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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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| 2016 || March 17 to April 5 || Service disruption || On March 17, BART suddenly shuts down train service between North Concord/Martinez and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations, due to electric issues causing damage to train cars. It establishes a bus bridge between the stations.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://abc7news.com/traffic/bart-service-disruption-on-bay-point-line-to-continue-into-thursday/1248696/|title = BART service disruption on Pittsburg/Bay Point line to continue into morning commute|date = March 17, 2016|accessdate = June 20, 2017|publisher = ABC7}}</ref> On March 21, BART resumes limited train service during rush hours, while still operating a bus bridge at other times.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/17/bart-power-problem-damages-50-cars-adds-to-crowding-and-delays/|title = BART: Limited Train Service Resumes to Pittsburg/Bay Point During Commute Hours|publisher = KQED|last = Brekke|first = Dan|last2 = Clyde|first2 = Don|last3 = Goldberg|first3 = Ted|date = March 21, 2016|accessdate = June 20, 2017}}</ref> Regular service is restored on April 5.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://abc7news.com/traffic/regular-bart-service-resumes-at-north-concord-and-pittsburg-stations/1276936/|title = Regular BART service resumes at North Concord and Pittsburg stations|date = April 5, 2016|accessdate = June 20, 2017|publisher = ABC7}}</ref><br/>On March 17, the first day of service disruption, Taylor Huckaby, a 27-year-old agency communications officer, starts tweeting with the hashtag #ThisIsOurReality, highlighting BART's systematic problems, blaming growth beyond the initial expectations and design of the BART system, and pointing to the urgent need for more funding for BART to solve the problems.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wired.com/2016/03/barts-righteous-tweetstorm-reminds-us-problems-fault/|title = BART’s Righteous Tweetstorm Reminds Us Its Problems Are Our Fault|last = Alba|first = Davey|date = March 17, 2016|accessdate = July 9, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:Wired Magazine|Wired]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a20019/taylor-huckaby-bart/|title = This Is Our Reality: Why I Couldn't Hold Back About the Bay Area's Real Transit Problem. Faced with a flood of complaints during a messy commute last week, the official Twitter account of BART got frank about the system's woes. Taylor Huckaby, who manned the account that day, explains why he started tweeting truth bombs, and why public transportation in America must be saved.|last = Huckaby|first = Taylor|date = March 21, 2016|accessdate = January 21, 2019|publisher = Popular Mechanics}}</ref> || North Concord/Martinez, Pittsburg/Bay Point
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| 2016 || June 30, July, September || Train cars, construction || BART unveils train cars for the diesel eBART East Contra Costa County Project extension, and does some test runs along the extension from Pittsburg/Bay Point to Antioch. The new stations, till Antioch, are expected to open for revenue service in 2017 or 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/30/local-pols-get-sneak-peek-at-ebart-train-2/|title = Local pols get sneak peek at eBART train|date = June 30, 2016|accessdate = July 27, 2017|publisher = Mercury News|last = Coetsee|first = Rowena}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://claycord.com/2016/07/12/bart-testing-the-new-ebart-cars-in-contra-costa-county-photo/|title = BART Testing New eBART Cars in Contra Costa County (PHOTO)|date = July 12, 2016|accessdate = July 27, 2017|publisher = Claycord}}</ref> A video of a test run is uploaded to the Bay Area Transit News YouTube channel on September 22.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_y1qOIXMuM|title = Tour of the Brand New eBART Trains!|publisher = Bay Area Transit News|accessdate = July 27, 2017|date = September 22, 2016}}</ref> || Pittsburg/Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch
| 2019 || February 11 || Service hours/frequency/capacity || BART is scheduled to begin the Transbay Tube retrofitting project on this date.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/eqs/retrofit|title = Transbay Tube Retrofit|publisher = Bay Area Rapid Transit}}</ref> This project will shift the start time for BART service from 4 AM to 5 AM, and reduce the service frequency after 9:30 PM through the transbay tube to 24 minutes per line rather than 20 minutes per line, to allow for single-tracking through the Transbay Tube. An Early Bird Express bus service will be used to serve riders who ride between 4 AM and 5 AM.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2018/news20180912-0|title = BART 5am opening Early Bird Express bus service plan to go before Board|date = September 12, 2018|accessdate = September 15, 2018|publisher = Bay Area Rapid Transit}}</ref> || Transbay Tube, but systemwide effects
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| 2019 || January March to March September (tentative) || New stations || The {{w|Milpitas station}} and {{w|Berryessa/North San José station}} are scheduled to open for revenue service at this time, based on projections made around the end of March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/0306/0211/bart-to-milpitas-berryessa-bart-stations-may-not-openhappen-until-late-2019/|title = BART to Berryessa, Milpitas, Berryessa BART stations may not open happen until late 2019|last = Richards|first = Gary|date = March 2June 11, 2018|accessdate = April 4January 21, 20182019|publisher = ''The Mercury News''|last = Baldassari|first = Erin}}</ref> || Milpitas, Berryessa (North San Jose)
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