It’s how you get around in the Bay Area. Well, parts of the bay. It doesn’t reach parts of the south bay, peninsula, or any of the north bay. For the south bay, you’ll need to connect from BART to Caltrain at Millbrae Station.
You should get a Clipper card to ride BART.
Unlike most subways, BART has dedicated spaces for bicycles.
Miscellaneous notes
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The official website is bart.gov.
Handy links:
- bart.gov/tickets/calculator - Fare Calculator
- Fare Discounts (I should add the HVD one)
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Real time departures for:
12th Street Oakland, Embarcadero, Powell, 16th Street Mission, Millbrae, Berkeley (Downtown), Rockridge
- BARTable is a newsletter about BART-related events. Sometimes they also have sweepstakes for small things. Like, my partner won a $50 Clipper card that has a theme celebrating 50 years of BART.
- The phone number of BART Police is (510) 464-7000 (according to BART’s website). You can also text non-emergency at (510) 200-0992. I’ve never done either.