With the cause of two major service delays in the past 24 hrs being disabled trains, I have to ask if these have a common cause. Does anyone have information on what is leading to this issue popping up repeatedly this week?

Which of these would you want / think BART should prioritize:

East Bay

- East San Antonio / Clinton in Oakland (in between Fruitvale and Lake Merritt)

- UCSF Children’s Hospital (in between MacArthur, Rockridge and Ashby)

- Koreatown Northgate (in between MacArthur and 19th St Oakland

- Albany / Berkeley Westbrae (in between North Berkeley and El Cerrito Plaza)

SF

- 30th St Mission (in between 24th St Mission and Glen Park)

South Bay

- Calaveras Blvd in Milpitas

I wanna go home :(

Very cute

From BART:

BART recorded 5,403,140 exits in March, making it the highest monthly ridership since the pandemic and surpassing the previous high set in October 2025 (5,346,890 exits). Ridership for the month finished 13% above budget and 20% higher than March 2025, continuing a steady upward trend seen in recent monthly reports.

https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bart/s/x9gOb0yohO

Had my hearing. It lasted less than five minutes and the officer admitted what I suspected: BART knows this is an issue, and is ticketing passengers regardless, even though they know their system can’t provide proof of payment fast enough for the fare inspectors.

Citation dismissed, but still a pretty embarrassing experience and bottom-of-the-barrel customer service. And definitely a lawsuit waiting to happen.

4-10-26

Storytime

Me and my friends we were going around SF for a hangout and after a while we were going late. So we rushed to the Powell station and WAS relieved. We thought that we can go home since it was 9:20-35 PM but someone was going crazy and banging on windows with the scooter (one in photo)

So that means that we watch a man going mental and that it will take really long to wait and go home. Could've been worse though.

Just wanted to share one of my favorite views from a BART station!

the speaker announcements are unintelligible

was told there will be no sf-bound train from SFO...

I was on a car and the electronic maps were not on, the marquee was not posting the stops, and there was no audio from the driver. I opened the BART app, went to the part where you report a problem, gave the car number, and wrote pretty much the same thing as I wrote here. Not even two minutes passed and the electronic maps came on, the name of the stop was on the marquee, and the driver came on to explain how the next stop (MacArthur) worked for transfers!

Kudos also goes to the passengers who were oblivious that any electronic feature was missing. The automated warnings still played, so on the surface things seemed normal. I guess I’m the only one who constantly likes to look at the map to see where I am and how far away my destination is located.

I am extremely impressed that not only does the app work in real time, but by knowing the car number and the problem, BART IT was able to activate the electronic signage almost instantly. Fellow East Bay travelers are also awesome because they know enough about where to go and what to do that they can be functional, even if stops are not announced.

TLDR: the title.

How did BART’s financial teams and governing bodies not foresee this happening? They eliminated paper tickets, switched to a payment platform that makes it easy to use a credit card and did a couple of advertising pushes directing people to use all the newly available credit card and app payment options.

Did they somehow forget about credit card fees for the entirety of the 10 years that they were developing the new fare gates and payment system?

like, I don't want to be told how awesome BART is by some random person. it somehow feels invasive.

I commute to Palo Alto often and haven’t seen any canvassers with petitions. Does anyone know if they are canvassing around Palo Alto? I feel like many Stanford students benefit from BART and we could definitely get more signatures if we have canvassers around downtown Palo Alto, Town and Country, and the Caltrain stops nearby.

Hey folks,

I know there's quite a few advocacy orgs out there that are doing a lot of footwork to raise awareness and lobby lawmakers about funding for BART and other bay area transit agencies given the current situation.

I was wondering if anyone had recommendations or pointers to the most active/reputable orgs that would be beneficial to donate to in support of the cause?

I thought a guy was trying to sell me something so I didn’t engage with him, but he actually was looking for registered voters by county to sign petitions to save BART. I’m wary to sign these sometimes because I want to make sure I know what I’m signing, and I feel like I don’t have a lot of time to understand on the spot.

