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A new approach to cleaning BART's busiest stations
If you were to see the marble on a kitchen countertop, the graceful interplay of gray, white and black might catch your eye and prompt you to pause and appreciate its natural elegance. But here, on the concourse level of Embarcadero Station, the marble floor is largely ignored by the thousands of customers
BART unveils new glass canopy entrance
OAKLAND— BART’s latest efforts to improve escalator reliability and provide a more welcoming entrance to our stations in the form of a glass canopy entrance structure, is now completed and open to riders at the 19th Street station. BART Director Robert Raburn joined a crowd of people in celebrating the grand
Podcast: A new era arrives for escalators at BART
Transcript below: HOST: “BART is making its largest investment in escalators in decades with a generational project, and soon riders will experience the difference, welcome to “Hidden Tracks Stories from BART.” On this edition of Hidden Tracks will dig deep into the Market Street Escalators Renovation Project
BART takes direct aim at noise pollution
2/6/18 Update: We now have 34.4% of the legacy fleet (230 cars) upgraded with the new profile. We still expect to have 90% of the fleet converted by the end of 2019. Last year in August, BART announced a design breakthrough hailed as music to our riders’ ears: a small change in the way train wheels contact
BART releases overview of station cleaning, maintenance
Cleaning and maintaining our stations is a priority for us at BART and we understand the importance of providing a good experience for our riders passing through one of our 45 stations. With 130 million riders a year and weekday ridership exceeding 430,000 trips, wear and tear, grime, and dirt can build up
Take BART to the Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Charles Dickens fans can check out a "Victorian Christmas card come to life" at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, running four weekends at the Cow Palace starting Friday, Nov. 25, and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 18. You can wander the lanes of Victorian London with the scent of pine boughs and freshly
BART is using social media to connect with riders
Watch the video to learn how BART is using technology and social media to engage with the public and improve the BART experience. Follow our Twitter account at @SFBART and tag us in your tweets with questions or to let us know about something that needs fixing. You can tweet us about a hot or freezing car
Take BART to the Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Charles Dickens fans can check out a "Victorian Christmas card come to life" at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, running four weekends at the Cow Palace starting Friday, Nov. 28, and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 21.You can wander the lanes of Victorian London with the scent of pine boughs and freshly
BART receives California Digital Inclusion Award
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is among the winners of this year’s California Digital Inclusion Awards, which celebrate companies and organizations that are making their websites accessible to people with disabilities. "Websites are the virtual ‘front door’ for most businesses and organizations today