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San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    BART Delays for City-Bound Riders

    ​It's going to be one of those Mondays for BART riders heading toward the city from San Francisco Airport and Millbrae. A "trackside problem" or "equipment problem" at SFO has led to delays of 20 to 30 minutes for trains headed toward the city. BART is still experiencing residual delays following ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Oakland Airport Connector Project Wins Funding

    BARTHere it comes, whether you like it or not...​The Oakland Airport Connector project is not unlike a zombie -- it's terrible and it stinks, but you just can't kill it. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today approved applying $20 million in state funds toward the projected $484 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Man on Tracks at Glen Park BART

    ​BART is experiencing delays due to an apparently unstable man running onto the tracks at Glen Park Station. "The situation is, one of our community service officers observed someone getting onto the tracks at Glen Park Station and run into the tunnel toward Balboa Park," said BART spokesman Jim A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    BART Approves Oakland Airport Connector, Punts on Unpopular Fare Rollback

    The project that just won't die ... won't die​BART's board today tabled the vote on the fare rollback no one wants and approved the Oakland Airport Connector no one needs. By an 8-1 vote, the board approved the revamped $483 million connector project, which was dealt a staggering blow when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    BART Riders Not Thrilled With Bogus Fare Reduction

    BART riders: Cleanliness is next to Godliness​Those embittered with the state of society invariably mutter that, in a democracy, the people always get the government they deserve. But if that's the case -- and it is -- then BART riders deserve both credit, and excellent transportation. We've writt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Busy Day on BART Tracks: Parolee Chase, Passenger Trapped Beneath Train

    ​Passengers in BART trains spent an ungodly amount of time stuck going nowhere today, but it could always be worse. You could be stuck beneath the train, which was the case at Embarcadero not long ago. Major delays are in effect, and the condition of the rider is not currently known.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    How Does BART Manage to Spend $15,000 Per Car on 'Deep Cleaning'?

    ​This morning, the Chronicle ran an eye-catching little story about BART. Its synopsis: Half of the $4.5 million allotted for temporary fare rollbacks has been siphoned off into BART directors' "pet projects" -- including an astounding $750,000 to "deep clean" 50 train cars. That's $15,000 a car, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Baylinks: Chocolate, Spilled Booze, & Star Wars

    ​Why does the Millbrae BART station smell like chocolate and not, well, a BART station? [SFAppeal]Is the price of a Caltrain ticket about to go up? [Streetsblog]Get your culture on (free!) at the Divisadero Art Walk tonight. [Haighteration]Woman goes on a rampage and wrecks Richmond Delano's liquo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Bloody Weekend: Ilya Yurchenkov Gunned Down; Konstantin Tomashevsky Dies Mysteriously at BART

    View Larger MapThis was a heartbreaking San Francisco weekend for two painfully young men entering the prime of life. On Saturday morning 18-year-old Ilya Yurchenkov died after a late-night Friday shooting at Geary and Lyon. A suspect is in custody; police spokesman Boaz Mariles told SF Weekly that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Local Video: League510, They Come In Peace To The Beat

    Moving to a new place can feel like coming to a new planet, at least that's what it's been like for League510, who says they're from... outerspace. Producing a sound they've coined as "Town Techno" and ditching their "spaceship" in the Oakland Hills, they've released the video for the first single ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    BART has 'Stockholm Syndrome,' Board Member Says

    Wait, that's not Stockholm...​Let's not mince words here: The BART board's asinine idea of using one-time state funds to temporarily save riders a few pennies for every ride is pandering to the electorate at its most blatant. It's bad transit policy. Hell, it's bad fiscal policy. The only thing it ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win

    Wait, that's not Stockholm...​Let's not mince words here: The BART board's asinine idea of using one-time state funds to temporarily save riders a few pennies for every ride is pandering to the electorate at its most blatant. It's bad transit policy. Hell, it's bad fiscal policy. The only thing it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Baylinks: Sunday Streets, Corpses, & Layoffs

    ​Does Muni's head of safety have one foot out the door? [SFAppeal]Shots of the year's first Sunday Streets. [SF Citizen]Tourist corpses. [Uptown Almanac]Oakland gets 99 new green homes. [On The Block]Backbend on BART. (PIC) [BART Diaries]City workers on layoffs. [Public Press]

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    BART Board Member Describes BART as 'Pyramid Scheme'

    ...Step three: Profit!​Like many transit advocates SF Weekly contacted this week, BART board member Tom Radulovich was relieved that the feds yanked $70 million from the controversial Oakland Airport Connector project, with the funds instead heading to Muni, BART and the Bay Area's other cash-stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Transit Advocates Rejoice as $70M Shunted From Airport Connector to Muni, BART, Others

    Celebrate good times -- BART and Muni won the lottery!​Public transit advocates are all but dancing in the aisles of public transit following a ruling that yanked $70 million in federal funding away from the controversial Oakland Airport Connector and led to moribund local transit agencies being s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Board Members Predict Even Feds' Threats Can't Derail Oakland Airport Connector

