Bay Area Rapid Transit

• Jacobs Receives Contract for San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Projects

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to provide on-call construction management (CM) services in support of the agency's Capital Improvement Program and other projects. The contract has a maximum value of $15 million.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 19, 2011

• Paperless Accounting, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bay Area Rapid Transit System, Defendant-Appellee., 804 F.2d 659 (Fed. Cir. 1986)

William D. Hall, Hall, Myers & Rose, Potomac, Md., argued for appellant. With him on brief was Maurice U. Cahn. Also on brief was Jack L. Slobodin, Ca...

• Federal Circuits

• Fitch Rates $146MM San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist, CA Revs 'AA'; Affirms Outstanding.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to the following San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, California's (BART or the distri...

• Business Wire
• April 21, 2010

• Axion International Secures Purchase Order from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

BART looks to recycled structural composite leader to provide "switch-set" crossties NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- Axion International Holdings, Inc. (OTC...

• Business Wire
• May 18, 2010

• Record of Decision: Proposed Bay Area Rapid Transit Connector Project, Oakland International Airport (OAK)

• FR, January 25, 2010
• Notices
• Federal Aviation Administration

• EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Contract for Complete Installation of Electrical Systems for Bay Area Rapid Transit at Oakland International Airport.

NORWALK, Conn. -- EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500[R] leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilit...

• Business Wire
• April 02, 2012

• Transit Agency Defends Shutting Off Cell Service

SAN FRANCISCO - The idea to cut wireless communications to quell a brewing protest - a tactic that has put San Francisco's subway system in the middle of a global free speech debate - first came to the agency's chief spokesman in the middle of the night. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson said Tuesday that he was lying awake early Thursday when he was struck by the thought of shutting off power to the agency's wireless networks.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• August 17, 2011

• Sf Cell Shutdown: Safety, or Orwellian?

SAN FRANCISCO - An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commute? The question resonated Saturday in San Francisco and beyond as details emerged of Bay Area Rapid Transit officials' decision to cut off underground cellphone service for a few hours at several stations Thursday. Commuters at stations from downtown to near the city's main airport were affected as BART officials sought to tactically thwart a planned protest over the recent fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man by transit police.

• Charleston Gazette
• August 16, 2011

• Fitch Affs San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist's (CA) GOs at 'AAA'; Sales Tax Revs at 'AA'.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AAA' rating on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), CA's $467 million general obligat...

• Business Wire
• September 03, 2009

• Bart Likened to Big Brother in Brief Cell Phone Suspension

SAN FRANCISCO - An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commute? The question resonated Saturday in San Francisco and beyond as details emerged of Bay Area Rapid Transit officials' decision to cut off underground cellphone service for a few hours at several stations Thursday.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• August 15, 2011