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| 2018 || January 3 || Violence || Sahleem Tindle is shot dead by a BART police officer at a barbershop outside West Oakland station, as a result of intervention by the officer in a violent dispute between Tindle and other individual.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-video-shows-BART-police-officer-s-path-to-12631061.php|title = New video shows BART police officer’s path to fatal shooting|last = Ravani|first = Sarah|last2 = Lyons|first2 = Jenna|date = February 21, 2018|accessdate = February 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/21/video-clip-leaked-in-bart-officer-involved-deadly-shooting/|title = BART releases full video of deadly police shooting|last = Ruggiero|first = Angela|date = February 21, 2018|accessdate = February 25, 2018|publisher = ''Mercury News''}}</ref> || West Oakland
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| 2018 || January 19 || Train cars || BART's new train cars are now in service for the general public, aftering after getting the ok to do so from the California Public Utilities Commission on January 17. The cars were first ordered in 2012 from Bombardier.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2018/news20180119|title = BART's new train cars now in service|date = January 19, 2018|accessdate = January 28, 2018|publisher = Bay Area Rapid Transit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/19/its-here-first-train-in-barts-new-fleet-makes-inaugural-run/|title = It’s here! First train in BART’s new fleet makes inaugural run|date = January 19, 2018|accessdate = January 28, 2018|publisher = ''The Mercury News''}}</ref> An apparent brake problem causes two of the cars to be sent for maintenance, but BART claims that this does not reflect any major systemic issues.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Brake-Problem-Forces-New-BART-Car-Out-of-Service-Sources-470612113.html|title = Brake Problem Forces New BART Car Out of Service: Sources|last = Van Derbeken|first = Jaxon|date = Janaury 23, 2018|accessdate = January 28, 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || May (tentative) || New stations || The {{w|eBART}} extension, including the stations [[w:Antioch (eBART station)|Antioch]] and {{w|Pittsburg Center station}}, is scheduled to open around this time.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/08/23/work-moving-forward-on-ebart-extension-to-antioch/|title = Work Moving Forward On eBART Extension To Antioch|date = August 23, 2017|accessdate = November 29, 2017|publisher = CBS Local San Francisco}}</ref><ref name=open2018>{{cite news|last1=Gartrell|first1=Nate|title=Pittsburg secures last piece of funding for eBART, expect new station in 2018|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27367240/pittsburg-secures-last-piece-funding-ebart-expect-new|work=[[Contra Costa Times]]|publisher=Digital First Media|date=January 22, 2015|accessdate=April 21, 2016}}</ref> || Antioch, Pittsburg Center