    ​What will it take to derail BART's half-billion dillar planned extension to Oakland Airport? How about the price quadrupling while the anticipated ridership dropped by two-thirds? Nope. How about the predicted commute time actually being slower than the existing shuttle system? Nope. Well, how ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Oakland Airport Connector Lives to Be Controversial For Another Day

    ​The regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission moments ago voted to stay the course, applying $70 million in endangered federal funds not to the Bay Area's moribund transit agencies but a controversial, half-billion dollar proposed BART extension to Oakland Airport. "Closer than I thought, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Civil Rights, Transit Advocates Urge BART to Abandon Half-Billion Dollar Airport Connector

    The community groups whose advocacy led to the federal government threatening to withhold $70 million from a planned BART connector to Oakland Airport moments ago made their case that the project is a costly boondoggle that does nothing for the poor and minority communities living near the airport ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2010

    Authentic amigos at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant

    The community groups whose advocacy led to the federal government threatening to withhold $70 million from a planned BART connector to Oakland Airport moments ago made their case that the project is a costly boondoggle that does nothing for the poor and minority communities living near the airport ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Bay Links: Fancy Food, Neutering, & Critical Mass

    via Burrito JusticeNeon BART! ​If BART plans were Threadless tees. [Burrito Justice]Delicious shots of what must be one of the most unimaginatively named events ever, "The Fancy Food Show." [SFist]Muni salaries: Are you getting what you pay for? [SFAppeal]Okay, we're late on this, but damn, this i ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Train patrol: BART plans increased police presence

    via Burrito JusticeNeon BART! ​If BART plans were Threadless tees. [Burrito Justice]Delicious shots of what must be one of the most unimaginatively named events ever, "The Fancy Food Show." [SFist]Muni salaries: Are you getting what you pay for? [SFAppeal]Okay, we're late on this, but damn, this i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    BART's Lucky Break: Transit Agency Doesn't Lose $800K in State Grants

    ​Readers may recall a series of stories about a bizarre course of events in which a man who publicly condemned BART's board of directors as "servants of the devil" was subsequently awarded part of a multi-million dollar contract by that very same board. Accusations of being minions of Satan may ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Cops: S.F. Policies Would Likely Have Prevented BART's Glass-Shattering Incident Here

    While being tossed through a plate-glass window is a staple of the action movie genre, it is less pleasant -- or common -- in reality. So when a BART police officer was caught over the weekend at West Oakland Station in a YouTube video titled "Officer Breaks Window With Drunks Face" it quickly beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    BART Severs Ties With Controversial Contractor -- But State Official Says Money Earmarked for Project May Not Be Gone

    ​This evening BART canceled its pact with Nedar Bey after the controversial lighting contractor failed to provide documentation proving he'd lined up the necessary bonding, insurance, and licensing to handle a state-funded project at North Berkeley station. This is significant, as it is unclear if ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    BART may lose $780k if contractor can't get venture together

    ​This evening BART canceled its pact with Nedar Bey after the controversial lighting contractor failed to provide documentation proving he'd lined up the necessary bonding, insurance, and licensing to handle a state-funded project at North Berkeley station. This is significant, as it is unclear if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Controversial BART Contractor Still Hasn't Gotten His Act Together; Agency Facing Potential Loss of $780K in State Grants

    ​In the print edition of today's SF Weekly, we reported on the saga of Nedar Bey, the controversial lighting contractor who may or may not cost BART hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grants. The story is complex, but here it is in the tiniest possible nutshell: Last month, Nedar Bey was aw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    With Last-Minute Contract, BART Staves Off Loss of $800K In State Funds -- For Now

    ​On Friday we reported that BART's decision to split a multi-million dollar "emergency contract" was in jeopardy of leading to an unforeseen emergency of a different sort. With the contractor for a job installing lighting at North Berkeley station unable to come up with the proper bonding by the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    BART Contract With Controversial Builder May Result in Loss of $800K in State Funds

    ​In a definite candidate for the ironic hall of fame, the BART board last week awarded part of a multi-million dollar contract to Nedar Bey -- who had earlier accused that very board of being "servants of the devil." Fittingly, hundreds of thousands of dollars in government money may be going stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Free Chocolate Giveaway Moved Away from BART Stations

    Amit Gupta/FlickrNot super close to 24th Street BART, but free is free.​Oops! Due to -- uh -- especially high traffic on BART, the locations for this evening's chocolate giveaway have been changed. It's still happening from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening, but at the following spots: Bittersweet Ch ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    Gloomy Bloom’s brings out the cynic

    Amit Gupta/FlickrNot super close to 24th Street BART, but free is free.​Oops! Due to -- uh -- especially high traffic on BART, the locations for this evening's chocolate giveaway have been changed. It's still happening from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening, but at the following spots: Bittersweet Ch ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Inside BART's lost-and-found: Porn, prosthetics, and pot

    Amit Gupta/FlickrNot super close to 24th Street BART, but free is free.​Oops! Due to -- uh -- especially high traffic on BART, the locations for this evening's chocolate giveaway have been changed. It's still happening from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening, but at the following spots: Bittersweet Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    *You* Again? BART Vigilantes' Latest Scheme to Storm Board Meeting Fizzles.

