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Tag Archives: BART
Photographers Discover Beauty in BART
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You may think of it as that thing that gets you to and from work every day, but others with cameras have seen something else in BART: magic in the way raindrops gather on a handrail, or a story in … Continue reading »
Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Transportation
Tagged: art, BART, Bay Area, photography, transit
Tagged: art, BART, Bay Area, photography, transit
Clipper Cards Reveal Travelers' Whereabouts to Police, Lawyers, Apps
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by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen San Francisco police arrested Marcel Largaespada on April 30 after a gunpoint robbery at a Lombard Street business, but they couldn’t catch his alleged accomplice, Alan McCahill. McCahill gave officers the slip, investigators believed, … Continue reading »
Filed under: Crime, Criminal Justice, Transportation
Tagged: AC Transit, BART, clipper card, crime, Muni
Tagged: AC Transit, BART, clipper card, crime, Muni
Behind Closed Doors, BART Closes, Reopens Bids on Contested Project
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By Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen BART has quietly reopened the bidding to develop valuable real estate near the Millbrae BART station, leading to calls for a public hearing on negotiations that have been shrouded in secrecy and marred by … Continue reading »
Filed under: Transportation
Tagged: BART, hotel, James Fang, Justin Development, Millbrae, Republic Urban
Tagged: BART, hotel, James Fang, Justin Development, Millbrae, Republic Urban
A.M. Splash: Gas Prices Set Record; Protesters Hit Oakland City Hall; Transit Handles Record SF Crowds; Taxi App Companies Ordered to Halt
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As California gas prices hit new high Brown orders emergency action (SJ Mercury News) As California gas prices hit new records Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed an emergency production switch that could provide some relief for the bruising drivers are … Continue reading »
Filed under: Morning Splash
Tagged: BART, gas prices, gasoline, Muni, Oakland protests, Oakland riots, San Francisco events, transit
Tagged: BART, gas prices, gasoline, Muni, Oakland protests, Oakland riots, San Francisco events, transit
A.M. Splash: Facebook Hits 1 Billion Users; Big Bay Area Weekend; Feds Investigate Cal Anti-Semitism Charge; Calif. Studies Gray Wolf Status
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BART: Trains back on time after early-morning backup on Pittsburg/Bay Point, Richmond lines (Oakland Tribune) BART service was back on time just before 7 a.m. Thursday morning after a maintenance vehicle got stuck near the Macarthur station, officials said. The … Continue reading »
Riders Split on BART's Bike Ban
A BART survey shows riders split on whether bicycles should be allowed on the trains heading into San Francisco during commute hours, the transit system said on Friday. BART lifted that restrictionevery Friday in August as an experiment and surveyed … Continue reading »
Filed under: Transportation
Tagged: BART, bicycles, bikes, bikes on BART, commute, experiment, pilot program, poll, restrictions, survey
Tagged: BART, bicycles, bikes, bikes on BART, commute, experiment, pilot program, poll, restrictions, survey
A.M. Splash: West Nile Concerns Grow; FBI Monitored Occupy; Rescued Otter Gives Birth; First Illegal Immigrant Permits Approved
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Worst of West Nile virus season to come (SF Chronicle) California and parts of the Bay Area are expecting the current West Nile virus season to be the worst in at least five years, with almost twice as many cases … Continue reading »
Chivalry 101: When Do You Give Up Your Seat on Public Transportation?
It's 7:12 a.m. on Wednesday, and there are still about a dozen empty seats in a car on a BART train pulling out of Dublin. The train rolls past cloud-topped hills and suburban shopping plazas, picking up more passengers along … Continue reading »
BART Vendor Pushed to Boost Job Numbers to Meet Stimulus Promises
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by Lance Williams and Zusha Elinson, California Watch When the Bay Area Rapid Transit District received $92 million in federal stimulus funds in 2009, it promised to create “thousands of jobs.” But to make its numbers after the money was … Continue reading »
Man Hit by BART Train Causing Systemwide Delay
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Update at 4:47 p.m: This is the latest service advisory from the BART website: BART is recovering from an earlier problem. There is a 15-minute delay between system wide due to a medical emergency. BART has not updated its Twitter … Continue reading »
