BART Board of Directors Special Meeting

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BART Board Meeting to Finalize 2014 Budget

By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda [PDF] From TransForm: The BART Board is expected to approve their Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which we believe should focus on core system maintenance instead of unrealistic and unaffordable extensions.  While the Board has committed to a sensible process for evaluating investments that should lead them to prioritize responsible maintenance projects, some directors are still pushing […]

BART Moves Ahead With OAK Connecter Despite Civil Rights Violations

By Matthew Roth |
Image: BART. Even though BART is not in compliance with the Federal Transportation Administration’s (FTA) Title VI civil rights regulations, the agency has sought funding from numerous local, regional, state and federal outlets to continue the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) project, a three-mile elevated tramway that would connect the Oakland Airport with the Oakland Coliseum […]

BART Board Swears in New Police Chief, Approves Livermore Alignment

By Matthew Roth |
Editor’s note: We’re taking Monday off. Enjoy the long weekend and see you back here Tuesday! New BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey and Director Gail Murray celebrate at Rainey’s swearing in ceremony. Photo: Matthew Roth. With concerns mounting about the reaction to the verdict in the Mehserle trial, BART held an official swearing-in ceremony at […]

BART Directors Consider Design Concepts for New Rail Cars

By Matthew Roth |
A conceptual rendering the interior of a new BART car with lean bars, courtesy BART The first new BART cars won’t come online until 2014, but BART’s Board of Directors, in a special meeting yesterday, reviewed staff’s proposals (PDF) for procuring 700 new cars (there are currently 669 cars system-wide) and the possibility of upgrading […]