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BART Holds Off on Temporary Fare Decrease
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)_ BART passengers who were expecting a fare reduction may have to wait awhile longer if they get one at all. The transit agency’s Board of Directors has extra money in its...
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Ward Allen Defeated In BART Board Election, Fang Re-Elected
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — BART’s board of directors has experienced little turnover in recent years, but former East Bay Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Robert Raburn shook it up in Tuesday’s election...
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BART To Shell Out More Than $100K In Search for New GM
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The financial fallout appears to continue for BART, following the recent and very public – not to mention expensive – exit of general manager Dorothy Dugger. Dugger submitted a...
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BART Board Looks For New General Manager
OAKLAND (KCBS) — The search for a new general manager for Bay Area Rapid Transit is underway in earnest, and the BART Board of Directors met for hours in closed session Thursday morning to discuss a...
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KCBS In Depth: BART’s New General Manager
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Bay Area Rapid Transit’s new General Manager Grace Crunican considers service for the riders and “getting back to the basics” to be her number one priority now that she’s in...
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BART Board Delays Vote On Cellphone Policy
OAKLAND (KCBS)— The Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors has postponed a vote on a new cell phone policy. Board members were supposed to vote Thursday, but said they want that policy to be...
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BART Board Holds Weekend Meeting To Discuss Agency’s Financial Challenges
WALNUT CREEK (KCBS)— The Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors met Friday and Saturday at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Walnut Creek to discuss the major funding challenges facing BART. The...
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BART Board Declares Zero-Tolerance For Attacks On Station Agents
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — There were 47 reported assaults on Bay Area Rapid Transit station agents and train operators last year – a statistic that grabbed the attention of the transit system’s Board of...
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BART Eliminates Fare Premium For SFO Workers
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Starting in July, San Francisco International Airport workers who tank Bay Area Rapid Transit to work will save three dollars a day. The BART Board of Directors Thursday voted 7-1 to...
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BART Outlines New Approach To Ban Unruly Riders From Trains
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Assaults on station agents – along with public urination, drug use, drug dealing – have prompted the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors to introduce a “Prohibition Order” that...
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BART Explores Livermore Extension Project
LIVERMORE (KCBS) – BART plans to prepare a draft environmental impact report on a possible extension to Livermore. The proposed 4.8 mile extension would stretch from Dublin to Pleasanton within the...
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BART Board Allows Bicycles On Trains During Rush Hour
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The BART board of directors voted unanimously in favor of making a pilot program that allows bicycles on BART during peak commute hours a permanent fixture at Thursday’s meeting in...
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Hard Feelings Lingering Between BART, Unions
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Bay Area Rapid Transit are preparing to vote soon on the tentative contract agreement amid a relationship with BART management that has been fractured by tough negotiations and the...
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BART Officials Say Glitch Found In Contract, Approval May Be In Doubt
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART management has not recommended that BART directors vote against a tentative labor agreement despite BART officials saying that a provision management had not agreed to was...
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Phil Matier: BART Unions, Management Meet Over Latest Contract Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Attorneys for BART and its unions were meeting on Monday, but this time they weren’t negotiating. Instead, both sides are trying to put a dollar amount on a family medical leave...
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Matier & Brown: Computer Glitches Following Contract Dispute A Coincidence?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — There were nasty words from the unions after Thursday’s board vote and suffice it to say there were big problems with BART’s system-wide failure Friday morning. “To have a...
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BART Unions File Lawsuit Over Contract Dispute
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Bay Area Rapid Transit’s two biggest unions announced Tuesday morning that they were filing a lawsuit contesting the agency board’s vote that approved the tentative labor agreement...
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Phil Matier: Tense BART Talks Set To Resume Over Family Leave
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Negotiators with Bay Area Rapid Transit and its two largest unions are set to restart negotiations on Thursday, with many hard feelings remaining on both sides of the table. At issue...
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Phil Matier: Will Canopy Keep BART Escalators Free Of Urine And Feces?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Bay Area Rapid Transit managers unveiled the plan to build canopies to cover escalators at downtown San Francisco and Oakland stations. The idea is to keep out the rain and the...
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BART Board To Examine Fare Hikes Amid Budget Gap
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – On Thursday, the BART Board of Directors will begin addressing a multimillion-dollar budget shortage. During its morning meeting, the board is set to discuss authorizing a...
