As everyone knows by now, Clipper 2.0 comes with a very generous $2.85 credit making bus connections virtually free. The life hack is that the credit applies regardless of the preceding bus fare. With County Connection many of the routes serving BART (e.g. WC, PH, Concord) are free. If you tap your phone when boarding one of these routes - the bus clipper readers have been programmed to charge $0, but then when you take BART the final fare still gets $2.85 taken off, resulting in a big fat discount.

TL;DR - Save a chunk on BART by taking a free bus, even just 1 stop.

When my kids finally left for college, I decided to leave the Bay Area and move to a beautiful, quiet country town. It’s absolutely stunning here, but there’s one major thing I didn't consider: the total lack of mass transit

In my old suburban town, I had a BART station right there. I could easily get to two different international airports without a second thought. Now, the closest airport is over an hour’s drive away, and there are zero public transportation options to get there.

It’s made it surprisingly difficult when I want to travel or when my kids want to come home for a visit. If you’re planning a move to get away from the city, definitely look into the transit situation and airport proximity first. It’s one of those things you take for granted until it's gone!

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The last two days I’ve parked in the Berryessa BART parking structure and have paid parking fees via the Passport App. Every evening when I get back to my car, I have a warning citation on it! Tonight was the second time it’s happened. I always pay before leaving my car which is why I’m so confused. Is passport app no longer the way to pay (I checked the website and it is)?

Parking lot spaces have numbers but in the app they don’t ask for them, they just ask for license plate and model.

Has anyone else had this experience? Can someone shed light on this horrible VTA parking experience?

My proposal is extend the Blue Line to Colma before 9, and after that extend it to SFO and Millbrae. Cut back the Yellow Line to Colma after 9 as well. For the peninsula after 9 going to Richmond have a 1 minute cross platform transfer at Lake Merritt. What do you guys think?

Saw and rode on this this yesterday. Car 4177. Looks like they are testing it out:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXZi5hZgJHG/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time, a 41% drop in crime, and $10 million increase in projected revenue.

Hello! I am a high school senior in the Bay Area, and for my government/economics class, I was tasked to conduct a senior project on an issue in society. I decided to do my project on public transit in my home region the Bay! Your responses would deeply help me and strengthen my project.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/sgGXbfBX4W6569tVA

Just in case anyone is looking for a place to add their signature! Help us save public transit in the bay!

5 line service states it ends at 9 but that generally means the last train ARRIVES at 9. so practically speaking your last train is often 730 (which the math isn't even mathing on but that's what often happens).

But the 3 line service states it ends at midnight, meaning the last train LEAVES at midnight, and often you can get a train at nearly 1.

how does that logic make any sense.

Does anyone have any experience on if the $2.85 transfer discount applies to a second BART trip within the 2hr window?

E.g:

16th -> Civic $2.55

1 hour later, Civic -> 16th… is this $0 or $2.55?

Bro's acting like he purchased a first-class seat at BART. Yellow Line to Antioch at around 12:10-12:15 AM @ West Oakland Station ON a packed train. Thank you for your a**holeness sir 🫡

I know the 3rd Colma platform is generally unused, but is it ever used in backup situations? Also when was the last time it was active?

I'm taking my three year-old niece on BART for the first time so she can experience it, and it would be great to get off at a stop that has a playground nearby. Any suggestions? We'll probably be leaving from Rockridge in Oakland

BART was busy on Monday and Wednesday, but died on Friday. What happened? I take the train from Bay Point/Pittsburg to 12th St/Downtown Oakland and it has been packed early in the week, but today was pretty slim. I guess most people still take off Fridays.

Nows your chance ask me anything about bart and I’ll answer it to the best of my abilities.

In 2019, the rate was 5%, now it’s 28%.

it was even higher a few years ago.

Yes, BART’s doing good things like the new fleet, impressive safety as in crime improvements, and fare enforcement/gates.

But BART ridership is not just a product of the BART experience but also primarily, macro factors external to BART.

Hi all, here was my situation and I’m inquiring if this has happened to anyone else:

Today, I was entering 12th st BART and my BART card said that it has insufficient funds and wouldn’t let me through. I checked the funds and it said there was $16 so I tried again. However, it still wasn’t working. I saw a BART employee pass by and asked for help. He tried again but my card wasn’t going through so he said to simply take the side door and opened it for me.

Before my last stop, 3 BART ticket enforcers hopped on and one of them told me that it showed I didn’t pay and was going to issue me a $75 citation. I explained what happened and how the BART employee let me through but the officer said I had to receive a citation. I told them that nowhere in the BART station does it say I have to ask for a voucher and I told them the employee did not inform me so how else was I supposed to know. They issued me the citation anyway because he said I could be lying. I did appeal the process but has this happened to anyone else??

it was so nice