    Goodbye vigilantism, hello public comment​Few causes have had the momentum of the outcry for justice that followed the killing of Oscar Grant. The unarmed, 22-year-old black man was shot to death by then-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle (who is white) on a station platform on New Year's Day o ... More >>

  • News

    August 19, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Goodbye vigilantism, hello public comment​Few causes have had the momentum of the outcry for justice that followed the killing of Oscar Grant. The unarmed, 22-year-old black man was shot to death by then-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle (who is white) on a station platform on New Year's Day o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Great News: You Can Still Ride BART. If You're Partly Blind, You Can Still Suffer.

    If you can't make out this sign, then riding BART is even more hazardous than you might have thought​ Many riders have been pissed off of late about BART's ongoing labor soap opera. But two riders with bad eyesight may hold BART in special contempt now that the the 9th Circuit Court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Transit Train Wreck Turned Aside: Winners and Losers in Tentative BART Settlement

    http://world.nycsubway.orgGuess who's still here?​If you rode BART to work this morning and came to the horrible realization that not only was your seat cold, but wet, too -- congratulations! You're still a winner. You can still go get a new pair of pants at Ross or Old Navy and get to work in les ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    BART, Unions Have a Max of 34 More Hours to Settle Their Differences. Expect Them to Use Most of Them.

    Last call?​Cabdrivers picking up fares at 1 a.m. at the Pittsburg-Bay Point BART station don't greet them with a "Hello," "Where to?" or even "What's going on?" It's always "So, you fell asleep on the train, eh?" It's a uniquely unpleasant -- and financially unenviable -- situation to be roused by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Leave Your Cell Phone On BART -- On Purpose -- To Benefit the Environment

    Time to recycle that museum piece, Mr. Gekko...Anyone who has left behind a scarf, umbrella, or electronic device on a BART train and actually managed to recover it deserves the level of awe and adoration from the general public Harry Potter received after surviving Voldemort's death curse. Harry wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Bay Area Flush With Exciting Plans to Blow Money on Useless Transit Projects

    The ongoing slow motion debacle that is San Francisco's Central Subway just got a little competition from across the Bay -- last night the BART board approved a $550 million version of the Disney monorail to connect the Coliseum station and airport. While we're outspending our East Bay neighbors by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Oscar Grant Protesters Hope to Shut Down Fruitvale BART Station Next Week

    More on the wayA group of East Bay residents protesting BART officials' handling of the shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day say they plan to shut down the Fruitvale station on Thursday, March 5, during evening rush hour. The effort will mark the first organized attempt by protesters to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Oscar Grant's Buddies File $1.5M Worth of Charges Against BART

    Five pals of the man shot dead by BART police on New Year's Day have filed a claim accusing the rapid transit system of illegal search and seizure, excessive force, and false arrest and are demanding $1.5 million. The claim was filed by lawyer John Burris, who earlier sued BART for $25 million on be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    BART Accused of Being Late -- in Paying Out to Survivors of Track Inspector Killed by Train

    When it rains, it pours -- and, right now, BART is in the middle of a veritable monsoon. Atop the ongoing unrest that comes with BART police beating and shooting an unarmed man (and, more tellingly, video of said offense hitting the news), now the widow and child of a former BART employee killed by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Never Mind Oscar Grant: Cell Phone Cameras May Be TERRIBLE for Social Protest Movements

    The only aspect of Oscar Grant's death that inspired cheering was the fact that it was caught on a cellphone camera. Bay Area commentators generally heralded this as a new day for the wonders of technology -- which, we were assured, would be socially empowering. "I have to say, I love cell phone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Two Gallants, Trash Talk Perform in Benefit for Oscar Grant's Family

    The community support for the friends and family of BART shooting victim Oscar Grant has spread to the music community. First Too $hort spoke at an Oakland protest on Jan. 14, and now representatives from the indie and metal world are getting involved. Sacramento hardcore faves Trash Talk will take ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Too $hort Speaks at Oakland Oscar Grant Protest

    My buddy Jonathan Cunningham attended last night's Oakland protest of the handling of the alleged murder of Oscar Grant by BART policeman Johannes Mehserle and said the cause has pulled in voices beyond the political arena. Too $hort stepped up to the mike and apparentlyencouraged the crowd to stay ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Shoot First: Mehserle Likely Only Bay Area Cop Ever Charged With Murder for On-Duty Killing

    Just like Johannes Mehserle, we can't give you a straight answer -- but the former BART police officer appears to be the first Bay Area cop to ever find himself charged with murder following a job-related shooting. Jim Chanin, a veteran Berkeley attorney who has prosecuted more than 20 police shooti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2009

    Pantsless BART/Muni Riders Surprise Few, Arouse Many

    The plan, as announced on urbanprankster.com, was simple: Meet up at 2 p.m. Saturday with a few dozen strangers at Dalva in the Mission. Get liquored up. Take pants off and ride public transportation. But it didn't happen quite that way. Although about 50 people showed at Dalva, the bar happened to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    BART Erases Graffiti About Oscar Grant's Killing

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    BART’s Babbling Brook

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

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