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BART Considers End To Seat Hog Law
OAKLAND (AP) — The president of Bay Area Rapid Transit’s board has proposed rescinding a law that allows police to fine riders for occupying more than one seat. Rebecca Saltzman says the law is a waste...
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Family Of Man Fatally Shot By BART Officer Renews Call For Justice
OAKLAND (KPIX) — Anger and emotions ran high at a BART Board meeting in Oakland Thursday as the family of a man fatally shot by a BART police officer made their latest demand for justice. At the...
View ArticleFamily Of Man Slain By BART Officer Asks DA To Complete Probe
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Family members and supporters of a 28-year-old man who was fatally shot by a BART police officer near the West Oakland BART station in January met with Alameda County District...
View ArticleBART Board to Make $20 Million Security Upgrade
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Responding to the public outcry over safety raised by the killing of Nia Wilson and other recent crimes, BART’s Board of Directors approved a $20 million plan to expand the transit...
View ArticleBART Board Votes To Hire Additional Fare Inspectors
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The BART Board of Directors on Thursday voted 7-2 to hire 10 additional fare inspectors and expand the teams to nights and weekends. BART currently has six fare inspectors working...
View ArticleVolunteer Security Team Patrols Richmond BART Station to Keep Riders Safe
RICHMOND (KPIX) — With BART rider safety a red-hot topic, one grassroots group of self-appointed security guards is doing what some say BART police are not. Every weeknight, from 5 to 7 p.m., Antwon...
View ArticleBART Approves Increased Power Washings At Mission District Stations
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The BART Board of Directors has voted to quadruple the amount of time that two stations in San Francisco’s Mission District will be washed every night. The 16th Street/Mission...
View ArticleBART Board Endorses SB50 Proposal To Build Homes Near Transit
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The BART Board of Directors have endorsed Senate Bill 50, a proposal in the state legislature aimed at addressing the housing crisis by boosting the construction of housing near...
View ArticleOne BART Board Member Wants To Put Brakes On Fare Increases
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Fare increases come like clockwork on BART, but one director wants to put the brakes on that process. Debora Allen, BART Board Director for District One, says the transit...
View ArticleBART Board Approves Fare Increases Through 2026
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — What should BART cost? Where should the money go? That was very much the topic of discussion Thursday for the BART Board of Directors. “People aren’t leaving because it’s an extra 40...
View ArticleBART Looks To Purchase New Offices In Oakland After Years Of Renting
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — It’s a discussion many Bay Area households have had in recent years: Is it better to rent or buy? BART, it appears, is ready to settle down. “Financially it is going to be good for...
View ArticleBART Board Approves New Type Of Turnstile Gate To Discourage Fare Jumping
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — The BART Board late Thursday morning voted in favor of a new type of turnstile gate designed to deter fare dodgers. In a unanimous vote, the BART Board of Directors passed a motion...
View ArticleBART Board Sinks Anti-Panhandling Ordinance, Approves SFO Priority Entry...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A five-seat majority on BART’s board of directors declined to move forward Thursday morning with a request that staff research and draft an ordinance cracking down on panhandlers and...
View ArticleBART Board Approves $11.3M Plan To Modernize Powell Street Station
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – BART’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved a contract for $11.3 million to modernize San Francisco’s Powell Street Station. The modernization project will include...
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BART Board Director Slams General Manager Over Sketchy Budget Proposal
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART Director Debora Allen blasted General Manager Bob Powers on Thursday for not providing enough details on the budget problems the transit agency is facing in the wake of a...
View ArticleBART Budget Deficit May Reach $33 Million By Next Summer
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – BART is on track to face a $33 million budget deficit by next summer if the agency does not see an increase in passengers or more federal relief funding in the coming months, agency...
View ArticleCOVID Update: BART Board Approves Incentivized Retirement Program To Address...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The BART Board of Directors voted Thursday to forge ahead with an incentivized retirement program intended to help mend the agency’s ailing financial outlook due to the coronavirus...
View ArticleBART Board Approves $2.44 Billion Budget, Projects Ridership Rebound As...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The BART Board of Directors approved a $2.44 billion budget Thursday, with board members expressing optimism about the agency’s potential to rebound as the pandemic recedes. The...
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