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BART Cleared Trains Out of Transbay Tube, Underground Tunnels In SF Ahead of Potential Tsunami

BART train service through the Transbay Tube was briefly halted and the agency said it was clearing all trains out of underground tunnels in San Francisco and on the Peninsula ahead of a potential tsunami. But the warning was lifted, and service is slowly resuming.

50 Years Ago Today, BART's Transbay Tube Opened For Business

It's been 50 years since BART began shuttling passengers under the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco. And with a recent seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube complete, the agency is celebrating the big anniversary today.

Disabled Train In Transbay Tube Causes Delays on BART

A BART alert Tuesday morning said that there were delays on BART in the East Bay direction out of SF due to a disabled train in the Transbay Tube.

BART Police Identify Man Who Got Into Transbay Tube, Causing Two-Hour Systemwide Shutdown

It's not entirely clear why it took two hours to resolve the situation Wednesday night that left downtown SF BART stations massively crowded, and the entire system paralyzed. But BART police have identified the suspect.

Plans For That Second Transbay Tube May Be Getting Shelved Over High Cost, Low Ridership

The latest grand plan for a second Transbay Tube would have cost at least $29 billion and wouldn’t have been completed until around 2040, and now regional transit planners are backing off the idea of building that new tube.

Check ‘Em Out! We Have Our First Renderings of the Second Transbay Tube

A longtime BART fan fantasy is coming to life, as a second Transbay Tube gets its first proposed public renderings, though there are a couple proposals, and it probably won’t be operating until 2040 at the earliest.

BART Broke Down In the Rain Sunday, Transbay Tunnel Shutdown Ensued

There were massive delays and a fair bit of chaos in the BART system on Sunday, with some "equipment failures" that happened to coincide with the first rain storm to hit the Bay Area in months.

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.

Second BART Tunnel? Hell, Let’s Add a Third Bay Crossing, Says East Bay Planner

The third BART rail across the Bay would actually be an “aerial bridge” from Millbrae to Bay Fair, under a proposal from a respected architect and planner.

Sunken Barge Still Sitting At Bottom Of SF Bay Near Transbay Tube

A month after it capsized and sank in a storm, a 112-foot construction barge named Vengeance remains in the muck at the bottom of San Francisco Bay, resting "very near" where BART's Transbay

Sunken Barge In Bay Is Resting Atop Transbay Tube

We learned on Friday that in the midst of that windy storm, just after midnight Thursday night, a barge with a crane on top of it that was under contract to BART capsized

Tube Job: BART Approves $267 Million Transbay Earthquake Retrofit That Could Disrupt Service For Years

Per a BART staff report, the 1974-constructed Transbay Tube that runs for more than 3 miles beneath the San Francisco Bay is in need of an update “in anticipation of a future major

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A Look At The 'Best-Case Scenario' For 2050 Bay Area Transit

Bay Area denizens love making "dream" maps of public transit. The reality, of course, is that the construction of new lines, tracks, and whatever else is required to add new public transit to

Mystery Problem In Transbay Tube Knocking Out BART Cars

BART is in trouble, but it's not the lack of security cameras or overcrowding that has thrown a wrench in the system this time around. Rather, an as-of-yet unidentified problem in the Transbay

BART Will Maybe Solve Terrible Screeching Sound In Transbay Tube Once And For All

During the weekend closure of the Transbay Tube earlier this month, BART replaced some of the tracks in the tube itself that they say are responsible for the terrible screeching sound that we

Depending On Who You Ask, Your BART Ride Just Got Louder Or Quieter

Not only was BART's first (of two) weekend shutdown of the Transbay Tube not as bad as expected, but the transit agency claims that work done during that period has been great for

Task Force Declares Second Transbay Tube Necessary For Late-Night Transit

The Late Night Transportation Working Group, which consists of 29 representatives for late-night businesses, workers, tourism, and transportation operators, is recommending an overhaul and expansion of overnight bus services while noting that that

We Could Have BART Service To The Richmond... By 2040

BART is officially studying the possibility of constructing a second Transbay Tube which would take BART service through Alameda, into SoMa, and potentially out to the western part of the city that's currently

Yikes: Ship's Anchor May Have Hit Transbay Tube

BART trains temporarily stopped service Friday afternoon after a ship's anchor allegedly struck the Transbay Tube. A frightening thought, indeed. "At 8:45 a.m., a ship lost propulsion in the bay, so

BART Experiencing Delays Due To Loose Sheet Metal In Transbay Tube

#BART SF Embarcadero station packed. EB trains being turned around due to debris on tracks. pic.twitter.com/qdAqLM7vTl— John Alston (@JohnAlstonABC7) November 27, 2013 If you're wondering what's holding up your BART

Fire Halts BART Service Between Oakland and S.F. [Updates]

A three-alarm fire at a construction site near the West Oakland BART station has shut down the Transbay Tube this morning, completely halting service in both directions between the East Bay and San

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

BART Will Know When You're Sleeping, Awake, Riding the Last Car

With a cool $5.4 million in new state bond money, according to the Chronicle, "BART will upgrade and expand its security camera system" to the likes of which you've never seen before!

Your Commute: BART Tunnel Delays Fixed!

Wow, they work fast at BART! When we started this post, there were 30 minute delays to cross the Bay, and by the time we finished, BART updated its reports to announce that

BART Testing Wifi?

We had just opened our laptop this evening on our ride back across the Bay when a dialog popped up: "None of your usual wireless networks could be found. Do you want to