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In , we extended Richmond-Millbrae service by one hour on weekday evenings, meaning an extra hour of direct service. A: Currently, our patrol officers are required to make at least six train rides during each shift worked. Even so, with more than train cars in service during the peak commute it is easy to understand why one may not often see many officers on trains. While we do have officers who mostly ride trains, primarily in the urban core areas, officers in outlying areas rely more heavily on patrol vehicles to allow travel between properties while responding to calls for service and covering other officers engaged in enforcement activity.
This also allows the officers to conduct security inspections of perimeter fences and other areas for security purposes. The availability of a vehicle allows this to happen faster, especially when the trains are not running at rush hour intervals and one might have to wait for up to 20 minutes for a train to arrive.
Further complicating the possibility of catching a train is the fact it is faster and safer for everyone involved to hold a train at a station to wait for an officer to respond. If we didn't do this, the location of the suspect would continue to be a moving target, with the train-riding officer unable to determine when the subject left or transferred to another train. BPD has approximately sworn officers and not all sworn officers are assigned to patrol duties.
Contained within the sworn ranks are supervisors Sergeants and command staff Lieutenants, Deputy Chiefs, and the Chief. Further reducing the number of personnel actually available for patrol assignments are other assignments fulfilling the BPD mission.
BART Police uses crime statistics to determine deployment of resources. We not only deploy officers in a manner so they are close enough to respond to each station, parking lot, platform, other BART property, and train, but also to put additional resources where they are needed based on crime statistics. This way we assign officers to areas where spikes in crime are identified. Listen to our podcast as we follow along on patrol with an officer on a train.
Wi-Fi will not be available on our legacy fleet. A: No, BART cars reverse directions at the ends of the lines, and moreover are continuously coupled and uncoupled in between runs throughout the day. For example, a special car at the front of a train might end up being at the back of the train later in the day. Or if two 4-car trains each had a bike car and were then joined to make an 8-car train, seating for our riders would be greatly reduced. A: Homeland Security made the recommendation to close underground restrooms following the September 11, , terrorists attack.
The recommendation still stands. Potential options include more transparent doors and sinks outside the restroom in public. We are in the process of redesigning the bathrooms in two stations — Powell Street in San Francisco and 19th Street in Oakland — to meet security concerns, then reopen them and evaluate the impacts.
We want to provide a restroom but safety is important as underground stations continue to be a threat. A: BART has escalators and most are years old. We've increased staffing and the number of certified techs to work on the units. We've also implemented new technology to better track parts and repairs while focusing on preventative maintenance to help prevent longer outages.
BART is working to renovate and replace some of our busiest units and build additional protective canopies to shield the escalators from weather and damage. For an update on these efforts click here. BART has developed an online advisory that lists out-of-service escalators, their location, the reason they're out of service and an estimated return to service date.
When an escalator is taken out of service for any reason, the advisory will become active once a maintenance crew member enters the details into the system.
By some estimates there are as many as 30, homeless people in our region and some of them are using the BART system for shelter. As a transit agency, BART has limited resources and our system is not a suitable shelter for homeless people. BART is committed to providing our riders with a safe and clean environment and a key part of that is developing a comprehensive strategy that includes connecting homeless people with support services. The comprehensive plan also brings a renewed focus on improving the station environment.
That includes hiring new station cleaners to focus on our busiest stations and increasing the visible employee presence. BART is adding more community service officers to disrupt drug injection sites as well as recruiting 36 additional police officers. BART is also positioning fully attended Pit Stop bathrooms above ground at major station entrances and exits in downtown San Francisco to provide safe and clean access to restrooms for the public.
This is caused by someone flipping up the cushion looking for loose change or a cellphone that may have dropped out of someone's pocket. Our end of line cleaners put the cushions back into place. You can also help us out and put the cushion back.
We designed the Fleet of the Future so the seat cushions are attached. This will soon be a thing of the past. A: Pets must be properly secured in an enclosed carrier manufactured for transport of a pet when entering BART. Pets on leashes are not allowed. Trained service animals assisting people with disabilities are allowed on a leash or harness. Service animals are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.
In a train car, trained service animals and pets in carriers must be kept off the seats and cleared out of aisles. Station agents who believe a particular service animal is behaving in a manner which may threaten other passengers can advise the owner of the service animal that the animal cannot enter the station.
A: BART studied in if it was possible to install Platform Screen Doors PSDs with our current train control system and be able to safely accommodate running a mixed fleet with some trains having 3 doors and some having 2. The design would also become obsolete when BART brings on a new train control system. Service Advisory. Why can't my train be longer? Why can't all trains be 10 car trains? I went into a station and then came right back out of the same station.
Why doesn't BART construct more parking? Where can I find parking right now? Is there a BART discount for college students? I failed to pay for parking earlier when I left my car in the lot. Can I pay online or by phone to avoid a citation? What time does BART stop running? I have a flight arriving at or near midnight. Why can't you run trains closer together during the commute? Why are the cars so hot? Can't someone turn on the air conditioning? Not so, he says.
Former SF first lady in talks to be Trump press secretary. Top of the News. Recent NorCal storms made a dent in the drought. But will it be enough? Weekend storms smashed NorCal weather records. Here are five of them. Meanwhile, if you've ever stepped up to the BART platform at the Pleasant Hill stop, you know it can sometimes be tough to find - much less strike up a conversation with - an animate object.
Over the last few weeks there's been a lot of talk about how Super Bowl City has tons of humans crammed onto the platforms near the foot of Market Street, making things more painful for those of us who already commute through the city via BART.
So, we ran the numbers well, BART did for a randomly selected month we did the random selection! Least Crowded: South Hayward.
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