BART’s Tweets

· Feb 23

The multi-modal Trip Planner now show real-time availability of @ridespin scooters in San Francisco, LINK scooters by @Superpedestrian in Oakland and @hoprnet scooters in Fremont. The multi-modal Trip Planner is available at bart.gov/planner and Official BART app.

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Riders can easily plan BART + scooter trips in Berkeley using BART’s multi-modal Trip Planner on bart.gov/planner and official BART app. Trip Planner shows real-time availability of the LINK scooters on a map, and a direct link to book the scooter.

A scooter rider riding a LINK scooter in Downtown Berkeley

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Rigel Robinson

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New shared electronic scooters are now available in

@CityofBerkeley

. BART has made it easier than ever for riders to use dockless scooters to connect to BART. BART is allowing

@superpedestrian

LINK scooters to be locked outside of Berkeley BART stations for quick and easy access

LINK scooters at Downtown Berkeley BART station plaza

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This critical cable replacement work around Union City has continued over four non-consecutive weekends, all starting around 10pm on Saturday and all through Sunday. This weekend is the last scheduled work weekend. Full information at bart.gov/news/articles/

BART Planned Work on July 9-10 from 10 pm on Saturday and all day Sunday. Work will impact Orange and Green Line riders. Single-tracking in Union City. Green Line trains will not run during the work. Expect up to 20 minute delays while we do emergency cable replacement work. Plan your trip at www.bart.gov/planner.

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Green/Orange Line riders: BART will be single-tracking around Union City Station as part of an emergency cable replacement work. The work will begin this Saturday, July 9, around 10pm, and will last all Sunday, July 10. Green Line trains will not be running this Sunday.

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UPDATE: Select inbound trains from Balboa Park maybe switched back at West Portal while select outbound trains in the #subwaysvc may be switched back at Castro Station.

will provide mutual assistance btwn Embarcadero & Balboa Park. See BART station agent for assistance.

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SFMTA

@SFMTA_Muni

· Jul 7

UPDATE: We are in the process of getting bus shuttles to support #MuniMetro service btwn West Portal and Balboa Park stations. Maintenance personnel en route to West Portal to assist with the incident train. twitter.com/SFMTA_Muni/sta…

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Jul 6

We have a lot more work to do, but we have been busy making upgrades and improvements to BART.

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TheWatcher

@the_watcher

· Jul 6

I took BART today Downtown and back and it was great! Powell Street is being fixed up, the new escalators are beautiful and I got the new trains. Both times I waited a minute or two. It feels like a real modern service. @SFBART @JaniceForBART

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Jul 6

San Francisco riders, please be advised: the next phase of the 2022 Muni Service Network will improve or modify existing bus routes which serve several San Francisco-based BART stations. They will go in effect this Saturday.

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SFMTA

@SFMTA_Muni

· Jul 6

Reminder: This Sat., 7/9, the next phase of the 2022 Muni Service Network will go into effect. Changes include the return of the 2 Sutter, 6 Haight-Parnassus and 21 Hayes (with some route changes), as well as other route extensions and modifications. sfmta.com/blog/details-e

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Jul 6

BART is always looking for hard-working Bay Areans to join our ranks. We provide many great benefits and opportunities to advance your career while doing public service. Please visit bart.gov/jobs for listings.

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BART has spoken to Thu back in 2020 for a series of women track workers and their stories.

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CA: LA Metro’s ‘Transit Ambassadors’ offer alternative to armed officers

· May 20, 2020

Every day and night, hundreds of workers do strenuous physical labor to rebuild BART's system, largely hidden from public view. A small but growing number of these workers are women. During a graveyard shift in February, before Shelter in Place, we documented their story.

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Thu is on the move. Once she passes her TOEFL assessment, she intends to pursue a master’s degree in Transportation Management from

@SJSU

, which BART offers financial aid for educational opportunities.

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Thu: “I moved to Oakland, and from there, things changed. I [realized I could] do a lot more than I imagined.” As a track operator, Thu has developed a reputation among her coworkers as a hard worker with a positive attitude, always smiling.

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who connected her to the

@MandelaInc

, which offers free pre-apprentice programs for Bay Area residents to BART opportunities. After graduating from the center, Thu received further training from BART and soon was hired.

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Thu grew up in rural Vietnam and moved to Israel then to the United States after her education. Struggling to adapt in San Diego, Thu and her young daughter arrived in Oakland with $300 and little else.

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Thu is a woman who works in a still male-dominated occupation and does hard work in replacing track and heavy equipment. We spoke to Thu at Hayward Maintenance Complex on a hot early morning as her crew was ready to uproot old rail tracks.

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BART would not be possible without its workers, and we are proud to hire many Bay Areans who are forging their own path. We caught up with track operator Thu Nguyen, who joined BART 2.5 years ago and is leading our rebuilding work: bart.gov/news/articles/

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Clipper with Google Pay works on most Android phones. The phone must be running Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or higher, and it must have an NFC chip (check in settings). To check the version of your phone go to Settings > About Phone > Android Version to check your device’s version.

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We have a very limited supply of plastic cards due to supply chain issues and because so many people got a new card for the Warriors parade and pride. For Apple products you need iPhone 8 or later, Apple Watch Series 3 or later. No app needed.

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Do you have friends coming to visit the Bay Area? Please ask them to add Clipper to their phones instead of getting a plastic

@BayAreaClipper

card. Using Clipper with Apple Pay and Google Pay is great for visitors because there is currently no new card fee ($3 savings).

