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Ensuring safety on BART by increasing police presence on trains, in stations and parking lots should be the top priority for a new police chief, the public told BART in an online survey. Respondents were asked to rate 14 personal characteristics or attributes desired in a new chief. Most of the qualities

Wednesday, January 29, is the funeral for BART police officer, Sgt. Tommy Smith. Many personnel from the BART Police Department will attend the funeral to honor him and support his family. To maintain safety of our customers and security on the system, allied agencies' law enforcement personnel will assist by

The BART Board of Directors is currently in the process of recruiting a public-at-large appointee for the BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB). The BPCRB is comprised of 11 members. One public-at-large position is appointed jointly by the BART Board of Directors. Members of the BPCRB work to increase the

By Melissa Jordan BART Senior Web ProducerFiling out of a classroom with sleepy eyes, bulky backpacks and brown-bag lunches, the seniors of Bayhill High School in Oakland were preparing to take a field trip for a college tour, using BART to get there.Their trip to California State University-East Bay in

On Monday, June 1, 2020 BART will eliminate the sales of paper tickets at San Francisco International Airport Station as it expands the number of stations where the only fare product available for purchase is the reusable, reloadable and regionally accepted Clipper card. BART rolled out a 4-station pilot

BART is focused on making transit easier to use. Crews have made several upgrades to our fare collection machines to speed up the experience. Riders can now use credit and debit cards to pay for parking inside stations BART Add Fare Machines inside stations, which also serve as parking payment machines, now

By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer If you are walking through a BART station in coming weeks, lift your eyes from your mobile phone and take a look at those posters on the wall. Mixed in with the usual advertisements you may see something special : one-of-a-kind works by a world-class artist. Owen

BART is partnering with the Exploratorium to provide free transportation to the museum for students and teachers across the Bay Area.The partnership, which also provides free museum access,is made possible by a generous donation from Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe Rock. The pilot program in 2018 brought 23,000

We recognize temperatures can be uncomfortable sometimes for riders on crowded trains, so we are in the process of replacing the heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) systems on the most problematic cars. There are 230 “second generation” cars and these have far more HVAC problems than the 439 earlier

Senior Engineer Van Nguyen uses a gauge to measure fault creep in the BART Caldecott Tunnel By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Julia Quittman's grandmother told her as a little girl that her brain was just as good as her five older brothers' and she should choose any career that made her happy: Now she