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BART General Manager to hold special Listening Tour with San Francisco State students to boost transit ridership
BART General Manager Bob Powers will be meeting with students at San Francisco State University on Thursday, November 4 from 1:30-3pm on campus about their transit needs and to hear their ideas to encourage more young people to ride BART. The visit to the San Francisco State campus will allow Powers the
BART adds three more trains to Yellow line as ridership ticks up; new schedule begins 6/8
This service change has been updated as of June 22, 2020: BART extends Yellow Line extra commute trains to Pittsburg/Bay Point as ridership continues to tick upward. Read the update: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200622 BART will be running a new schedule with minor adjustments starting next
BART Police honor outstanding officers and civilians at tenth annual BPD Awards Ceremony
People celebrate at the tenth annual BPD Awards Ceremony on Dec. 14, 2022. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, the BART Police Department hosted its tenth annual end-of-year awards ceremony, honoring the individuals who served exceptionally over the past year. “Thank you for your efforts and dedication towards the pursuit
BART installs new bike racks inside 19th St./Oakland Station, offering more storage
New double-deck bike racks inside the station The latest step in BART's efforts to improve facilities for bicyclists is a set of spiffy double-deck racks that can hold 64 bikes inside the 19th St./Oakland Station. Previously, the only option for bicyclists who wanted to store bikes near the station were the
‘Everything happens for a reason’: BART Police officer played semi-pro soccer before joining department
When Tyler Mauldin was three years old, her father handed her a basketball. Instead of dribbling it, she started kicking it. Her dad, who played basketball for Stanford University, realized he needed a new approach. He bought her a soccer ball and enrolled her in a recreational league. At 10, Mauldin began
Happy Halloween! Download our BART-themed stencils to have the best pumpkin on the block
This year, give your pumpkin a BARTy twist! We created eight BART-themed pumpkin carving stencils (from easy peasy to challenging) that you can download at this link.
Print 'em out and get carving!
If you post a pic of your pumpkin, give us a tag on Twitter (@sfbart) or Instagram (@sfbayarearapidtransit) so we can show it off.
Happy Halloween!
BART offers chance to throw out first A’s pitch; moves sports fans throughout the Bay Area
Here at BART we love all our Bay Area sports teams, win or lose, professional, college, pee-wee league and more. And we’re proud of moving the fans (and sometimes the players) to their destinations. This year, we’re doing something new with regard to the Oakland Athletics, one of our longtime sponsorship
With rainy season upon us, BART’s resplendent rain gardens are hard at work keeping local waterways clean
A rain garden at Lafayette Station during a storm. The typically yellow hills surrounding Lafayette were green as emeralds on a recent rainy afternoon as yet another storm pummeled the already-inundated Bay Area region. While locals may be tired of all the rain, the region’s thirsty vegetation certainly is
BART PD reports strong monthly arrest totals amid redeployment plan that boosts safety presence in trains
Based on preliminary data, the BART Police Department in March and April saw two of its highest monthly arrest totals since the arrival of the pandemic. In March BPD reported 258 arrests systemwide and in April the monthly total increased to 266. On March 20th, BPD implemented a new deployment strategy that
Role in the Region: BART plays an important role in the Bay Area meeting its climate goals
In July, BART released the Role in the Region Report, a comprehensive study of BART's impact on the Bay Area illustrated by new analyses, data visualizations, and powerful personal narratives. Over the coming weeks, we'll be sharing some of the key insights from the report in a series of Role in the Region articles here on bart.gov. Click here to read the first story -- on BART's role in reducing regional traffic -- click here for the second story, which explores BART's contributions to the economy.
We encourage you to read the full report - click here - and visit the project webpage at bart.gov/roleintheregion.
Today's post examines BART's impact on the regional economy. See the full report for methodology.
BART is one of the greenest ways to get around the Bay Area and taking public transit is one of the easiest ways to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.
Consider these facts:
- Transportation accounts for 38 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions.
- Driving releases 42 times more greenhouse gases per mile than BART.
- Every BART train car moves as many people as 76 automobiles.
California has a 2045 target date to achieve carbon neutrality and help prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The transition to zero-emission vehicles alone will not happen fast enough to meet state and regional climate goals.
What BART Riders Say…
“I think BART makes the world a better place. It provides an economy of scale, is better for the environment, and allows for more urbanization in the region.”
Samantha Greenstone, High School Student at Orion Academy in Concord
Without BART, there would be a daily increase of 780,000 to 1,560,000 miles driven, which is equal to 2,000 to 4,000 cars driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Removing an equivalent amount of greenhouse gas emissions would require planting a new San Francisco-sized forest every two years to offset the extra carbon dioxide.
100 percent of BART’s contracted electricity supply has been greenhouse gas emission-free in recent years, and BART is helping transit agencies operating buses achieve their electrification goals with battery charging at BART stations. BART continues to find new ways to lower emissions; our September 2023 schedule change, which introduced shorter trains and only Fleet of the Future train cars running for the base schedule, resulted in a 15% reduction in energy used per day.
What BART Riders Say…
“To me, BART is a sustainable way of life. When I take BART, I feel like I’m doing my part."
Rider from San Francisco, CA
Taking BART and other public transit options is one good thing anyone can do for the planet.
Learn more about BART's sustainability practices and read the 2023 Sustainability Report at bart.gov/sustainability.
