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BART Ridership Dips For The First Time In Six Years, Budget Will Be Trimmed

Bay Area Rapid Transit is riding high after the passage of District Measure RR, entitling the regional system to a $3.5 billion bond after voter approval earlier this month. But BART's July

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Hopeful Post-It Notes Appear On 'Walls Of Empathy' At Three SF BART Stations, Post-Election

16th BART plaza in SF. Wall of Empathy. pic.twitter.com/CQlN5iznNg— Jeff Hunt (@jeffnhunt) November 14, 2016 Inspired by a subway tunnel in New York that has become an outpouring of grief

BART Bond Passes, $3.5 Billion To Go Toward Infrastructure

We're going to be wiping away tears and vomit and picking up pieces for a while now, but in the good news column, at least for BART, they got their bond passed. District

One Woman's Shoe, Stuck In An Escalator, Causes Major Rush-Hour Clusterf**k At Embarcadero BART

One woman's shoe, presumably a spiky heel, got stuck in a BART escalator Monday morning, leading a domino effect of platform crowding that forced rush-hour trains to skip Embarcadero Station. One imagines this

BART Balks At Station Ads Referring To Underwear As 'Pussy-Grabbing-Proof'

A company marketing "menstrual-proof" underwear it's underwear that absorbs and wicks away moisture and is meant to back up and/or replace conventional menstrual pads has a provocative ad campaign they're planning to

Video: Watch Passengers Poke Around BART's 'Fleet Of The Future'

BART's "Fleet of the Future" is slowly but surely rolling toward a widespread deployment, but as that's still a ways away, BART officials have offered up curious commuters a chance to check out

Warm Springs BART Likely Won't Open Ahead Of Bond Vote After All

The several times delayed Warm Springs BART extension will not open this weekend as officials originally hoped. The Chronicle reports that the latest delay, due to unfinished testing, makes it significantly less likely

Map: San Franciscans Want New Subway Lines Pretty Much Everywhere

San Francisco has some decent public transit, but huge chunks of the city are conspicuously under-served. Right now, for example, The Examiner tells us that only 25 percent of jobs are within walking

People Lose 40 Pounds Worth Of Keys Every Month On BART, And Other Fun Facts

You may think it's the end of the world if you lose your cellphone or wallet on BART, but you may not realize that they actually have a functioning Lost and Found department

Check Out A Brand New BART Car, In Person, In The East Bay This Weekend

Yes, it smells like new car. #FleetOfTheFuture pic.twitter.com/dOB580FUw8— SFBART (@SFBART) April 6, 2016 BART's "fleet of the future" is coming, but with full deployment of the new train cars not

BART Experiencing Systemwide Delays Due To Equipment Problems In Daly City And Richmond

Blame it on the rain, maybe, but a power outage and subsequent equipment problem between Colma and Daly City stations is causing systemwide delays on the BART system. BART spokesperson Alicia Trost explains

Photo Du Jour: Fruitvale Station Renamed?

Since about 2011, Oakland's Frank H. Ogawa Plaza has been identified by activists and protesters from the Occupy and Black Lives Matter movements as Oscar Grant Plaza to commemorate the 22-year-old from Hayward

BART To Central Valley? Advocates Score $2.2 Million To Lay Out Controversial Plan

BART and you're there — in Central Valley? Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty likes the sound of that, as he's leading the charge to extend the reach of the Bay Area's regional transit system

In Wake Of Murder, Broken And Dummy Surveillance Cameras Found Across Oakland

BART is not the only one with a security camera problem. According to CBS 5, Oakland city officials are scrambling this week to replace broken and dummy cameras across the city after it

BART Hopes To Use Clay To Seal Leaky Tunnels Known As 'The Rainforest'

The section of tunnel is so consistently damp that BART maintenance crews call it “the rainforest.” As opposed to "the pricey real estate above," as BART writes, "BART’s tunnels in downtown San

Fatality Involving Train Shut Down 16th Street BART Station Friday Night

A man was struck and killed by a BART train Friday evening, leading to some service delays and a two-hour shutdown of 16th Street Station. As Mission Local reports, the incident happened at

BART Tests 'Enzyme Misting System' To Neutralize Persistent Elevator Pee Stank

Daily BART riders such as Sunday Parker, who rely on the system's spotty, sometimes unpleasant elevator service had good news last month: The transit agency announced plans to coat elevator floors with a

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Self-Appointed BART 'Artist-In-Residence' Installs Subway Swings, Hopscotch

Installing swings in public spaces like on Billy Goat Hill is a time-honored San Francisco pastime. Ironically, the emblem for the SF Rec and Parks Department is a child on just such a

Check Yourself, Manspreaders: BART's 'Seat Hog' Ordinance Is Now In Effect

Hold onto your butts: BART's new "seat hog" rule is here and it's ready to party. Or be enforced. Whatever. Passed in April, the measure allows BART police to run criminal background checks

BART Now Paying Passengers To Avoid Morning Rush-Hour Commute

In a bid to ease congestion during commute hours, BART officials today announced the launching of a new rider program called "BART Perks." The idea, officials explain in a press release, is to

Video: Pantless Man Smokes Meth (Or Crack) On BART

SOME HOMELESS GUY SMOKIN CRACK ON BART pic.twitter.com/G2Bnh3MzGs— LIKNEM (@SOMESTEEZ) August 28, 2016 A possibly homeless man without shoes, wearing what appears to be a towel draped over his legs

There's Been An Uptick In Cellphone Snatchings On BART

It's uncertain if the same individual or group of individuals can be blamed, but there's been a spate of cellphone thefts on BART the last two weeks, and BART Police are saying riders

Police Discover Stabbing Victim On Civic Center BART Platform

BART police are investigating a stabbing that took place at or near San Francisco's Civic Center BART station, after the victim of the attack was discovered on the platform Wednesday night. The Bay

Day Around The Bay: Golf Club-Wielding Man Allegedly Smashes Up BART Train, Causes Big Delays

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BART Spends $340K To Pee-Proof Elevators

For many people, BART elevators are something to be avoided — even if they do happen to be working. For others, they're a necessary means of accessing the public transit that we all depend