SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Starting Wednesday, BART riders have a new option to pay for their fare. The “Tap and Ride” system allows commuters to pay with contactless credit or debit cards or mobile ...

DUBLING, Calif. - New BART fare gates that are harder to push through, jump over or crawl under have reduced reports of fare evasion by more than half, officials said Friday at an event to tout that ...

The gates include a unique door locking mechanism that makes swing barriers difficult to push through, jump over or maneuver ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- For years BART has struggled to keep fare evaders off trains. Two weeks ago, BART began testing new 7-foot gates at the West Oakland station. On Thursday, the transit agency ...

A new study indicates efforts to crackdown on fare jumpers have not made BART safer nor has it increased revenue as the transit agency has claimed. The Center for Policy Equity, a nonprofit research ...

California (KPIX) — People taking BART will soon be able to use their credit or debit cards at the fare gates, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The tap-to-pay feature launches ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly one year ago ABC7 News alerted BART to fare evaders using emergency exits at the San Leandro station. ABC7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow went back to the station to ...

A recent ride on BART — the Bay Area’s premiere Rapid Transit system — took me from Downtown Berkeley to Glen Park. Both stops had a sight familiar to many commuters: “Next Gen Fare Gates.” I noticed ...

BART reports its ridership is continuing to climb, with strong weekend gains helping push the total trips in September past 5 ...

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a last-minute resolution on Friday to commit to providing Bay Area Rapid Transit $10.3 million for purchasing materials to build new fare gates on ...