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Highlights from National Engineers Week Q&A; We're hiring engineers

Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for our National Engineers Week Q&A on Twitter on Friday, Feb. 23. Here's a compilation of highlights from that exchange. BART engineers work in the field as well as in the office, such as the engineer shown here in reflective vest preparing to oversee track work

Construction for 19th Street Oakland Station modernization set to begin

BART is working to upgrade 19th Street/Oakland BART Station with improvements that will expand station capacity, reduce crowding, improve access, save energy, reduce fare evasion, and enhance the customer experience. BART is planning for the construction on the first phase of the modernization project to

Earthquake Safety construction outside Fruitvale Station

As part of BART’s systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, seismic retrofit pre-construction work at Fruitvale Station under the BART track near the Station entrance and Fruitvale Village Plaza (at Avenida de la Fuente) has begun, using a scissor lift. The week of October 22, seismic retrofit construction work

Earthquake Safety construction work inside Fruitvale Station

As part of BART’s systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, seismic retrofit work at the Fruitvale Station continues. STAGE ONE (1) earthquake safety construction activity has begun inside the Fruitvale Station on the south side (back end) of the concourse -- this is a change from the original plan of working

New budget cleans trains, improves service

New budget cleans trains, doubles SFO/Millbrae service, improves night/weekend service On Thursday, June 14, the BART Board of Directors approved a $627.4 million Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Operating Budget. The budget makes substantial improvements to the overall customer experience by: Doubling the number of

Project Alternatives

Project Alternatives The Project EIR evaluates a BART rail extension as the proposed project, along with three other transit alternatives, and a "no project" alternative. The alternatives are: A. Conventional BART Extension (proposed project) B. Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) or Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)

Electrical upgrade construction to begin at Ashby Station

As part of our 34.5KV cable system upgrade project, construction will begin to install electrical auxiliary cables and supports between MacArthur and Ashby stations and along elevated structures in north Oakland. Construction crews will create fenced enclosures to install cables, electrical switchgear and

Earthquake safety work at Daly City Station to affect fare gates

Dear Customer: As part of BART's systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, we have been strengthening structures at the Daly City Station to withstand future earthquakes. Starting early February 2010, construction crews will start work inside the station. We will need to close two fare gates at the south end of