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Timeline of Bay Area Rapid Transit

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| 2001 || January || Data || BART's website reports ridership numbers for every pair of entry and exit station from this time onward.<ref name=ridership>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership|title = Monthly Ridership Reports|accessdate = June 18, 2017|publisher = [[w:Bay Area Rapid Transit|Bay Area Rapid Transit]]}}</ref> ||
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| 2002 || || Fare collection || Translink, the smart card payment system, launches.<ref name=clipper-launch-brochure/> ||
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| 2003 || June 22 || New stations, transit connections || BART extends its service south of Colma, simultaneously opening stations in [[w:South San Francisco station (BART)|South San Francisco]], [[w:San Bruno station (BART)|San Bruno]], [[w:San Francisco International Airport station|San Francisco International Airport]], and [[w:Millbrae station|Millbrae]].<ref name=bart-40-years/> The Millbrae station is an intermodal terminal connecting with Caltrain; Caltrain had moved its own Millbrae station to this location in Spring 2003. || South San Francisco, San Bruno, San Francisco International Airport, Millbrae
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| 2009 || October 28 || Highway transportation shutdown || An emergency shutdown of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge leads to record increases in BART ridership. Ridership further increases as BART runs longer and overnight service to meet transbay travel demand.<ref name=bart-40-years/> || Transbay Tube
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| 2010 || June 16 || Fare collection || Translink, the smart card payment system used in BART and other Bay Area transit agencies, is renamed Clipper and launches officially at full scale.<ref name=clipper-launch-brochure>{{cite web|url = https://docs.clippercard.com/brochures/en/Clipper%20Launch%20News%20Release.pdf|title = MTC Bay Area Transit Agencies Launch Clipper: All-in-One, Reloadable Fare Card Available Free of Charge All Summer|last = Goodwin|first = John|last2 = Rentschler|first2 = Randy|publisher = Metropolitan Transportation Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/16/universal-bay-area-transit-fare-card-clipper-launches/|title = Universal Bay Area transit fare card, ‘Clipper,’ launches|last = Mara|first = Janis|date = June 16, 2010|accessdate = July 29, 2017|publisher = ''Mercury News''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/06/16/clipper-card-transition-for-bay-area-transit-is-now-official/|title = Clipper Card Transition for Bay Area Transit is Now Official|last = Roth|first = Matthew|date = June 16, 2010|accessdate = July 29, 2017|publisher = StreetsBlog SF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2010/02/10/translink-step-aside/|title = Translink, step aside|last = Cabanatuan|first = Michael|date = February 10, 2010|accessdate = July 29, 2017|publisher = SFGate}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sfexaminer.com/rebranding-translink/|title = Rebranding TransLink|last = Reisman|first = Will|date = January 3, 2010|accessdate = July 29, 2017|publisher = SF Examiner}}</ref> ||
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| 2010 || July 15 || Legislation || California Governor {{w|Arnold Schwarzenegger}} signs the BART Public Safety Accountability Act into law, giving citizens a role in directing policy and reviewing practice in the BART police force for the first time, in response to problems highlighted by the shooting of Oscar Grant.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/16/new-bill-sees-creation-of-citizen-oversight-for-bart/|title = New bill creates citizen oversight of BART police|last = Taylor|first = Tracey|date = July 16, 2010|accessdate = July 9, 2017|publisher = BerkeleySide}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1586|title = AB-1586 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.|date = July 15, 2010|accessdate = July 9, 2017}}</ref> The Act modifies the California Public Utilities Code to include authorization for the BART Board of Directors to establish the Office of Independent Police Auditor (OIPA), with specific authority to investigate issues and recommend solutions. The OIPA submits its first annual report for the year 2011-2012.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2011-2012_Annual_Report.pdf|title = Office of the Independent Police Auditor Annual Report 2011 - 2012|last = Smith|first = Mark|publisher = BART Office of the Independent Police Auditor|accessdate = July 9, 2017}}</ref> ||
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