CBS 5 Poll: Public Supports BART On Cellphone Shutdown Decision
A CBS 5 poll released Monday night found that a majority of the public in the Bay Area backed the transit agency's decision to cut off cellphone service.
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A CBS 5 poll released Monday night found that a majority of the public in the Bay Area backed the transit agency's decision to cut off cellphone service.
Dozen of protesters gathered on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platforms in downtown San Francisco on Monday evening in response to the agency's interruption of cellphone service to prevent another protest last week.
A Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman defended Monday the agency's interruption of cellphone service to prevent a protest from happening at train stations in downtown San Francisco last week.
Bay Area Rapid Transit prepared for renewed protests Monday, a day after hackers broke into a BART user website and posted contact information for more than 2,000 customers.
BART's myBART website has been breached, including the release of thousands of user names, email addresses, passwords and other personal information.
The decision by Bay Area Rapid Transit officials to interrupt wireless service at several downtown San Francisco stations Thursday in an attempt to disrupt possible protest plans has drawn more and more criticism.
Cellphone service was cut off at several San Francisco BART stations on Thursday, all in an effort to quell a potential demonstration and protest.
A planned protest at the Bay Area Rapid Transit Service's Civic Center station over the shooting of a man last month failed to materialize during Thursday's commute.
An alert on the Bay Area Rapid Transit website is notifying riders about protests that may disrupt service at San Francisco stations Thursday.
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials are trying to figure out exactly what happened Monday night when computers crashed, halting service throughout the BART system for two hours.
California may be broke, but that isn't stopping the state from funneling more than $200 million into Bay Area transportation projects. This is especially good news for the BART-to-San Jose project.
The complete failure of a network router that tracks train movement throughout the Bay Area Rapid Transit system led to the massive delays on Monday night, BART officials said.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were in full service during Tuesday morning's commute after service was stopped for several hours throughout the system due to a computer glitch Monday night.
BART is in the process of restoring service across its entire train system after it stopped running trains for several hours Monday night.
A handful of police officers from Oakland, Alameda and BART are the first to complete crisis intervention training to help de-escalate from potentially violent situations with the mentally ill.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Newark on Monday to remember Johntue Caldwell, the victim of a July 15 homicide in Hayward and best friend of Oscar Grant III.
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials held a news conference Thursday afternoon to release video of the fatal officer-involved shooting at the Civic Center station in San Francisco on July 3.
Ongoing cuts at AC Transit have officials considering whether some parts of its bus operation could be turned over to Bay Area Rapid Transit.
Twenty-five year-old Johntue Caldwell was shot and killed Friday night int he parking lot of a Hayward gas station.
With many questions still unanswered, some Bay Area Rapid Transit directors are worried about the pace of an investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting at Civic Center Station.
BART is attempting to give all its police officers training in dealing with the mentally ill. However, two officers involved in a fatal shooting early this month had yet to receive it.
BART's top cop said a man fatally shot by BART police at the Civic Center station was actually brandishing two knives at the time of the shooting on July 3.
A newly-formed board that will serve as a watchdog for Bay Area Rapid Transit Police was set to hold its first meeting Tuesday - with the July 3rd fatal BART police shooting in San Francisco at the top of the list of priorities.
Bay Area Rapid Transit service returned to normal Monday night, hours after it was disrupted by protests at several San Francisco stations.
The new independent auditor for Bay Area Rapid Transit Police said Monday that he will conduct a thorough investigation.
