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BART Board to get update on planned improvements for all transit in the Bay Area
The BART Board of Directors will get an update at their board meeting tomorrow, January 25, 2024, on the ongoing efforts of Bay Area transit systems to work together as one coordinated network to grow ridership and make transit easier to use.
Transit agencies in the Bay Area are committed to advancing exciting improvements in fares, customer information, coordinated schedules, and accessibility as outlined in the Transit Transformation Action Plan released in 2021. The plan is in coordination with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission which is providing funding to launch multiple pilot projects, studies, and planning efforts.
As transit agencies work towards a potential regional transportation ballot measure in 2026, the implementation of this plan will help build confidence in transit.
The plan includes:
- Testing new fare policies such as unlimited region-wide transit passes and free/reduced cost transfers between systems through Clipper.
- Exploring changes to regional fare structures to keep things simple and affordable and identifying what new funding would be needed to implement changes.
- An emerging new unified look for all transit agencies with consistent signage and new maps that show riders how to get around.
- Coordinated schedules that change at the same time and that improve connections.
- Increasing bus priority lanes to speed up bus trips and improve reliability.
- Improved regional paratransit trips.
- Ongoing advocacy for new funding to pay for all the changes and ensure agencies can maintain and enhance service, improvements to safety, and increased accessibility.
These improvements are critical for transit agencies in the Bay Area to showcase what a well-funded transit network looks and feels like. “Bay Area transit is not business as usual,” said Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer at BART. “We are listening to our riders and working on a new vision and better future that features cleaner, safer, easier to use transit.”
BART PD arrests suspect wanted for fatal stabbing above 24th Street Mission Station
BART police have arrested 42-year-old Richard Henry Visor in connection with a fatal stabbing that happened last month at the street level on the 24th Street Plaza above the 24th Street/Mission Station in San Francisco. BART Police and the San Francisco Police Department have been working collaboratively
One Book, One BART: Pulitzer winner Hua Hsu on growing up riding local transit
In May, BART launched its first ever book club for riders, One Book, One BART. The inaugural book selection for the book club, which runs through August, is "Stay True," a memoir set in 1990s Berkeley by writer Hua Hsu. Hsu, a staff writer at the New Yorker and a professor of literature at Bard College, grew
All trains at Millbrae will use the same platform for improved BART to Caltrain transfers starting March 22
Starting Monday, March 22nd, BART trains will arrive and depart at Millbrae Station from Platform 3, the one closest to Caltrain at the station. This significant improvement will allow riders at Millbrae to cross the same platform to transfer instead of the previous walk up and through the concourse. BART and
In a historic first, BART runs Exploratorium train and station advertisements in Chochenyo, the language of the East Bay Ohlone
The Exploratorium advertisement for ¡Plantásticas!, written in Chochenyo, featuring Ohlone leaders Vincent Medina (left) and Lous Trevino (right). For the first time in its fifty-year history, BART is running advertisements on trains and in stations written in the oldest language of the inner East Bay
BART System Expansion Policy survey open until 5/12/2022 to public to revisit policy
To meet the needs of an evolving Bay Area, BART is revisiting our System Expansion Policy. This updated policy will serve as a guide as we evaluate proposed projects. As part of these efforts, BART has developed a brief survey to help us understand your priorities for system development: http://s.alchemer.com
BART offers limited late night service for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays starting 7/15/21
Beginning Thursday, July 15, 2021, BART will run interim limited late night service after regular BART service ends at 9pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The limited late night service aims to give late night workers and patrons enjoying San Francisco nightlife more options to return home. BART will run
After successful 1st year, BART-dedicated SF Homeless Outreach Team expands to Mission
BART-dedicated SFHOT workers Robbie Fischer, left, and Jessie Jones at 16th/Mission By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer A partnership with the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team that dedicated two workers full-time to downtown San Francisco BART stations had such success in its first year that it’s
BART Board night meeting on 5/26/22 to discuss budget & TOD at Ashby and North Berkeley
The BART Board of Directors will hold its next meeting on May 26th at night to encourage greater public participation as the board continues discussing BART’s next budget. The May 26th meeting will start at 4pm with a closed session and the public portion of the meeting will begin at 5pm and will be live
Annual BART Holiday Toy Drive to benefit hundreds of families in Eastern Contra Costa County
Update 12/16/21: The annual BART Holiday Toy Drive collected more than 1,000 toys and over $1,000 in gift cards to benefit the hundreds of families aided by the East Contra Costa Community Alliance (ECCA). BART’s advertising partner Outfront Media supported the toy drive by collecting 35 toys and $250 in gift