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A cleaner thoroughly mops the floor of a train car.

Gum, stains, trash: How BART deep cleans its trains

Hunter Gapol, Staff Writer January 31, 2024

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) uses a thorough cleaning regimen for passenger safety and hygiene. According to the BART website, all trains must follow the same detailed rotating cleaning schedule. Every...

BARTs inception in 1972 made it the first fully automated rapid transit system in the United States, revolutionizing the landscape of public transportation.

BART revolutionizes commuting experience with next-generation fare gates

Zenil Koovejee, AVT Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2024

In the rhythmic chaos of daily commuters pirouetting through aging BART fare gates, tales of evasion, payment disparities, and uncertainty come to fruition on a daily basis.  Bay Area residents' response But,...

Clipper Cards will be the new way of payment compared to the old BART paper tickets.

BART paper tickets no longer accepted after Nov. 30

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, AVT A&E Page Editor November 28, 2023

Starting Nov. 30, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) will stop accepting paper tickets as a way for fare gate entry.  “The reason we are transitioning away from paper tickets is we’re in a period of...

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