Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

Eyes on the Street: BART Lets Station Agents Park Inside MacArthur Station

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 27, 2013 | 28 Comments

Think the inside of a transit station is a completely inappropriate place to store automobiles? BART begs to differ. BART is officially allowing its station agents to store their personal cars inside MacArthur Station in Oakland. You can’t make this stuff up. Daniel Diiullio tweeted two photos of cars parked right next to the agent […]

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BART Lifts Bike Bans Permanently

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 24, 2013 | 21 Comments

BART has finally dropped its outdated policy of banning bicycles aboard trains during rush hours. After an uneventful four-month trial, the BART Board of Directors voted unanimously this morning to lift the bans permanently. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition tweeted that Robert Raburn, its former executive director and a current BART board member, was “pinching […]

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Civic Center Bike Station Delayed Another Year, Riders Left Crossing Fingers

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 9, 2013 | 5 Comments

The bike station that was supposed to be installed at Civic Center Station in June won’t come for at least another year, according to BART Bike Program Manager Steve Beroldo. No word yet on what’s caused the delay, but Beroldo said the station hasn’t even been fully designed yet (it’s at “95 percent”). BART does […]

SPUR on What the BART Strike Means for the Regional Transit Agenda

By Gabriel Metcalf and Ratna Amin | Jul 5, 2013 | 19 Comments

Cross-posted from the SPUR blog. Gabriel Metcalf and Ratna Amin are SPUR’s executive director and transportation policy director, respectively. For a group like SPUR — one that works to promote transit, walking and biking as primary forms of mobility — there’s no question that a transit strike is a major setback. It instills in people the […]

BART Board Votes to Lift Bike Bans for Another Five-Month Trial

By Aaron Bialick | May 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

The BART Board of Directors last night voted to lift bike blackout periods for another five-month trial starting in July. At the end of November, the board will once again consider changing the policy permanently. The trial was approved with a 6-3 vote, with directors Tom Radulovich, Robert Raburn, and James Fang voting against it, […]

Will the BART Board Take the Sensible Step of Lifting Bike Bans?

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2013 | 30 Comments

After a second uneventful trial, it’s as clear as ever that BART is due to lift the ban on bikes during rush hours. The BART Board of Directors, which is set to vote on the policy change next week, held a hearing last week on the results of a one-week trial in March, during which […]

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