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Deplorable Teens Arrested After Trying to Steal SF Man's Backpack on BART, Pepper-Spraying Him

Two teenage suspects were arrested Thursday after an attempted robbery aboard a BART train in which they allegedly pepper-sprayed the 61-year-old victim.

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Limited Late-Night BART Service Returns Thursday to Saturday Through July — Here Are the Details

BART is reminding everyone of the announcement the agency made two weeks ago about its extended schedule, and clarifying how the restored but limited late-night train service is going to work the next three weekends.

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BART Has Deployed Its Goat Herd to Tame Excess Fire-Prone Vegetation

In addition to its tracks and stations, BART has over 100 acres of land to manage — and that translates to a major headache in terms of mowing grass and cutting back overgrown vegetation when fire season hits.

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BART is Bringing Back Late-Night Service On August 2!

Four weeks earlier than scheduled, BART trains will roll 'til midnight starting August 2, and a few “limited” weekend routes will run 'til 11:30 p.m. starting in just two weeks.

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BART Expected to Have Free WiFi at All Stations by 2024

Earlier this year, SFMTA installed wireless routers and cellular antennas inside the Muni Metro tunnels. Now, we can also expect all 50 BART stations to have free (and readily accessible) WiFi hotspots in as little as three years.

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BART Ramping Up Service Monday for Antioch, Berryessa, and Richmond Trains

Though trains will still stop at 9 p.m., and Sunday trains will remain rare, most BART lines will see far more trains on their tracks, starting this Monday.

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BART Ridership Hit a New Pandemic High Thursday as More People Are Moving Around

Ridership on BART steadily climbed this week, as the agency's communications team announced Friday on Twitter, hitting a new high Thursday not seen since the beginning of the pandemic.

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You Can Now Pay Your Muni and BART Fares By Waving Your Apple Watch or iPhone Over a Clipper Reader

At last, a couple years behind other cities, San Francisco now has added Apple Wallet and Apple Watch paying capability on mass transit, with Android capability on the way soon.

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Friday Morning Constitutional: BART May Resume Normal-ish Hours In September

The Sonoma County Sheriff is now investigating sexual assault accusations against the mayor of Windsor, Facebook is making its Menlo Park headquarters available as a vaccine site, and BART may resume more regular hours starting in September.

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BART Debuts Touchless 'Short Story Dispensers' as Part of One Year Pilot Program

Need a break from mindlessly scrolling through Twitter while commuting on BART? Grab a piece of flash fiction from any one of the rapid transit agency’s newly installed "Short Story Dispensers" — free of charge.

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Hugely Inconvenient BART-Caltrain Transfer at Millbrae Just Became Less Inconvenient

The lumbering up a set of stairs and across the concourse and down another set of stairs to transfer between BART and Caltrain is no longer necessary, thanks to a new modification.

SF Politics

$141 Million In BART Funding for San Jose Extension Gets Dropped From Stimulus Bill

Days after two Republican congressmen from California took potshots at it, a $141 million federal gift to BART has been dropped from the $1.9 trillion stimulus package.

SF Politics

Devin Nunes Misrepresents BART Funding During CPAC Speech as 'Tunnel From Silicon Valley to San Francisco'

We're back to the Republicans' favorite game of using "San Francisco" as a stand-in for everything detestable about liberals.

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Halleloo: BART and Muni Riders Will Soon Be Able to Pay Fares With Mobile Phones

Two years behind New York's transit system — a.k.a. right on schedule — Clipper cards are going mobile, enabling riders to stop fumbling with wallets at BART and Muni stations and pay using Apple Pay or Google Pay on their mobile phones.

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Second Transbay Tube Takes Another Step Toward Reality, With a Goal of Completion in 2040

Wednesday marked the unveiling of a new multiyear planning process by BART and regional rail providers, a key component of which will be a second Bay crossing for BART between San Francisco and Oakland.

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Mittened Bernie Sanders Meme'd on BART, Cable Car

The meme of Bernie Sanders sitting slouched, masked, and wearing some large and cozy mittens while waiting for Joe Biden to be inaugurated on Wednesday spread fast and wide. And now there are some Bay Area editions.

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Major BART Delays Hit East Bay as Power Line Gets Knocked Onto Tracks, Service Now Back

This afternoon was not a good time to take BART in the East Bay, as service was disrupted when a semi truck knocked a power line onto the tracks.

Arts & Entertainment

Decommissioned BART Train Cars Could Become Restaurants, Art Pieces, and More

BART is seeking proposals for the creative reuse of old BART train cars as they continue to be taken out of service. The agency suggests that organizations or entrepreneurs may want the old cars to turn them into exhibits, art cars, sculptures, restaurant spaces, and more.

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Once Again, BART's Twitter Persona Gets Real, But This Time About Farts

It's a been a minute since we had the pleasure of BART's Twitter account coming alive with some honest and/or sassy commentary. But whoever's in charge over there this summer, kudos.

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Woman Sets Her Hair On Fire On BART Train In East Bay, Video Lands On TikTok

An upsetting situation which, for lack of better information, we're going to chalk up to possible mental illness or intoxication and an accident involving an open flame, unfolded on a BART train on Tuesday afternoon and was posted to TikTok. Welcome to July, 2020!

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SFO BART Station Closed Due to 'Police Matter,' Reopened Wednesday Morning

No trains were going in or out of BART's SFO Station for about an hour Wednesday morning due to an unspecified "police matter" that has yet to be made public.

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Suspect Wearing 'Scream' Mask Arrested In SF Following Brutal Attack On BART

A suspect wearing a mask inspired by both the Edvard Munch painting and the horror movie franchise Scream allegedly attacked a young man on BART after he boarded an East Bay-bound train at Colma Station on Tuesday.

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BART Begins Publishing Load Charts To Help Riders Avoid Crowded Trains

As part of its process to encourage people to start using BART to commute around the Bay again, the transit agency is now publishing load charts for all trains, showing which are the least and most crowded.

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Day Around the Bay: BART Director Praises Robert E. Lee

Another BART director is drawing public ire, BART's board just approved $200 million in budget cuts, and a group of farm workers in central California have gone on strike following a COVID outbreak.

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Homeless Woman Allegedly Pushes Man Onto BART Tracks In Front of Oncoming Train, And He Narrowly Escapes

A woman identified as a transient who had been sleeping on a bench nearby is accused of attempted murder after allegedly shoving a man onto the BART tracks at Downtown Berkeley Station Monday night.