James Allison

In an effort to slow stormwater in a more environmentally friendly way, BART stations across the Bay have been implementing rain gardens and bioswales to capture stormwater.  

As BART ridership stays low and federal funding for transit agencies is expected to run out, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission had Bay Area transit agencies plan for three possible funding scenarios.

BART and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, or SFMTA, will receive $386 million of federal funding as part of the American Rescue Plan, or ARP.

The act, sponsored by Seamless Bay Area, the Bay Area Council and TransForm, advocates for an integrated transit fare structure by 2024, reads a press release from Becker’s office. 

At least eight BART train cars may receive a second life as a part of BART’s Legacy Fleet Decommissioning project. Some will be used to train local firefighters, while others may become a time capsule fit with a retro videogame arcade. And if all goes to plan, several others may be preserved in a railway museum for future generations to admire. 

For the first time in its history, BART offered five lines of service in addition to a return to pre-pandemic hours of operation Sunday.

BART Board of Directors announced the unanimous endorsement of a Baywide coalition to combat the effects of climate change.

On Thursday, the BART Board of Directors voted to approve a policy requiring all BART employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 13.

UC Berkeley successfully sold “The Fourth Pillar,” the first nonfungible token, or NFT, based on Nobel-Prize-winning research for $54,360 at an auction Tuesday.

UC Berkeley will auction two nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, relating to Nobel Prize-winning inventions for the funding of future research and innovation.