A BART commuter recounted to the agency’s governing board Thursday a nightmare scenario that left panicked passengers trapped in a smoke-filled train for several minutes, saying they were not told by ...

Taken together, these mishaps create the impression of a rail system in constant triage, which might erode public trust and ...

First came a systemwide BART meltdown in mid-May that ground every train to a stop. Just weeks later, twin fires damaged track lines on either side of the San Francisco Bay. Multiple power outages, ...

When BART and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority first discussed plans to send trains rolling under downtown San Jose, transit officials contemplated a design with two tunnels that would ...