SF News Taser Use Questioned After Berkeley Fare Evader Gets Zapped SF Appeal reports that a a 35-year-old man was kissed with a BART cop's taser on June 22. On Tuesday, an officer that BART would not name said he saw 35-year-old Jason Johnson
SF News Mehserle Said 'F*ck This' Before Shooting Oscar Grant In the Johannes Mehserle trial yesterday, a witness testified that a frustrated Johannes Mehserle shouted "Fuck this" before reaching for his gun and shooting Oscar Grant in the back that fateful New Year's
SF News BART Spending Oodles of Money On Semi-Useless Public Meetings Remember when BART effed themselves out of that $70 million in federal stimulus money because they failed to document how higher fares and a possible "major service change" would affect low-income and minority
SF News Board Approves BART Fare Reduction Billed as BART's "small economic stimulus program," riders will see a small reduction in fare in the next few months. According to BCN (via CBS 5), "The Board voted to spend part if
SF News Muni and BART Receive State Funds Muni received $4.8 million and BART $2 million in state funding for capital projects this week. BART is said to be using the money to fund the Warm Springs extension in Fremont,
SF News Bay to Breakers Public Transit Changes This Sunday's Bay to Breakers, which anticipates some 60K runners this year, will prompt extra public transit service on Sunday. BART will open two hours early and run extra long trains for the
SF News Judge Denies Defense Motion In Oscar Grant Trial Judge Robert Perry denied "a defense motion to allow police officers to be part of the jury pool for the upcoming trial" of Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop accused of murdering Oscar Grant
SF News Bart Delayed After a section of track between the Glen Park and 24th Street BART stations lost power starting at around 4:50 a.m. today, you can expect delays throughout the morning. "Subsequent delays
SF News Lake Merritt "Emergency" Prompts BART Delays Serious delays will persist throughout the morning on BART. According to SFGate, today's "major delays" are due to a mysterious, but not yet identified emergency at the Lake Merritt station in Oakland. [via
SF News BART Fires Another Cop From Oscar Grant Shooting BART purged itself of another cop (tangentially?) involved in the 2009 New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant. BART cop Tony Pirone, accused of being an "instigator" in the shooting, was fired this
SF News Civil Disobedience Protest at Embarcadero BART to Snarl Commute Due to a liberty-and-justice-for-all rally at the Embarcadero BART station, you should expect a choppy BART schedule between the hours of 4 - 6 pm. More or less, this evening's protest is about
SF News Expect Slow BART Service All Day Due to a small fire on the tracks between the Powell and Civic Center station "that knocked out key equipment" this morning, BART service, according to The Chronicle (and not a BART update!
SF News BART and Muni Heighten Security After Moscow Attack Speaking of attacks on public transportation, following the deadly subway bombing that rocked Moscow yesterday, Muni and BART have ramped up security. Dogs made their way through BART trains yesterday, "sniffing for anything
misc Relevant Twitter Update of the Day Via BARTfail, njudah: "FYI If you just boarded sf/millbrae line in Berkeley, watch out for tall guy with 711 coffee cup. Cup is full of urine, ewwwww."
misc Pigeon Takeover at Sixteenth Street BART Station? Yesterday we encountered a ridiculous amount of pigeon poo covering the floor of the 16th Street BART Station. That can't be healthy. What gives, BART?
SF News BART Train Separates Inside Tube; Expect Delays Shortly before 6:30 am this morning, a nine-car BART train headed from San Francisco to the East Bay through the tube "separated into two pieces." BCN (via CBS 5) reports: "A five-car
SF News $70M in Stimulus Funds Will NOT Be Going to BART's OAK Connector You'll recall how BART was recently under threat of effing themselves out of that $70M in federal stimulus funds if they didn't come up with a better report regarding potential discrimination in their
SF News BART To Pay $1.5M In Grant's Death At the risk of putting a price tag on the life of Oscar Grant, or anyone for that matter, $1.5 million is the amount for Oscar Grant, the rapscallion who was shot
SF News BART About to Eff Themselves Out of $70M We've been seeing something like this coming, but apparently BART's plan to use $70M in stimulus funds to build that Oakland Airport tram has just hit another snag. The Federal Transit Administration sent
SF News Soon You May Get a 60-Second Earthquake Warning Scientists at U.C. Berkeley say they are close to completing work on the first earthquake early warning system in the U.S., which could give us anywhere from a few seconds to
SF News 1970s Neon BART Plans Reveal What Could Have Been But Never Was In glorious neon colors, Burrito Justice (via Eric Fischer) came across these gorgeous and where-did-it-all-go-wrong SF-Marin transit options. Just look at them. No, look at them. LOOK AT THEM. BART going under the
SF News New BART Fare Hike In Your Future? On Thursday night, according to CBS 5, "at least two BART board members said they might be in favor of a fare hike for riders using the trans-bay tube in order to close
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: No Pants On BART You've seen the photos. Now see footage of yesterday's "no pants" BART ride.
SF News Reminder: BART Skipping Certain Stops on NYE Although we brought this up earlier in the week, here's a friendly reminder: Dublin/Fremont-bound trains will stop at Embarcadero, but not at Montgomery; however, Richmond/Pittsburg-bound trains will stop at Montgomery, but
SF News BART Doing Possibly Asinine Thing On New Year's Eve In order to decrease foot traffic into Embarcadero Station after midnight on New Year's Eve, BART trains heading to the East Bay will be skipping stops, with Pittsburg and Richmond trains making their
