The San Francisco Bay Area will include over two million new residents by 2040, for a total population of over nine million people. As the Bay Area grows, so will the need for BART. Below are some key projects in the works that will help make BART better, safer, and more useful for Bay Area residents for years to come.

By better matching BART service with anticipated regional travel demand, the study and resulting projects help implement Plan Bay Area 2050, to improve access to jobs, school, shopping, and recreation for all communities, while expanding equitable opportunities and …

The System Development Policy (formerly known as the System Expansion Policy), adopted in September 2023, guides how BART will consistently evaluate proposed new line extensions and stations (including infill stations). Any major new system development project must provide clear, measurable benefits to the system and its riders, as well as ...

Planning will help make BART better, safer, and more useful for Bay Area residents and workers for years to come. Discover how we’re taking on today’s challenges to make sure growth is strategic, community focused, sustainable and fiscally responsible.

Any major new system development project must provide clear, measurable benefits to the system and its riders, as well as demonstrate the ability to address the region’s goals to grow transit ridership, address the climate emergency, improve mobility, and …

The new service between the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station and Antioch is 10 miles long, adds two new stations, and provides much needed congestion relief on State Route 4. The extension uses a different type of train called a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU).

Expansion Planning. Access current and previous studies of major BART system extensions and expansions to core capacity. Planning Policies. Learn about the Board policies that guide BART’s planning work, including the Strategic Plan Framework, Station …

The Warm Springs/South Fremont Station features an at-grade island platform with an overhead concourse, intermodal access to Valley Transit Authority (VTA) and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit) buses, as well as taxi and passenger drop off …

Projects & Plans; System Rebuilding; New BART Train Cars; Train Control Modernization; Hayward Maintenance Complex; Planning; Station Modernization; Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Expansion Policy. BART’s System Expansion Policy states goals and strategies for expanding the system including criteria for evaluating expansion opportunities. To meet the needs of an evolving Bay Area, BART is revisiting our System Expansion Policy.