BART, Other Transit Agencies Beef Up Security After Word Of Alleged Plot By ISIS To Attack U.S. Subways
BART police said they have increased patrols, including the use of K-9 teams. Muni is doing the same on its platforms and trains.
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BART police said they have increased patrols, including the use of K-9 teams. Muni is doing the same on its platforms and trains.
Do you remember when Bay Area Rapid Transit was the next big thing? Perhaps not. It was more than 40 years ago.
Over 300 people have been banned from the BART system after the transit agency's law went into effect allowing them to issue stay-away orders.
A San Francisco specialty apparel firm is rolling out a jacket designed for mass transit commuters who can't bear to be stuck among their germ-spewing fellow passengers.
BART police are asking for the public's help in identifying persons of interest in a shooting that occurred near the bus zone at the Hayward station in June.
A new app from BART is supposed to be a discreet way to report crime on the transit system. But privacy advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union are sounding the alarm.
BART police were reviewing an incident on a train at the Pittsburg/Bay Point station last week in which an officer slammed a woman to the ground as he attempted to detain her.
Increased ridership, shorter trains, and an aging fleet are part of the reason BART commuters are being packed into cars like sardines many days.
A person struck by a BART train at the Bay Fair BART station in San Leandro Tuesday night has been transported to a hospital, a BART spokesman said.
San Francisco police say criminal charges will not be filed in the crash of an America's Cup catamaran in May 2013 that killed British Olympic star Andrew "Bart" Simpson.
BART is reporting delays of up to 20 minutes Monday afternoon because of an equipment problem on the tracks near the Bay Fair station.
The app allows riders to report crime or any suspicious activity in stations and on trains in a safe and discreet manner.
BART riders heading from Daly City toward San Francisco and the East Bay were experiencing delays Wednesday afternoon because of a mechanical problem, a BART dispatcher said.
Four suspects were arrested in connection with a shooting that critically injured a man near the Powell BART station in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday night.
Service was disrupted through the Tuesday evening commute after a train was taken out of service near the Pleasant Hill station, after it had a problem with a wheel component.
An equipment problem on the tracks has caused major delays Bay Area Rapid Transit service in the East Bay Tuesday afternoon.
San Francisco police were investigating a shooting Tuesday night near the Powell BART station that left one person with injuries considered to be life-threatening, a police spokesman said.
BART officials said on Monday that an early warning system currently in development stages worked perfectly just before Sunday morning's 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck.
Firefighters contained a three-alarm structure fire in San Francisco Tuesday morning, just blocks from City College of San Francisco.
The 6.0 magnitude quake Sunday morning in Napa County triggered multiple shutdowns of rail services throughout the Bay Area, including the cancellation of ACE train special Levi's Stadium service and suspension of Amtrak's Capitol Corridor service from Roseville to San Jose while track and bridges are inspected.
A strange odor, noxious fumes, and train car full of coughing passengers triggered police to evacuate the entire BART train, created a domino effect of delays system wide, and spawned news stations to launch their helicopters, but after a short investigation, nothing was found.
A fire destroyed four parked cars and badly damaged another in the parking lot of the Lafayette BART station Wednesday afternoon, a fire official said.
Elected and appointed officials on Wednesday celebrated the final installment of more than $760 million in state money for a planned 10-mile extension of BART to north San Jose, which is scheduled to be completed in 2018.
BART service has resumed following major delays impacting the Richmond BART line Tuesday morning due to a power outage in South San Francisco.
One thing was clear as I walked into Levi's Stadium for the first 49ers game in their new home this Sunday: the Niners are where they belong.
