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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about BART, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 78stories have been published about BART which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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BART often is covered by Left Media sources.

Left: 57%

Center: 40%

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Gov. Newsom, California lawmakers are close to reaching budget deal

Gavin Newsom · Mountain View

Gov. Newsom, California lawmakers are close to reaching budget deal

46% Left coverage: 11 sources

The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are close to reaching a budget deal, multiple sources and legislative documents indicated on Tuesday night.See the Story

Clipper Card Outage Across Bay Area Transit Agencies Has Been Resolved, Official Says

Riders · San Francisco

Clipper Card Outage Across Bay Area Transit Agencies Has Been Resolved, Official Says

100% Left coverage: 7 sources

A Clipper card outage that affected commuters taking public transportation across the Bay Area Tuesday morning has been resolved.See the Story

Lawsuit Accuses Union Pacific of Igniting Rowena Fire Through Train Sparks

Lawsuit Accuses Union Pacific of Igniting Rowena Fire Through Train Sparks

86% Center coverage: 7 sources

Union Pacific tracks run through the fire area, but authorities haven't mentioned train sparks as a possible cause, saying only that the cause is being investigated.See the Story

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Gov. Newsom, California lawmakers are close to reaching budget deal

Major BART Delays on Berryessa Line Due to Possible Fatality

75% Left coverage: 4 sources

(KRON) -- BART is experiencing major delays on the Berryessa Line and a station closure at Bay Fair due to a major medical emergency. According to Bay Area Rapid Transit, the Berryessa Line is experiencing delays in the Dublin/Pleasanton, Berryessa, Richmond and Daly City directions. "Major medical emergency" is typically the language BART uses when there has been a fatality on a BART train, station, or trackway. Walnut Creek man who sexually ab…BART · United States See the Story

BART improves in safety, cleanliness and satisfaction, yet ridership recovery remains slow

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

BART's efforts to lower crime and improve on cleanliness continue to pay off with improvements in ridership and customer satisfaction, though ridership remains down.BART · San Jose Read Article

BART releases report on systemwide delays from last month's power outage and fire

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Two major BART disruptions in two weeks last month caused a major headache for commuters. Now we know the cause of both.BART · San Francisco Read Article

Fire temporarily shuts down BART at West Oakland station Friday

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

(KRON) -- BART experienced a temporary disruption Friday morning in the East Bay. All service was stopped at the West Oakland station due to a fire near the trackway, officials said. Service resumed around 6:53 a.m. “BART service has stopped at West Oakland in all directions due to a fire affecting the trackway near West Oakland station,” BART wrote in a service advisory at 6:36 a.m. In an update, BART officials said the Oakland Fire Department …BART · United States Read Article

VTA Pulls Back Veil on Progress of South Bay BART Extension

Coverage: 2 sources

VTA officials on Monday allowed the media to tour a small portion of work that's underway to expand BART service in Santa Clara County.BART · San Francisco See the Story

Walters: BART wants sales tax increase, but its payrolls soared as ridership declined

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, the state forced countless businesses to shut down and told millions of California workers to stay home. The abrupt interference with normalcy had many financial, social and political impacts. One was to slash ridership and fare revenues of public transit systems, particularly in the transit-dependent San Francisco Bay Area. The 27 Bay Area transit systems received $4.5 billion in federal funds, $5.…BART · United States Read Article

IL Speaker: 'We Have Time' to Address Transit Fiscal Cliff

67% Center coverage: 6 sources

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BART says new gates cut fare evasion. Mission data suggests otherwise.

The new BART gates cost about $90 million. How effective are they to deter fare evasion in the BART stations in the Mission? BART says new gates cut fare evasion. Mission data suggests otherwise.BART · San Francisco Read Article

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