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| 2019 || August and September || Fare collection || BART switches four stations to Clipper-only stations: 19th Street (August 5), Embarcadero (August 19), Powell Street (September 3), Downtown Berkeely (September 24).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190624|title = BART to begin transitioning to Clipper-only stations as part of efforts to phase out paper tickets|date = June 24, 2019|accessdate = March 8, 2020|publisher = Bay Area Rapid Transit}}</ref>
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| 2019 || October 24 || || The BART Board of Directors decide decides not to pursue a ban on busking, panhandling, and solicitation proposed by board member Debora Allen (5 of 9 members vote to not pursue the ban). The proposal had been met by opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union as an infringement of First Amendment rights, but the main reason given by board members for not pursuing the ban is other, more important priorities based on surveys of riders and known safety issues.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/bart-puts-the-brakes-on-proposed-busking-panhandling-ban/|title = BART puts the brakes on proposed busking, panhandling ban|last = McFarland|first = Cody|date = October 24, 2019|accessdate = March 8, 2020|publisher = SF Examiner}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November 19 || Violence || A death-by-stabbing occurs due to an altercation in a BART train. The fight is reported between the Bay Fair and Warm Springs stations and the body is found at South Hayward station.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-fatality-body-found-Hayward-Station-14847494.php|title = South Hayward Station reopens after rider killed in stabbing aboard train|last = de Guzman|first = Dianne|date = November 19, 2019|accessdate = March 8, 2020|publisher = SFGate}}</ref> In response, BART director Debora Allen, who represents Contra Costa County, claims that BART is not doing enough to address violence in the system.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://sf.curbed.com/2019/11/25/20982430/crime-safety-bart-transit-police-debora-allen|title = BART director says transit agency is duping passengers into thinking system is safe. Debora Allen rails against her fellows in op-ed|last = Brinklow|first = Adam|date = November 25, 2019|accessdate = March 8, 2020|publisher = Curbed}}</ref>
