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Get a summary of all the BART holiday schedule and service plans
Here is a summary of BART schedule and service plans for the holiday period beginning with Christmas Eve on Friday, December 24, 2010, and continuing until New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1, 2011. BART to run longer midday trains on Christmas Eve With the exception of modified peak-commute service on the
BART sees big ridership increase on Dump the Pump Day
10,200 more riders took BART than agency predicted The final numbers show that 10,200 more riders than BART predicted rode the agency's trains during the second annual "National Dump the Pump Day," Thursday, June 21. BART had originally forecasted that there would be 340,400 riders on June 21, 2007. There
BART Police End Robbery Sprees, Ask For Public's Help
Four men are behind bars tonight after BART Police arrested them for cornering riders, confronting them and then ripping off items such as iPods, computers, credit cards and cash. The arrests come on the heels of news that riding BART is even safer than it was a year ago. Overall violent crime on BART, which
BART Board passes resolutions honoring workers in fatal accident
BART General Manager Grace Crunican issued the following statement October 24, 2013: On October 24, 2013, the BART Board of Directors unanimously passed resolutions honoring deceased BART employee Christopher Sheppard and deceased BART contractor Laurence E. Daniels, P.E. The National Transportation Safety
BART Police unveils new zone geographical policing structure
Today the BART Police Department (PD) unveiled its new Zone Geographical Policing Structure, which breaks the current zones down into smaller, easier to manage areas that are more compatible with its existing span of control. “A Zone Lieutenant will now be in command of one of the five patrol zones, where a
One year marks one million rides on BART to OAK
November 21 marks one year of active service for the automated BART to OAK line between Oakland International Airport and Coliseum Station. Coincidentally, it is also expected to reach the one millionth passenger trip milestone at some point this weekend – a sign of its tremendous success and growing
BART is increasing police presence and cleaning in response to customers’ concerns
BART will increase police patrols on trains and in stations, increase the frequency of deep cleaning of train cars and add more “scrub crew” cleaning at stations this spring. Increased Police Presence BART Police is more than doubling the presence of sworn officers in trains beginning March 20 to address
Governor announces grant to make BART riders more secure
Mayors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom play key role in securing funding Today, August 23, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office announced the Governor is granting BART $2.9 million to make riders more secure against terrorist attacks. "Since 9/11 the federal government has been giving mass transit just a
BART's April on-time performance a 16-month high
In April 2006, BART riders enjoyed a nearly 96% passenger on-time record ? the highest in 16 months. This news comes after a string of incidents in March toppled BART's normally stellar passenger on-time performance. Those incidents included a fire on March 9, a bomb threat on March 22 and three computer