Bart

WATCH: BART Agent Fired For Helping Teen In Need

Robin Wilkey | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jim Stanek Fired, Jim Stanek, BART Attendant Fired, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bart, BART Man Fired, Jim Stanek BART, BART Attendant Fired Needy Teen, BART Agent Fired, Man Fired Needy Teen, BART San Francisco, San Francisco News

A BART station agent was fired for giving unused train tickets to a 16-year-old boy in need to help him pay for his commute to school, according to th...

Read Whole Story

FCC Questions City's Controversial Cellphone Block

Reuters | Jasmin Melvin | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Video, Bart Cellphone Controversy, Fcc Bart Cellphone, Fcc, Bart, Reuters, Bart Cellphone, Bart Cellphone Disruption, Fcc Bart, Bart Cellphone Fcc, Technology News

By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deliberate disruption of mobile phone service last year by transit police in San Francisco ...

Read Whole Story

Decision In Controversial BART Shooting Announced

Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: BART James Crowell, Video, Charles Hill Shooting, James Crowell George Gascon, James Crowell Decision, James Crowell Charles Hill, Bart, Charles Hill Killed, George Gascon BART, BART Shooting, James Crowell Charged, BART Charles Hill, BART Oscar Grant, San Francisco News

In an official report released Tuesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced that BART Police Officer James Crowell "acted lawfully...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Bay Bridge Closing For Weekend

Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Presidents Day, San Francisco Presidents Day, San Francisco Ferry, Video, Bay Bridge Closure, Bay Bridge This Weekend, Bay Bridge Presidents Day, Bart, Bay Bridge San Francisco, Bay Bridge Closing, AC Transit, Bay Bridge, Bay Bridge Closed, San Francisco, San Francisco News

Brace yourself, Bay Area. The Bay Bridge is closing. Caltrans confirmed this morning that the westbound upper deck of the Bay Bridge's eastern span...

Read Whole Story

Insourcing Infrastructure: A Local Transit Director's Plan to Bring Back Jobs

Tim Robertson | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Transparency, Tpp, Insourcing, Free Trade Agreements, Politics News, Politics, Infrastructure, Insourcing American Jobs, Bart, Jobs, Manufacturing, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Trans Pacific Partnership, China, Third Industrial Revolution, Politics News

"Many jobs these days require a B.A., a series of unpaid internships, and a graduate degree. Most young people cannot afford to put in that much time and take on that much debt. If we create another path with a shorter timeline, young people will be more likely to stay in school."

Read Post

Charles Hill Family Sues BART

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Bart Anonymous, Charles Hill Bart Shooting, Charles Hill Bart, Charles Hill, Bart Protests, Oscar Grant, Charles Hill Lawsuit, Chris Hill, Oscar Grant Shooting, Charles Hill Shooting, Bart, Charles Hill Killed, BART Shooting, Chris Hill Bart, Bart Lawsuit, Video, San Francisco News

On Wednesday, Chris Hill, the brother of a San Francisco homeless man who was shot and killed by BART police officers, filed a federal lawsuit against...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: HUGE News For BART

Robin Wilkey | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: San Francisco San Jose, San Jose Bart Extension, Video, San Francisco Public Transportation, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bay Area Public Transportation, San Francisco Silicon Valley, San Jose Bart, Bart, Bart Plans, San Jose Public Transportation, Bart Extension, Bart Silicon Valley, San Francisco News

On Tuesday, the United States Department of Transportation recommended approval for $900 million in funding for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation ...

Read Whole Story

BART Begins Work On Newest Station -- And Critics Aren't Happy

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Bart Extension Oakland Airport, Bart Funding, Sf Bart Projects, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bart Oakland Airport Station, Bart, Bart Oakland Airport Shuttle, Bart Extension, Bart Stations, Oakland Bart, Sf Bart, San Francisco Bart, Bart Oakland Airport, Bart Projects, San Francisco News

Construction on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system's extension to the Oakland Airport began this week, and critics of the project are none too pleased....

Read Whole Story

Big Changes At BART

Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bart Santa Clara, Bart, Bart Expansion, Bart Project, Bart Extension, Bart San Jose, Bart South Bay, Bart $772 Million, Bart Contract, San Francisco News

On Thursday, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board voted to award a $772 million contract for a ten-mile BART extension in Santa Clara...

Read Whole Story

BART Introduces New Cellphone Policy

AP | By PAUL ELIAS | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: San Francisco Bart Policy, Bart Protests, San Francisco Bart Police, Bart Cellphone, New Bart Cellphone Policy, Sf Bart, BART Police, Video, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bart Cellphone Policy, Bart, Sf Bart Cellphone Policy, Sf Bart Policy, Bart Policy, San Francisco Bart, San Francisco Bart Protests, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- The agency that oversees the San Francisco area transit system on Thursday authorized police to turn off wireless communications in t...

Read Whole Story

Embattled BART Spokesman Removed

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: BART Police, Video, Linton Johnson Bart, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Charles Hill Shooting, Anonymous, Bart Protests, Oscar Grant, Bart, Protest, Bart Spokesman Removed, Linton Johnson, Hacktavist, Linton Johnson Bart Spokesman, Hackers, San Francisco News

It has not been an easy few months for former BART spokesman Linton Johnson. Johnson, who has been on leave since late August, has returned to a po...

Read Whole Story

Meet Michela Alioto-Pier

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Issues, Muni, Bart, Map, SF Candidate Questionnaire, Alioto-Pier Mayor, Sf Mayor's Race, Michela Alioto-Pier, San Francisco News

Michela Alitoto-Pier Born: San Francisco, CA, 1968 Current Gig: Former San Francisco Supervisor Why should we vote for you? As a member of ...

