Rebecca Saltzman

BART has reported positive feedback from riders following updated safety measures, which include an increase in police presence in March. However, not all riders attribute feelings of safety to these changes.

The BART Board approved the expansion of falconry-based bird abatement at El Cerrito del Norte station to 12 BART stations in a meeting Thursday.

After nearly 12 years of service, BART Director Rebecca Saltzman announced her decision not to rerun for the director position in 2024, leaving an open board seat for District 3.

BART will no longer accept magstripe paper tickets starting Nov. 30, marking an end of their transition to using a Clipper card-only fare payment system.

BART and its partnering organizations launched the second phase of their “Not One More Girl” campaign Aug. 31st.

On Sept. 28, the BART Board of Directors will come together and vote on a new proposition to decide whether bikes will officially be allowed on escalators, according to a tweet from BART Director Rebecca Saltzman.

The BART Board of Directors voted June 30 to support Senate Bill 532, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-District 11, which temporarily raises Bay Area bridge tolls by $1.50 from January 2024 to December 2028 in order to fund public transit. 

For the first time in over 20 years, BART reopened a long-closed public restroom on Friday at the Downtown Berkeley station.

Bay Area residents should expect to see heightened police presence on Bay Area Rapid Transport, or BART, following a recent increase in officer salaries.

With $750 million worth of projects in construction this year, ACTC is working to achieve equitable transportation access with a focus on investing in communities that have historically been underinvested in and disproportionately impacted by higher levels of pedestrian deaths and air pollution.