Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

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SF Bicycle Coalition’s “Bike Talks” Series

By Roger Rudick | May 3, 2016 | 2 Comments

Monday evening, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition held the second of its first three scheduled “Bike Talks,” a series it plans to continue to foster discussion and help shape its advocacy. Here’s how the SFBC describes the meetings: Here at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, we know our members love to dig deep on the […]

A Look at Proposed BART Improvements in November 2016 Ballot Measure

By Roger Rudick | May 2, 2016 | 21 Comments

If passed by the BART Board this summer, the November ballot will have a $3 billion-plus bond on it to help BART upgrade its infrastructure, including about $400 million for new train controls and signals. BART’s communications staff released some graphics to help voters understand exactly how much additional capacity that will buy, and what […]

Henry Kolesar, BARTs Group Manager, Vehicle Maintenance Engineer, at his desk at the Hayward shops.

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BART’s Electrical Issues Not Yet Solved

By Roger Rudick | Apr 26, 2016 | 1 Comment

BART’s power surge problem, which had been frying train electronics and took some 85 cars out of service at its height, has gone away and service is more or less back to normal. Here it is from BARTs own statement: After swapping out the generation of train cars most prone to damage (our “C” cars) […]

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SPUR Meeting Pushes Second Transbay Tube

By Roger Rudick | Apr 20, 2016 | 25 Comments

The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) sponsored a meeting Wednesday afternoon in their Oakland office to discuss the need for a new Transbay crossing. Some 60 people attended the panel discussion, which lasted roughly two hours and looked at all imaginable challenges to developing, funding and building a second rail […]

New BART Cars Show Agency is on the Right Track

By Roger Rudick | Apr 7, 2016 | 35 Comments

BART seems to be digging itself out of a month’s worth of power problems and delays on the Pittsburgh/Bay Point Line. But, no doubt, it’s only a matter of time before BART gets slammed again, given the age of its fleet. Indeed, its rolling stock is so old, the agency is reduced to searching for […]

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Guest Editorial: The Time Has Come To Rebuild BART

By Nicholas Josefowitz | Mar 29, 2016 | 64 Comments

When BART was built in the late 1960s, it was the most advanced subway system in the world. But what was once state of the art technology is now almost obsolete and unable to cope with the ever increasing demands made on the system by booming ridership. BART trains still run on a 1967 computer […]

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