design, BART is coordinating with the City of Oakland, Caltrans and other agencies, with input from riders and the community.
North Berkeley Bicycle & Pedestrian Access Improvements
BART is designing bicycle and pedestrian improvements for North Berkeley Station to:
1. Advance the 2016 Station Access Policy goals (safer, healthier, greener) & targets (52% active access by 2025
2. Give people who bike the same level of access to the station as people who walk and people who drive
3. Improve the Ohlone Greenway connection around the station area and up to Franklin Street
Dublin/Pleasanton Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Improvements
As an end-of-the-line station, Dublin/Pleasanton attracts BART riders from many distant locations. For these riders, the only really viable options for accessing BART are to drive and park at BART, or to ride a regional bus. This project aims to support existing biking and walking trips to BART, and to make walking and biking to BART a better, more attractive option for more people who can and want to walk and bike.
Antioch Station Access Improvements
In 2021 BART made a series of multimodal access improvements at Antioch Station including adding an 850-space parking lot; improved passenger pick-up/drop-off and transit circulation; improved wayfinding; and relocation of bike parking. Also BAR worked with the City of Antioch, Caltrans and Contra Costa County to lead implementation of a multi-use path on Slatten Ranch Road to the station entrance.
For information on BART to Antioch, read more here.