Read Whole Story

Meet Jeff Adachi

Adachi For Mayor | Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Adachi Pension Reform, Housing, Bart, SF Candidate Questionnaire, Prop D, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Jeff Adachi Issues, Jeff Adachi, San Francisco News

Jeff Adachi Born: Sacramento, CA, 1959 Current Gig: San Francisco Public Defender Why should we vote for you? I am the only candidate who ha...

Read Whole Story

BART Protests To Board Trains, BART GM Asks For Conversation

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Bart Anonymous, Grace Crunican, Bart Protests, Bart, Bart Protest September 19, Bart GM, Grace Crunican Bart, Bart General Manager, Anonymous Protest, San Francisco News

After one week on the job, BART’s new general manager Grace Crunican is taking a fresh approach to the ongoing BART protest: talking to the people. ...

Read Whole Story

BART Scandal Reaches A Whole New Level

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.14.2011

The activity surrounding the recent string of BART protests just got a whole lot messier. According to an August 11 email from BART spokesman Linto...

Read Whole Story

California's High-Speed Rail Mistake

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Philadelphia, San Diego, Wilshire Subway, Los Angeles, New York, Muni, Farmer?S Field, Fresno, Metro, Bart, Bolt Bus, San Francisco, California High-Speed Rail, Anaheim, Sacramento, Aeg, Jobs, Afl-Cio, California Legislature, Los Angeles News

In an ideal world there would be enough money to build both the high-speed rail and all the regional mass transit California needs. But we don't live in that Emerald City.

Read Post

Does White Make Right? Racism and Gay-Shaming Drown Bay Area Protests

Colorlines | Channing Kennedy | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bart, Anonymous Hacker Group, BART Shooting, Charles Blair Hill, Anonymous Hackers Bart, Anonymous Hackers, Bay Area Rapid Transit Police, Black Voices News

Chaos continues to surround the ongoing protests against administrators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system—and the cause is attracting the kind of...

Read Whole Story

Are BART Police Necessary?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Sf Bart Protests, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, San Francisco Bart Prptests, BART Police, Charles Hill, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Oscar Grant, Bart Protests, Sf Bart Police, Bart, San Francisco Bart Police, BART Shooting, No Justice No BART, Sf Bart, San Francisco Bart, Bay Area Rapid Transit Police, San Francisco News

"No justice, no peace; disband the BART Police." That slogan has become the rallying cry for the dozens of protesters who have been gathering at th...

Read Whole Story

OY, VEY: Hackers Leak Naked Pictures Of BART Spokesman

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.24.2011

UPDATE: BART spokesman Jim Allison returned a call to The Huffington Post to discuss the photo leak. "I'm not going to comment on the private life of ...

Read Whole Story

Hacker Group Outlines Demands For BART, Threatens Even More Protests

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: BART Police, Bart Protest, Bart Protests, Bart, San Francisco Protest, San Francisco Bart Protest, Anonymous Bart Protest, BART Shooting, Anonymous Bart, Sf Bart Protest, Anonymous Bart Demands, Anonymous Protest, San Francisco News

On Tuesday morning, in the wake of Monday night's rowdy BART protest, infamous hacker group "Anonymous" announced that the organization would be prote...

Read Whole Story

BART's Decision to Cut Off Cell Service Was Boneheaded

Larry Magid | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Cell Service, Bart, BART Cellphones, Bart RIM, BART Sanfrancisco, Bart Protests, UK Blackberry Messenger, Technology News

We can debate whether the public was any safer as a result of cutting cell service. But even if a safety claim could be made for shutting down service, an equally compelling claim could be made that BART's action jeopardized public safety.

Read Post

WATCH: BART Crisis Immortalized In Bizarre Taiwanese Animation

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Video, BART Police, Bart Protests Video, Bart Protests, Nma Bart Cartoon, Bart Video, Bart, Nma Bart Animation, Bart Shootings, San Francisco Around Town, Bart Cartoon, Sf Bart, Bart Animation, San Francisco News

Next Media Animation (NMA) is at it again. After releasing last month's amusing cartoon chronicling San Francisco's Airbnb burglary, the media grou...

Read Whole Story

BART and the New Era of Censorship

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Censorship, First Amendment, Bart, Twitter, Free Speech, Facebook, Net Neutrality, Media News

Governments have routinely sought to shut down technologies that disrupt their authority. But our basic freedoms should remain intact. Whether public and private entities have the right to silence social media and cellphone networks has become a question for the courts.

Read Post

Egyptian Activists See Hypocrisy In BART Shutdown, London Riots

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Twitter, Social Networking, Bart Protests, David Cameron, Democracy in the Arab World, London, London Riots, Social Media, Arab Spring, Anonymous, Web Censorship, Bart, Hosni Mubarak, Committee to Protect Journalists, Democracy Promotion, Censorship, San Francisco, Mubarak Protests, World News

The Egyptian activists are calling it "muBARTak." When authorities from Bay Area Rapid Transit decided, last week, to cut off cell phone service in...

Read Whole Story

FCC Probing Wireless Blocking By San Francisco Authorities

NationalJournal | Sara Jerome | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Bay Area Rapid Transit, Fcc, Anonymous, Bart, Federal Communications Commission, San Francisco, Anonymous Hackers, Hackers, San Francisco-California, Technology News

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating actions last week by the transportation authority in San Francisco which interrupted wireless s...

Read Whole Story