
The #NotOneMoreGirl campaign brings Black and Latinx youth, artists, and community advocates together to overhaul safety on BART.
The #NotOneMoreGirl campaign brings Black and Latinx youth, artists, and community advocates together to overhaul safety on BART.
Link21, formerly known as the New Transbay Rail Crossing, will connect BART and regional rail while also improving access to jobs and affordable housing in the region.
The agency was named APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation System for the first time in its 35-year history.
Replacing the current train control system, which is more than 48 years old, with Hitachi’s new CBTC system allows BART to safely operate the trains on tighter schedules and at more closely spaced intervals.
The agency aims to replace existing fare gates systemwide to improve customer experience, take advantage of new technology, and to reduce fare evasion.
FTA Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams said that the federal funding for both projects “will help create jobs and support communities as they recover from the COVID-19 public health emergency.”
The project will improve the system’s state of good repair and capacity requirements, as well as secure customer satisfaction for the next 30 years and beyond.
When testing is complete, the SAV will improve mobility for riders by providing first- and last-mile solutions for passengers by connecting them between the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and nearby locations.
The milestone marks the culmination of the first phase of the BART Silicon Valley Extension Program that is expanding BART service into Santa Clara County.
Chief of Police Ed Alvarez shared promising new crime data showing his new strategies are already paying off (see video).