The group publishes the personal and home information of the police officers on the Internet.ĪugBART stations close as protestors demonstrate against the wireless service shutoff. JBART and Oakland police shoot and kill knife-wielding Charles Blair Hill at the civic Center Station in Oakland.ĪugBART cuts off wireless network service for three hours at several San Francisco stations to prevent coordinated protests of the shooting of Hill.Īug“Flash mobs” close several BART stations for more than two hours in protest to BART shutting off wireless service.ĪugBART Police Officers Association website is hacked for the second time by the group Anonymous in retaliation for the wireless service shutdown of August 11.

Mehserle is released from prison in June 2011. Officer Mehserle later resigns, and is subsequently arrested, tried and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. JanuBART police officer Johannes Mehserle shoots and kills unarmed Oscar Grant III on a BART platform at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland. JBART ridership surpasses 100 million - 100,128,800 for the 2006 fiscal year ending June 30. JBART officially opens a line to San Francisco International Airport. November 1999 - San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is created when MUNI and the Department of Traffic are combined. MaBART’s new operation center opens underneath the Lake Merritt Administration Building. The AIRPORTER bus service begins shuttles from the Embarcadero station to San Francisco International Airport. MaBART and MUNI begin a transfer system, cutting fares in half for BART/MUNI combinations riders. JanuThe second leg of the system opens and extends from Oakland to Richmond.ġ974 - Express bus service opens from Daly City to Belmont. SeptemThe system opens to the public from Freemont to Oakland.

The final cost of the tube is $180 million. November 1966-August 1969 - Construction of the Transbay Tube on the bottom of San Francisco Bay. Johnson presides over the groundbreaking ceremony of the 4.4-mile test track between Concord and Walnut Creek. Originally Marin and San Mateo counties were to be part of the plan, but they opt out. Three northern California counties, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco, adopt a plan to build a rapid transit system (BART) together.

It is one of the oldest transit systems in the world.

The average weekday ridership in May 2022 was 135,824, down from a pre-COVID-19 average of 408,723.īART has its own police force and a security system that includes alarms, video surveillance and other intrusion prevention equipment.Īll BART frontline employees receive emergency response training.ġ912 - The San Francisco Municipal Railway system (MUNI) is established. BART plans to expand the fleet to 1,200 cars by 2024. There are 50 BART stations: 19 surface, 15 elevated and 16 subway stations.Īs of January 2022, there are 817 train cars in the fleet, including legacy cars and new “Fleet of the Future” cars. A BART extension, in partnership with the Valley Transportation Authority, is planned to stretch into Silicon Valley/Santa Clara County (SVBX). The BART system services Alameda County (Oakland), Contra Costa County, San Francisco County and stations in San Mateo County. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency ( SFMTA), which operates BART and the Municipal Railway system (MUNI), manages all forms of San Francisco area transportation and traffic, including streetcars, cable cars, bicycles, pedestrians, taxis and parking. Here’s a look at the San Francisco Bay Area’s rapid transit system, which is referred to as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

Bart station