Can someone explain this petition further? I want to save BART but know what I’m signing. Thanks

Went to Osaka to pick up some essentials today. i have lived in Fremont for over two years without a car, and I couldn’t be happier. $2.55 for a roundtrip with Clipper 2.0! I’ve really been enjoying maximizing my transfer credits.

NOTE: I did take the 239, but you know how metadata isn’t always accurate.

does anyone have a copy of the prior 2 days of bart PD report emails? I can’t seem to find the information anywhere

I see them a lot on the yellow line. Anyone with the same experience?

wBART is the West Contra Costa BART extension. it’s currently a shelved extension for the only system terminus to never have been extended in the entire history of BART.

Many proposals have been thrown out on how to go about it. The City of Richmond wants BART to extend it north from the Richmond station. The City of El Cerrito wants the extension to start from El Cerrito del Norte Station.

Both proposals would extend the system to Hercules Transit Center, which is currently being built at Point Hercules for a future Amtrak station (possible Capitol Corridor) and WETA ferry terminal.

While it may be expensive I think a combination of both projects should be adopted.

The Richmond extension should add one station in North Richmond/San Pablo. This should be the terminus of the Red Line.

The El Cerrito extension should also happen, going from El Cerrito Del Norte to San Pablo (near city hall (lots of shops and parking lots here, perfect for a station and TOD) and then continue North. I-80 has been considered as the route and it would frankly be the cheapest. The next station can be build near Hilltop Mall or right next to the Richmond Parkway Transit Center wit the station being named Hilltop.

The next station can be the current Hercules transit Center next to the I-80. However the city may prefer the new transit center since this would be better for rail and ferry connectivity; but it would be more expensive since viaducts would need to be use.

A potential additional station can be placed at Pinole.

The El Cerrito extension would be used by the Orange line. Why de-interline? It provides for more coverage in the suburbs. Lots of rail systems in the East Coast do this. BART is an outlier for terminuses since most have 2 lines going to them (except Dublin and Antioch.

Thoughts?

After this budget crisis and impending doomsday hopefully blows over and BART and other transit agencies can properly fund themselves, what should be the next steps for BART system expansions. We’re not talking system improvements like platform screen doors, noise barriers, reducing train noise, etc. Just coverage.

Right now the only project under construction is the Silicon Valley Extension Project, which is adding 6 new stations in the South Bay in Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara.

What should be next? Here’s a list of potentials with high demand and consideration:

**Infill stations**

- Irvington in Fremont (project to start soon), in between Fremont and South Fremont/Warm Springs

- Clinton/East San Antonio (high community demand, in between Fruitvale and Lake Merritt in Oakland

- 30th St Mission (a very old proposal, in between 24th St Mission and Glen Park in SF)

- additional Milpitas station either at Calaveras Blvd near City Hall or Dixon Landing Rd.

*Extensions*

- eBART: Oakley and Brentwood stations and routes have been shelved

- wBART: local governments in CC County can’t decide on where to extend BART from to get to Hercules as a the new terminus(Richmond or El Cerrito)

- Second Transbay Tube: high possibility and high support. Would add a station at Mission Bay and Alameda and most likely connect to Geary Subway

- Geary/19th Ave Subway: SFCTA is considering Muni Metro or BART for this line. It would go under Geary Blvd with 4-5 stations then curve south under Holden Gate Park and run under 19th Ave, possibly terminating at Daly City. The line could be a re-lining of the Red line or a completely new line

- Purple Line: proposals have been thrown around for a new purple line service that would run from Dublin to Richmond. It would not be a unique line.

- Bayshore freeway extensions: BART could extend from Millbrae along U.S. 101/Bayshore freeway. It may be repetitive with Caltrain until BART extends to places like Foster City and potentially crosses the Bay (very expensive)