SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
Arts & Entertainment 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News Day Around The Bay: Golf Club-Wielding Man Allegedly Smashes Up BART Train, Causes Big Delays Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The last remaining resident of a shrimping village established
SF News 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
SF News Design Your Dream SF Subway System With New SFMTA Tool San Francisco public transit riders can be forgiven for giving in to the occasional fantasy. Hopeful, even wistful maps of what local transportation might have been or might yet be are widely made
SF News East Bay BART Delays To Start Today And Last Three Weeks Adding another repair project to the list, BART officials just announced new work in the East Bay that will result in ongoing delays for passengers. The repairs, which start today and involve replacing
SF News Morning BART Fire Means Delays All Day Friday BART riders at 24 St. station headed to SFO/peninsula told:take alternative trans. due to track power cable issue. pic.twitter.com/BSDipE0wJB— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) August 12, 2016 Bay Area commuters are
SF News You May Again Be Able To Pee In A Powell BART Station Restroom... In 2018 Moving slower than frozen molasses per usual, a plan BART announced a year ago to possibly reopen some underground restrooms that have been closed over safety concerns since September 11th 2001 is still
Arts & Entertainment Local Artist Puts A Bunch Of Bart Simpsons On BART Because Why Not In a public art project that is more delightfully random than meaningful, local artist Elissa Patel decided to put a bunch of people in Bart Simpson masks and have them ride BART for
SF News In Extremely BART Move, New 'Fleet Of The Future' Delayed By Six Months Yes, it smells like new car. #FleetOfTheFuture pic.twitter.com/dOB580FUw8— SFBART (@SFBART) April 6, 2016 The arrival the first "Fleet of the Future" BART car in April was a much-ballyhooed event, with
Arts & Entertainment The 8 Coolest BART And Muni Stations For this week's local listicle, we turn to public transit, and specifically to our favorite Muni and BART stops, most of which are underground. To be clear, these are not necessarily the absolute
SF News Claims Of Racism Following Violent BART Arrest A violent arrest caught on video at the Embarcadero BART station last Friday has led to allegations of racism — not in the actions of police but in that of an older white man
SF News Video: Excessive Force Allegations After BART Police Punch Handcuffed Man In Face An arrest by BART police has sparked claims of excessive force after video depicting an officer punching a handcuffed and prone African American man in the face went viral. CBS 5 reports that
SF News Reminder: Weekend BART Closures Start Tomorrow And Will Impact SFO Trips As we mentioned earlier this month, BART will cease service between Glen Park and Daly City for a host of weekends over the coming months as it works to replace and repair track.
SF News Officials Approve $40M In Projects To Ease Your Bay Bridge Commute With traffic in the Bay Area so notoriously bad these days, isn't it about time someone do something about it? That seems to be the thought of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, anyway, as
