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Timeline of Bay Area Rapid Transit

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This is a timeline of [[{{w:Bay Area Rapid Transit|Bay Area Rapid Transit]] }} (BART), a mass rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
== Big picture ==
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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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| 2001 || September || Station facilities || BART closes restrooms at all stations following a recommendation from the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the {{w|September 11 attacks}}. Soon, all but the underground restrooms (ten stations total) would be reopened. Discussions on reopening the underground stations, with a more "secure" remodeled layout would continue till 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/06/25/could-bart-finally-reopen-its-bathrooms-at-underground-stations/|title = Could BART Finally Reopen Its Bathrooms At Underground Stations?|date = June 25, 2015|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = CBS Local}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/31/roadshow-bart-may-reopen-bathrooms-at-two-stations/|title = Roadshow: BART bathrooms to reopen with new ‘secure’ layout|date = March 31, 2017|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = Mercury News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://bartrage.com/node/1349|title = Where are your restrooms?|publisher = BART Rage}}</ref>
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| 2002 || || Fare collection || Translink, the smart card payment system, launches.<ref name=clipper-launch-brochure/> ||
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| 2015 || September 14 || Service frequency || BART makes some enhancements to its service frequencies, including running the Richmond line an extra hour in the evening, and adding extra trains for the morning and evening rush hour.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20150910|title = BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief|date = September 14, 2015|accessdate = July 5, 2017|publisher = BART}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dailycal.org/2015/09/14/bart-institutes-changes-combat-overcrowding/|title = BART responds to overcrowding by increasing number of train cars, hours of operation|date = September 14, 2015|accessdate = July 5, 2017|publisher = ''The Daily Californian''}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || January 9 || Violence || A homcide occurs at West Oakland station.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20160309|title = BART Police release video of West Oakland shooting suspect|date = March 9, 2016|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = Bay Area Rapid Transit}}</ref> The case would reveal that many cameras on train cars are decoys.<ref name=chronicle-decoy/> The case goes unsolved for a long time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/08/one-year-later-still-no-leads-in-fatal-shooting-on-bart-train-near-west-oakland-station/|title = BART: A year later, still no leads in fatal shooting on train in Oakland|last = Baldassari|first = Erin|date = January 8, 2017|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = ''Mercury News''}}</ref> || West Oakland
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| 2016 || January 14 || Train cars || An undercover investigation by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' shows that the majority of security cameras on train cars are decoys. This investigation is done after it is discovered that the camera on the train car of a murder was a decoy.<ref name=chronicle-decoy>{{cite web|url = http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-killing-exposes-security-gap-many-train-6757514.php|title = BART killing exposes security gap — many train cameras are decoys|date = January 14, 2016|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = ''San Francisco Chronicle''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://richmondstandard.com/2016/01/20/bart-intends-to-install-surveillance-camera-on-all-train-cars-as-quickly-as-possible/|title = BART to swap all decoy cameras on trains with working ones|date = January 20, 2016|accessdate = October 23, 2017|publisher = The Richmond Standard}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || February 8 || Fares || New, increased BART fares are effective from this date. The minimum fare is now $1.95 (up from $1.85) and the excursion fare is now $5.75 (up from $5.55).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/F_S%20FEB%202016%20.pdf|title = BART Fares and Schedules: Effective February 8, 2016|accessdate = July 5, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || April 22 || Violence || A mass robbery occurs at around 9:30 PM at [[w:Oakland Coliseum station|Oakland Coliseum station]]. A number of juveniles jump the faregates at the station, board a train, threaten the passengers, and extract valuables. By the time BART police arrives, they are already gone.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/04/25/audio-dispatch-of-oakland-bart-mob-its-a-group-of-50-they-bum-rushed-the-entire-train/|title = Audio dispatch of Oakland BART mob: ‘It’s a group of 50. They bum-rushed the entire train’|last = Hurd|first = Rick|last2 = Badassari|first2 = Erin|date = April 25, 2017|accessdate = June 18, 2017|publisher = ''East Bay Times''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-takeover-robbery-50-to-60-teens-swarm-11094745.php|title = BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, hold up riders|last = Bulwa|first = Demian|last2 = Cabanatuan|first2 = Michael|date = April 24, 2017|accessdate = June 18, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:San Francisco Chronicle|San Francisco Chronicle]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/26/police-id-bart-train-takeover-beating-suspects/|title = Police Identify BART Train Takeover Robbery Suspects|date = April 26, 2017|accessdate = June 18, 2017|publisher = CBS Local}}</ref> || Coliseum
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| 2017 || May 25 || Team || BART Police hires a new Chief, Carlos Rojas, who was previously Chief of the Santa Ana Police Department.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2017/news20170525|title = New Police Chief officially sworn in|date = May 25, 2017|accessdate = October 23, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || June 28 || Train cars || BART completes the replacement of decoy cameras by real cameras in all train cars. The total cost of the project comes to $1.42 million; of which $463,749 is for the equipment and units and the remaining is for labor costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-replaces-all-decoy-on-cameras-on-train-cars-11253276.php|title = BART replaces all decoy cameras on train cars with real ones|date = June 28, 2017|accessdate = October 23, 2017|last = Sernoffsky|first = Evan|publisher = ''San Francisco Chronicle''}}</ref>
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