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The BART Board of Directors today appointed Mary King to fill a vacancy on the governing board until an elected Director is seated on December 7, 2012. The vacancy was created June 21, 2012 when now former Director Bob Franklin resigned to accept a position at BART as Department Manager of Customer Access

BART Director Nick Josefowitz issued the following statement in support of APTA’s Stand Up For Transportation advocacy day: “High quality, reliable BART service is essential to the Bay Area's economic and environmental sustainability. BART’s unfunded needs over the next 10 years now stand at $4.8 billion

BART will begin phasing in daily parking fees at the 10 busiest East Bay stations over the next six months. The fee/permit program will offer you a variety of options for parking while helping BART maintain high quality service and meet its difficult financial challenges. Three Phase Program The daily parking

The BART Board of Directors voted 7-2 to hire 10 additional fare inspectors and expand the teams to nights and weekends. Fare inspectors increase police presence on-board trains and platforms, deter fare evasion, encourage compliance over time, and help send a message of customer equity- that everyone must

With record ridership stretching BART resources as never before, the Board of Directors voted today to direct money to initiatives designed to increase train passenger capacity and to improve on-time performance. “Until the new Fleet of the Future train cars begin to be phased into service over the next few

Paul Hurtado, a restroom attendant at BART’s 19th Street Oakland and Powell Street stations, has a succinct message for riders passing through his stations: “You can come to BART, use these restrooms, and you will have a welcoming, a safe, a clean experience.” For many BART riders, Hurtado’s words are a long

The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter selected BART as the Bay Area’s 2013 “Employer of the Year.” The WTS bestowed the honor to BART at its annual meeting on May 23 in San Francisco. “We are honored to receive this recognition,” said Deputy General Manager Marcia deVaughn

BART is projecting at least an 8% increase in ridership today as a result of the fourth Spare the Air free transit day of 2006. That means at least 26,000 more people took BART than usual. Total ridership for Monday, July 17 is estimated to be 349,000. The 26,000 figure is a conservative estimate based on

On Sunday, June 25, BART will increase the amount and length of trains to imitate Saturday service and weekday commute-length trains. We will open at 8am. Passengers headed to the festivities are encouraged to use BART’s mobile website (http://m.bart.gov) for Real Time Departures and other service related

BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez, who has led the department’s efforts to embrace progressive policing and to boost the visible safety presence on the system, is announcing his retirement. Chief Alvarez is retiring after 25 plus years of service with the department including spending the last four as Chief of