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Roughed-Up Riders Suing BART For Inadequate Security

The $3 million civil suit against BART brought forward by the family brutalized in the infamous deplorable teen flash mob robbery has now morphed into a much larger class action suit with more

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Incredibly Satisfying Video Follows BART's 'Brightening Crew' As They Power-Wash Station Stairs

Aww, some nice PR for BART for a change. BART just posted this video, apparently produced by their in-house communications team, highlighting the work of the guys who power-wash all the grime (and

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Video: Mapping 24 Hours Of SF Transit In Two Minutes

A mapping startup called Mapzen has been working on an experimental map-visualization project called TransitFlow that provides us an animated look at 24 hours worth of transit-vehicle movement around San Francisco. Curbed points

BART Says Riders Who Don't Pay Fares Don't Cost The Transit Agency Anything

When does a rider who doesn't pay their fare cost the cash-strapped transit agency known as BART any money? When that rider is related to an employee, if comments made by their spokesperson

Woman Arrested For Allegedly Abusing Her Kids At BART Station

A woman was arrested Saturday at BART's MacArthur station, after witnesses say she was physically abusing her two young children as she stood on the platform. Bay City News reports that 28-year-old Oakland

Overcome By The Heat, BART Announces Delays As Long As 60 Minutes All Weekend

Those of us feeling dramatically less productive due to the current heat wave have a spirit animal in BART, it appears, as the transit agency has announced that the weather has caused them

[Update] Suspicious Package Disrupts Muni And BART Service, Briefly Closes Market Street At Powell

Market St closed on 800 block pic.twitter.com/jDwkJm6pIZ— _ (@R27D) August 30, 2017 Fears of a suspicious package spurred officials to close a busy stretch of Market Street Wednesday afternoon and to

Video: BART Riders Rush To Stop Oncoming Train After Jumper Lands On Tracks

A man who was possibly in crisis jumped onto the tracks at the Civic Center BART station Monday afternoon was saved after multiple riders on the station platform waved to get the attention

BART To Permanently Close Two Entrances To Civic Center Station

That entrance to the BART/Muni station at the foot of Grove Street, in front of Burger King, is a thing of the past, and BART will also be closing the corresponding entrance

BART Defends Panhandling As Free Speech, But Says 'Aggressive Panhandlers' Will Be Arrested

A man was arrested at the Bay Fair BART station Tuesday, after he allegedly battered a patron who refused to give him money. The incident was detailed in a Facebook post published by

BART Patrons Arrested In SF For Threats To Women, Attempted Hat Theft

In a welcome change of pace to the many stories of unsolved BART crime, BART police say they made at least two arrests this weekend, both at stations in San Francisco. The first

Day Around The Bay: BART To Open One Hour Later At 5 AM

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Party's Over For BART Gate-Hoppers As Police Crack Down On Fare Evasion

If you’re in on the dirty little secret that many BART stations (like Embarcadero) have free-swinging gate exits that you can just walk right through, your swinger party may be over. ABC

Billion Dollar BART Extension To Livermore Has Officials Livid

Have you ever gazed at the system map while riding BART and noticed some dotted-line ‘proposed extensions’ and said to yourself “Haha yeah right, as if I’m going to live that long!

Things People Do On BART: Pepper-Spray, Carry Crack, Attack, Shave

Monday-BART police searching for this man. Accused of assaulting passengers in 2 separate incidents @kron4news pic.twitter.com/hMC0I3TxbT— Will Tran (@KRON4WTran) August 7, 2017 Did BART's decision to stop sending out their

BART Fills Budget Gap By Letting Ford And United Airlines Wrap Whole Trains With Ads

BART debuts train cars wrapped in ads. https://t.co/VXMWCoNeRm via @matierandross pic.twitter.com/BI8rQbP6rZ— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) August 2, 2017 In yet another case of a public transit entity making ends

Man Busted For Alleged BART Wank Session

A man was reportedly arrested by BART police at a San Francisco station this weekend, on reports of indecent public activity. KRON 4 reports that the arrest occurred at 6:44 a.m.

Day Around The Bay: Fed Up Woman Places Masturbating Man Under Citizen's Arrest On BART

The health department releases an updated map of the highest injury streets and intersections for traffic incidents. [Hoodline] A man who was allegedly masturbating on BART was placed under citizen’s arrest by

Man Threatens To Kill Everyone On BART Train, Is Allowed To Board By BART Cop

A clearly unstable man who had already caught the attention of BART police early Friday morning at North Concord/Martinez BART Station was allowed by one BART officer to board a train full

BART Now Says The First 'Fleet of the Future' Cars Will Be Taking Passengers In September

BART is not making any promises, but via a media ride-along event on Monday, they are eager to let the public know that they are not behind schedule anymore with the rollout of

Video: Victim In Richmond BART Mob Attack Speaks Out

30-year-old Landon Sims has no idea why a gang of about a dozen teenagers randomly attacked him outside the Richmond BART station last week. Robbery was not the apparent motive because, as he

Richmond Mayor Witnesses BART Attack, Calls Out Nearby Workers As 'Uninterested'

Anxiety over BART crime, safety, and deplorable teens will surely be on the rise after yet another BART attack by a teen mob Thursday, this one at the Richmond station. The Chronicle reports

Some BART Train Cameras Still Using Betamax Format

BART continues to have to answer for its aging train car woes, and for its recent spate of crime, and the latest terrible tidbit comes via the Chronicle, where we learn that more

Entire Muni Subway Is Closing Nights And Weekends For Four Weeks To Test New Trains

The SFMTA can't just shut down one entire Muni subway for an entire month just to test five new trains. Or can it? Streetsblog brings us word of the San Francisco Municipal Transit

Blown Insulator And Smoke Situation Causes Brief Scare, And Delays, At Embarcadero BART

A loud bang and subsequent smoke situation filling Embarcadero Station Tuesday morning caused a fright for some commuters and inconvenienced others, but as BART explains, it was just a blown insulator that insulates