SF News KTVU Airs Fruitvale Station Shooting, BART Police Asks for Patience Last Thursday, on New Year's Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was fatally shot by an unidentified BART officer. It happened after grant and some buddies got into a scuffle while riding a train. We
SF News "Rude Rider Hall of Shame" Asks BART Riders for Help Deliciously big brother-y, BART is now asking riders to snap photos of rider at its worst and post them them to BART's Facebook page. It's called "Rude Rider Hall of Shame," and we
SF News What Happened at the Fruitvale BART Shooting? Early New Year's day, Oscar Grant, 22, was plugged once by a bullet from a BART officer's gun, and died. His death, it seems, stemmed from a fight hew as involved in inside
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misc Bart Delayed by Many Minutes Seriously. Or, so it looks that way. It's reading the times of both trains. Or so we you know.
misc Bike Overload on Bart Oh oh. Local darling Jameth came across the above scene while riding Bart. He gently points out what he saw and how that made him feel. There are nine other cars. You can
SF News SF Judge Says 'No' To BART Extension Opponents Because these are confusing times, there are confused people out there trying to do us harm. Take, for example, the foolish opponents of the measure to extend Bay Area Rapid Transit to Santa
SF News BART Delays Bay Area Rapid Transit reports that trains traveling from Orinda to Bay Point are sluggish this holiday weekday by "up to 20 minutes because of a train that was taken out of service.
SF News Bart Extension Expected to Pass The proposal to raise the sales tax in Santa Clara County by a teeny one-eighth of a cent to help fund the (much-needed) BART extension from the Warm Springs section of Fremont into
SF News BART closes three stations after fare evaders charge the gates After a gaggle of youths jumped the turnstiles at the Richmond, Fruitvale and Coliseum stations, BART decided to close down the three stations. Yikes. According to the Gate, around 60 people jumped the
SF News (Update) Bart Employee Hit On Concord Tracks Causes Train Delays After a Bay Area Rapid Transit employee was "badly injured" after being struck by a train, Bart service has been stopped between the Lafayette and Concord stations. The accident happened at about 9:
SF News Hayward BART station is closed According to the scary red font on CBS 5's site, "the Hayward BART station is closed due to a possible shooting, according to a spokesman." Eeps! More to come. Update: The shooting occurred
SF News Fire near West Oakland Station Results in Bart Delays Expect delays of at least 15 minutes (through 11 a.m., maybe longer) on Bart today. There seems to be some sort of electrical fire near the West Oakland Station. Service to San
SF News BART May Charge More During Rush Hours Since they know you enjoying having that self-centered, Berkeley-bound guy poking you in the testes with his over-sized backpack, and you can't get enough of hearing that self-consciously melancholic girl sitting behind you,
misc BART Service Although BART service has been restored -- a technical SNAFU cut off service between the Montgomery BART station and Daly City -- you can expect delays throughout the morning. According to BART spokesman
SF News Cracked Rail Causes Systemwide Bart Delays A cracked rail at the Lake Merritt BART Station will cause delays all say long, possible lasting well into the evening. According to ABC 7, the "hairline crack is inside the Oakland Y
SF News BART Twitter Feed Now WIth .PDF! We have to admit we're not totally displeased with the Bart website redesign. (Yes, we visit www.bart.gov on a fairly regular basis, and what?) It features more "real-time info and interactive
misc "Glide Quietly"?!?!?! Bobster1985 posted this AWESOME video from 1968 about the construction of BART. We had no idea that the conditions underground were so challenging -- apparently the air pressure was so different that the
SF News Man Sporting "Indiana Jones-style Hat" Prompts Bomb Scare, Closes Richmond Bart According to the Gate, le Richmond Bart is closed and "trains are being turned around at El Cerrito Del Norte BART" after a man wearing "an Indiana Jones-style hat got on board an
misc What's Going On Here, Powell Street Station? From the station that brought you Chinese water torture, we now have asbestos warnings and some sort of clear plastic tubing thingy that looks like it appeared in E.T. Fun!
misc Oakland Bart Station Opens After Menacing Backpack Is Found It seems an "unattended backpack" prompted the 12th Street Station in downtown Oakland to temporarily close up shop. A little after 6 a.m. this morning a curious sack was found sitting alone
SF News Bart/Muni Bans Segways What with gas prices soaring, Segways -- those two-wheeled, self-balancing, electric scooter-ish type vehicles -- have seen a boom in sales recently. One Segway sales person in Oakland have seen sales triple over