San Bruno B.A.R.T.

Ridership surges on BART extension
Denis Cuff - 04/24/2008
Train ridership is surging on BART's rail extension to the San Francisco International Airport, nearly five years after the tracks to five new stations opened with far fewer passengers than expected.

BART supplies buses to SFO
Staff - 01/04/2008
Bay Area Rapid Transit service started providing bus service from its 24th-Street Mission station at 1 p.m. for passengers headed to San Francisco International Airport due to train closures, according to a BART spokesman.

BART to double airport and long term parking spaces during holidays
Staff - 12/17/2007
Twice the number of Airport/Long Term parking spaces at various Bay Area Rapid Transit stations will be available for BART riders during the holidays beginning Friday.

BART may eliminate Pleasanton/SFO connection
Janet Pelletier - 06/11/2007
The board of directors for BART will decide Thursday whether to approve a plan that would eliminate the connection of the Dublin-Pleasanton line all the way to San Francisco Airport.

BART reports record-high ridership
Staff - 11/29/2006
According to the Bay Area Rapid Transit, more people took BART over this Thanksgiving weekend than in Thanksgivings past in order to catch flights out of San Francisco International and Oakland International airports.

BART ridership to airport fails to fly
Rachel Gordon - 07/08/2006
BART probably would like to replicate David Hunter. Ten thousand times over.

BART to lure riders to airport extension
James Hohmann - 07/02/2006
Beginning this month, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system will run a series of ads to bolster traffic on the San Francisco International Airport extension.

BART to boost ridership to S.F. airport
Staff - 06/30/2006
Three years after Bay Area Rapid Transit expanded to San Francisco International Airport, officials Thursday announced a $300,000 advertising campaign aimed at increasing passenger numbers that haven't met expectations.

Carole Ward Allen lauds SFO BART
Carole Ward Allen - 06/21/2006
This month the Bay Area will celebrate the third anniversary of a major accomplishment: the opening of the BART extension to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae.

SFO to shut runway for 15 days
Edward Carpenter - 04/27/2006
San Francisco International Airport will shut down one of its departure runways for 15 days starting Friday to allow for repaving, officials said Wednesday.

BART delay from S.F. to SFO
George Kelly - 04/04/2006
Mechanical problems with one of BART's 58 trains this morning have led to minor delays on the system's Pittsburg-Bay Point line.

BART agrees to fewer SFO trips
Michael Cabanatuan - 08/11/2005
BART directors reluctantly approved San Mateo transit officials' plans this morning to cut service on the San Francisco International Airport extension during commute hours and to eliminate a fare discount San Mateo County residents had received.

BART to halt many rush-hour trains to SFO
Dave Murphy - 07/26/2005
Plagued by low ridership on its Peninsula extension, BART plans to cut its rush-hour service to San Francisco International Airport in half starting in September in a move to save nearly $4 million a year, transit officials said Monday.

BART, airports boost vigilance following bombs
Chuck Carroll - 07/07/2005
Bay Area transportation officials are taking extra precautions today in the wake of a series of deadly terrorist bombings of trains and a bus in London.

SFO's $2 billion transit maze
Alan Gathright - 12/23/2004
Bay Area residents who regularly take BART to San Francisco International Airport, and even seasoned out-of-town travelers, tend to praise the 18-month-old BART-to-SFO extension as a cheap and convenient ride.

BART cuts time to SFO station
Justin Nyberg - 09/14/2004
On Monday, BART eliminated direct service to the underused Millbrae station, routing all trains through San Francisco International Airport.

Transit Village comes to SSF BART
Justin Nyberg - 01/21/2004
City officials have given the green light to a dense housing development near the South City BART station, a move that could boost local transit usage and provide dozens of affordable apartments to local teachers and city employees.

S.F. gadfly stung for conduct
Lance Williams - 01/14/2004
San Francisco affirmative action officer who claims the city harassed him because he cooperated in an FBI probe of municipal corruption was fired Thursday as Mayor Willie Brown left office.

Three-car shuttle is Bart ghost train
John Horgan - 12/05/2003
The handy three-car shuttle that goes back and forth from San Francisco International Airport to Millbrae is called the BART "Ghost Train."

Airport workers may face costly commute on BART
Justin Nyberg - 05/27/2003
San Francisco International Airport workers may face higher fares and a longer commute in June because of the elimination of two bus routes serving the airport.