Local News Featured BART approves $1.2 billion budget amid funding shortfall Bay City NewsUpdated 1 hr ago BART has approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, assuming new funding will help the transit agency avoi…
BART Andres Jimenez Larios/Bay City NewsUpdated 1 hr ago A BART train leaves the station inside the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco May 1.
Local News Featured Transit leaders at SamTrans, Caltrain and BART weigh priorities for possible funding: As possible sales tax measure looms, officials contemplate how it should divvy up funds By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated May 26, 2026 SamTrans is starting to collect feedback on how to invest $50 million it may receive if a potential regional ballot measure succeeds this Nove…
Local News Featured Caltrain warns of system closure: After BART’s tentative plan to close 15 stations without more funding, Caltrain projects starker picture By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 8, 2026 A little over a month after BART laid out its tentative plan to close 15 stations if it didn’t receive funding, Caltrain also warned it could …
Local News Featured Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s new Next-Generation Clipper system sees major hiccups for SamTrans, Caltrain and BART By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Apr 1, 2026 A long-awaited upgrade to the region’s transit payment system launched a few months ago, but a number of technical problems have contributed t…
Pleasant Hill BART station Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News FoundationUpdated Feb 26, 2026 A BART train arrives at the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek Feb. 1, 2021.Â
Pleasant Hill BART station Ray Saint Germain/Bay City NewsUpdated Oct 15, 2025 A BART train arrives at the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek Feb. 1, 2021.Â
Local News BART board elects new president, vice president Bay City News FoundationUpdated Dec 17, 2022 BART’s governing board voted unanimously Thursday to appoint board member Janice Li as the body’s next president.
Bay Area Nearly $300M in relief funding needed to balance BART budget Bay City News Foundation Nov 21, 2022 BART finished the 2021-2022 fiscal year with a balanced budget due in large part to federal relief funding and more sales tax revenue than exp…
Bay Area Featured BART, MTC push mobile apps for Clipper cards after plastic shortages Bay City NewsUpdated Oct 19, 2022 Global supply chain issues are affecting the availability of plastic Clipper cards used for public transportation in the Bay Area, the Metropo…
