Bay Area Rapid Transit District
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The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, or BART, is a
History
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (occasionally abbreviated in early years to BARTD) was created in 1957
Of the six Bay Area counties initially envisioned as participants—San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara—only Santa Clara County refused to join when the district was first set up; it originally included both San Mateo and
Expansion
The
Governance
The BART district is split into nine electorals districts, each of which elects one board member. The elections are staggered so that directors serve four year terms, with half the board up for election every two years. Odd-numbered districts (1, 3, 5, 7, and 9) vote in presidential election years, while even-numbered districts (2, 4, 6, and 8) vote in midterm election years.
One board member acts as president. The board members hire and fire five officers: the general manager, controller-treasurer,
Current board of directors
As of November 2022[update], the current board members are:
District No. |
Board Member | County(s) | Stations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Debora Allen | Contra Costa | Concord, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre, Walnut Creek |
2 | Mark Foley | Contra Costa | North Concord/Martinez, Pittsburg/Bay Point |
3 | Rebecca Saltzman (President) | Alameda / Contra Costa | Bay Fair, Downtown Berkeley, El Cerrito del Norte (partial), El Cerrito Plaza (partial), North Berkeley, Orinda, Rockridge, San Leandro |
4 | Robert Raburn | Alameda | Coliseum/Oakland Airport, Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, 12th Street/Oakland City Center, 19th Street/Oakland, MacArthur (partial) |
5 | John McPartland | Alameda | Castro Valley, Dublin/Pleasanton, Hayward, West Dublin/Pleasanton |
6 | Liz Ames | Alameda | Fremont, South Hayward, Union City |
7 | Lateefah Simon[5] | Alameda / Contra Costa / San Francisco | Ashby, El Cerrito del Norte (partial), El Cerrito Plaza (partial), MacArthur (partial), Montgomery (partial), Richmond, West Oakland, Embarcadero (partial) |
8 | Janice Li | San Francisco | Balboa Park (partial), Embarcadero (partial), Montgomery (partial) |
9 | Bevan Dufty | San Francisco | 16th Street Mission, 24th Street Mission, Glen Park, Civic Center, Powell Street, Balboa Park (partial) |
References
- ^ "Guide to California Government". April 2016.
- ^ "2022 BART Fact Sheet" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District". CalTransit.org. California Transit Association. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II". www.vta.org.
- ^ Cano, Ricardo (2022-06-10). "BART board Director Lateefah Simon moves to Emeryville, settling dispute over residency". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-11-09.