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31 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Today the first of 41 rebuilt escalators coming to all four Market Street stations in San Francisco opened for service.

Mark Dana manages the project team to replace these escalators. He spoke to us in our newest episode for our podcast, "Hidden Tracks". bart.gov/news/articles/… Mark Dana, the manager of the escalator project, spoke to BA
Dana is overseeing the replacement of escalators at Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell and Civic Center -- all in service for at least 40 years -- and replacing them with modern ones which can handle crowd loads, conserve energy when idle and be more visible with LED skirt lights. New escalator at Powell with LED skirt lights
Street level escalators will be replaced in conjunction with a street entrance canopy. Canopies protect the new escalators from natural elements and unwanted activity when stations are closed.

Canopies will also have real-time transit info above the gates as well. Exiting out of Powell Station. Entrance canopy protects the
Dana also weighs in on the "should you stand on the right side of the escalator" debate.

Read the full transcript or listen to the podcast at bart.gov/news/articles/… Screenshot from transcript of podcast in which Mark Dana wei

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Reading a book on the train is a tale-old tradition many BART riders partake in.

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Attention @Athletics fans! For Opening Day and future home games at the Oakland Coliseum, BART will be providing extra trains after BART closes service to take fans departing night games back home.

For full information, please visit bart.gov/news/articles/…
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Starting Tuesday, February 16, BART will offer a free ticket back home to those who have been vaccinated at the Oakland Coliseum vaccination site.

The site, which opens on Feb 16, is jointly led by @fema and @Cal_OES. BART is ready to support their efforts to vaccinate Bay Area.
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Happy Monday, Bay Area!

BART continues to provide weekly train car loading charts on bart.gov/crowding & social media. The charts provide a snapshot of what riders can expect on-board trains this week.

Yellow & Blue lines for 2/8/21-2/12/21 ImageImageImageImage
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-Reflects average # of riders on each car as the train departs each station
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