Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

Dancers Bust Some Sweet Moves on Muni, BART

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 23, 2011 | 1 Comment

I thought we’d get you in the mood for the weekend by leaving you with this fun video via Muni Diaries. Isn’t it sweet? From the YouTube description: This is a collaboration between Neverstop and YAK FILMS to remix an old school black and white dance video from the Underground in London into a new […]

SPUR: How Will 1.7 Million More People Cross the Bay?

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 17, 2011 | 35 Comments

Crossing the Bay from SPUR on Vimeo. SPUR has produced a new video that asks: How will 1.7 million more people cross the Bay? From the SPUR blog: In the last century, visionary planners made major investments linking San Francisco and the East Bay. When the 20th century dawned, the only way to get from […]

BART Staff Opposes Rush Hour Bike Access on Rear Cars

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 28, 2011 | 50 Comments

BART staff has shot down a proposal from Director Robert Raburn to allow commuters to bring bicycles aboard the back cars of rush hour trains. In a memo [pdf] to the BART Board, Executive Planning and Budget Manager Carter Mau recommended maintaining the current policy, which prohibits bicycles aboard its most crowded trains during peak […]

BART Riders Now Have a Dignified Walkway at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 18, 2011 | 9 Comments

BART riders will no longer be squeezed alongside Muni tracks to get into Balboa Park Station. A new walkway connecting travelers to Ocean Avenue on the north side was unveiled Friday as one project in a host of efforts aimed at improving access to the busiest BART and Muni transit hub outside of the city’s downtown area, […]

BART to Study Feasibility of Running Later Weekend Trains

By Matthew Roth | Dec 16, 2010 | 30 Comments

Anyone who has tried to go out on Friday or Saturday night to a concert or a show across the Bay from where they live understands the challenge posed by BART’s relatively early closing hours. Some people try to find a couch to sleep on, some don’t go out as long as they’d like or […]

BART to Hand Out 120,000 Free Tickets on Thursday for Holiday Promotion

By Matthew Roth | Dec 1, 2010 | 9 Comments

In the spirit of the holidays, BART will be handing out 120,000 free tickets to commuters tomorrow morning from 6 am to 9 am, what BART calls “an early holiday gift.” Each ticket will be valid for one ride anywhere in the system during the next three weekends, December 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th and […]

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