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It was a great parade. We love Alameda. Hopefully Alameda will soon have transit supportive land use policies so we could potentially put a BART station there to serve a second transbay tube. #Link21

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Brian

@brianrmcguire

· Jul 4

@SFBART #alamtg

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I’m a fan of

ambassadors. Excited to see how this goes for Los Angeles! LA Metro’s ‘Transit Ambassadors’ offer alternative to armed officers. Ambassadors are patterned after a BART program that adds an extra layer to public safety programs.

masstransitmag.com

About 300 friendly, welcoming guides will become the newest sets of eyes and ears, an unarmed patrol team equipped with radios to call in homeless social workers or other support teams.

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BART Retweeted

Geo ❝Gives Transit Directions❞

@geolikestrains

Jul 5

bart out here tweeting about things most north american transit agencies couldn't even dream about tweeting. nothing makes me wanna take transit more than knowing the agency cares about my experience, your experience, everyone's experience

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· Jul 4

Escalators are an important piece of infrastructure. When they go out of service it makes our stations less accessible. We just replaced another 50 year old unit at Montgomery. It will be more reliable and energy efficient. All 40 escalators downtown are being replaced.

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Jul 5

Update on our short story contest. We received 292 qualified submissions and are now in the first phase of the story selection process. Thank you to those who submitted a story.

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· May 16

In celebration of BART's 50th anniversary this September, we are proud to announce our first-ever short fiction contest starting June 1: BART Lines. Winners will receive $ and a chance to be published in BART's @ShortEdition_EN Short Story Dispensers in four stations!

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A short story pulled out from one of the Short Story dispensers available at Richmond, Balboa Park, Fruitvale and Pleasant Hill stations

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Jul 4

Escalators are an important piece of infrastructure. When they go out of service it makes our stations less accessible. We just replaced another 50 year old unit at Montgomery. It will be more reliable and energy efficient. All 40 escalators downtown are being replaced.

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Jul 2

BART will run on a Sunday schedule on the 4th of July with 5-line service and extra event trains for fireworks in San Francisco and at the Coliseum. BART hours on Monday will be 8am-midnight. Learn more: bart.gov/news/articles/

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Does YOUR transit system employ a hawk? Yeah I didnt think so. Meanwhile

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· Jun 30

Meet Pac-Man. He’s an adult male Harris hawk who frequents the El Cerrito del Norte Station platform with his handler, Ricky. Ricky and Pac-Man are here to help deter pigeons who shelter at the station. bart.gov/news/articles/

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Falconer Rickey with Pac-Man (the falcon) in front of the El Cerrito del Norte station.

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SFBuildingTrades #webuildSF #sftrades

Jul 2

We'll run extra event trains on the 4th of July for fireworks in San Francisco and at the Coliseum. Also no scheduled track work during the 3-day holiday weekend. Get the details: bart.gov/news/articles/

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BART Retweeted

@TradesSf

We loved building it with our #skilledandtrained construction workers. Thanks

for continuing to lift up our communities with capital improvements that improve our transit system. #apprenticeship #sftrades #projectlaboragreement

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master of my fate, captain of my soul

· Jul 1

We are overjoyed to announce the arrival of a brand new escalator at Montgomery St. Station. When your escalators are 50 years old and cause frequent disruption to everyone, it’s important to take the time to celebrate a piece of modern infrastructure.

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BART Retweeted

@sritej

highly highly recommend turning on auto-reload on your clipper card to get the discount

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· Jul 1

Spread the word about BART discounts:

20% off for qualified low income adults w/ Clipper START

50% off youth 5-18

62.5% off seniors 65+

62.5% off for people under 65 w/ qualifying disabilities

6.25% off when buying $48 or $64

Muni + BART monthly “A” Fast Pass

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Meet our new Train Operators. They love the Bay Area and BART. We are proud to say most were BART cleaners who were promoted. Congrats on graduating our 16 weeks course! We will be posting for our next Train Operator pool in August. New Station Agents graduate in a few weeks.

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The disabled train has been moved to the yard. Single tracking has been cancelled and the Red Line service has been restored.

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BART Alert

@SFBARTalert

· Jul 1

BART is recovering from an earlier problem. There is a major delay system wide due to an earlier disabled train on the San Francisco Line.

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The Bay Area's all-in-one transit card

All discounts are set up in advance through Clipper. A little work up front helps you save money.

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Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Spread the word about BART discounts: ▪️20% off for qualified low income adults w/ Clipper START ▪️50% off youth 5-18 ▪️62.5% off seniors 65+ ▪️62.5% off for people under 65 w/ qualifying disabilities ▪️6.25% off when buying $48 or $64 ▪️Muni + BART monthly “A” Fast Pass

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We are overjoyed to announce the arrival of a brand new escalator at Montgomery St. Station. When your escalators are 50 years old and cause frequent disruption to everyone, it’s important to take the time to celebrate a piece of modern infrastructure.

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The state literally just said “no” to giving us the funding to make it happen for a few months. Our funding model relies on fares (and currently federal emergency funds that will run out). Free and low cost transit needs ongoing, reliable funding sources.

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Mondog’s Bar & Grill

@mondoggiestyle

· Jul 1

Replying to @SFBART

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Love is love. Pride is a riot. Transit is for everyone. All are welcome. In fact, we need to do more to prevent harassment of our LGBTQ+ riders… and we will. The month may change but the profile picture isn’t going away anytime soon.

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