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| 1993 || || Fare collection || BART announces a project with [[w:County Connection|County Connection]], a bus service in the Concord area, to introduce Translink, a single fare card that can be operated across the two systems.<ref name="1995 Translink-end">{{cite news|last=Fimrite|first=Peter|title=Coding Problems To Derail BART's Translink Program|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Coding-Problems-To-Derail-BART-s-Translink-Program-3019725.php|accessdate=June 19, 2017|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 15, 1995}}</ref> ||
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| 1994 || April || Team || {{w|Richard A. White}} becomes General Manager of BART after Frank Wilson leaves the position to become Secretary of Transportation for the state of New Jersey.<ref name=sfgate-white-leaves-bart>{{cite web|url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-Boss-Leaving-to-Run-D-C-Transit-Authority-2979604.php|title = BART Boss Leaving to Run D.C. Transit Authority|last = Fimrite|first = Peter|date = June 1, 1996|accessdate = August 21, 2017|publisher = ''San Francisco Chronicle''}}</ref>
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| 1994 || July to September || Labor dispute || BART union members threaten to strike, but the strike is prevented through a 30-day cooling-off period in July. Prolonged negotiations between management and unions lead to an agreement in late September.<ref name="03Sep94Chron">Kevin Fagan, "BART Chief Says Union is Wrong," ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 13, 1994, page A15.</ref> The handling of the negotiations by SEIU Local 790 director [[Paul Varacalli]] would be met with mixed responses from BART workers, with some praise for him getting a good deal for workers, and some criticism for major givebacks to BART management.<ref>{{{cite web|url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Struggle-for-the-Heart-of-a-Union-Aides-put-3033008.php|title = Struggle for the Heart of a Union / Aides put service employees chief on trial over power, money|last = DelVecchio|first = Rick|date = May 11, 1995|accessdate = August 22, 2017|publisher = ''San Francisco Chronicle''}}</ref>
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| 1994 || August 31 || Train cars || The first of a new generation of transit cars arrives at the Hayward maintenance facility. The transit car is part of an 80-car order.<ref name=bart-40-years/> ||
| 1996 || || Data || The first BART Customer Satisfaction Survey is conducted. The survey would be conducted every two years since that time, until at least 2016.<ref name=bart-css>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/CustSat2016_HistoricalAttributeMeans.xlsx|title = Customer Satisfaction: Historical Attribute Ratings|publisher = [[w:Bay Area Rapid Transit|Bay Area Rapid Transit]]|accessdate = June 18, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1996 || September 30 || Team || {{w|Thomas Margro}} becomes General Manager of the BART District, succeeding {{w|Richard A. White}} who left for the top job at the {{w|Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority}}.<ref name=apta-margro-retires/> ||
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| 1996 || December 7 || New stations || BART opens the [[w:Pittsburg/Bay Point station|Pittsburg/Bay Point station]] for revenue service, four months ahead of schedule. This replaces North Concord/Martinez as the terminus for its line.<ref name=bart-40-years/> || Pittsburg/Bay Point; indirect effect on North Concord/Martinez
