This is the main Bart station that I use, I'm much closer to this one than Bayfair Bart…read more I no longer park my car in the parking lot here, ever since it got broken into once. There is zero security in the parking lot. Now, I catch the bus or Uber here, depending on if I'm in a hurry. I do like the Clipper Card only, which has been in effect for a while. They also upgraded the Bart fare gates, so the fare jumpers can't just jump over like they used too. The prices are still reasonable, way better, and quicker, than driving!!

Went to Sunday School and church. Now my daughter and I are headed to San Francisco. I'm taking her…read moreto the Asian museum. A surprise for her. Lunar year! So, excited I pray we make it by 2:30pm for the show!

4+ The primary station to use when flying in and out of OAK. Pretty much is primary use now that…read moreOakland doesn't have the sports teams that used to play right there anymore. But despite not being as heavily used for the sporting events at this station is still pretty high traffic. Which, for the most part, it feels safe and I've never had an issue here. I've used this station quite a bit recently since I've been working in the area and had to fly in and out of Oakland Airport. But it is a sad reminder to see the empty and defunct coliseum every time I use this station because I grew up an Oakland A's fan and a Golden State Warriors fan.

The place is very convenient to catch flights out of OAK. Clean station and much nicer than other…read moreBART locations. Always on time and an easy trip n and off for the airport.

This is the small station that shuttles you between the BART - Coliseum stop and the OAK airport…read more It's pretty convenient when you are coming into Oakland Airport, where you just cross a couple of the streets and go up the escalators to the shuttle area or vice versa when you're coming in. Just know that it's going to charge your clipper card a little bit more at this stop for obvious reasons. But otherwise a pretty relax full ride after a flight or getting onto one.

1st time ever flying into OAK (there are no more direct flights into SFO from LB), upon deplaning…read morethe BART station was easy to find (short walk); however, it isn't really a BART station, per se, but rather an OAK airport tram which at the next stop is the BART station, where you can buy your Clipper card and fare. Next stop at the actual BART station was easy; however, a couple of the machines were not in service so it took a lil while to get our Clipper cards. An easy walk down to the platform to wait for the trains, although a bit ghetto, I didn't feel unsafe (at the time) and it was much lighter with riders than when I have taken it to and fr SFO.

In theory this Free Shuttle that is run by AC transit is a great idea. It could really be a great…read moreservice for those who live in Oakland to be able to get to the downtown Bart stations, Jack London, and to Grand Ave. But unfortunately it's irregular especially in the afternoons. Half the drivers are related to Oscar the Grouch and the Grinch who stole Christmas. And in actuality the shuttle isn't free because Oakland residents have a special assessment on their property tax, requiring us to pay for this unreliable service. As a tax paying Oakland resident, I'd rather stop paying taxes on this service and get rid of it.

This is a free service that runs the length of Broadway, more or less from the amtrak station in…read morejack london square to lake merrit-ish (25th). If you are taking taking the ferry/bart from the city, spending a day near Lake Merritt, Old Oakland, City Center, Chinatown or Jack London Square, this free service allows you to roam up and down downtown length of Broadway fairly easily. There are a dozen or so stops-pretty much located by anything you'd want to go to. There are some flaws. The scheduled time of one bus every 15 minutes doesn't always happen. Most times you are looking at a 20-30 minute wait. It can be super packed, especially the stretch that runs by Chinatown, so it's highly likely you'll be standing or at least sharing a not very comfortable seat most of the way. Some of the drivers are super professional others not so much. Mostly however it's pretty awesome. For one it's free and allows you to easily roam all over downtown Oakland. This makes it easy to bounce down to Chinatown or swans market form the office buildings near lake merrit for lunch or dinner, or a spot of shopping. Handy for getting to jack london square or the amtrak station as well. Perfect for happy hour bar hops. Did I mention the free part? 'Cause that's the best thing evah.

I used the bart police app to report people smoking on the platform on the platform. Officer Rodger…read moreWinslow #65 chose to detain me who is doing nothing wrong but sitting waiting for my train with my emotional support dog. I was forced to miss my train and made late home after a full day work. I for 8 years use bart to go to work from Oakland to Richmond and then home from Richmond to Oakland 5 days a week and never have an Officer treat me in such a way.

tl;dr - An encounter with BART station attendants that fell far below even basic expectations of…read moreprofessionalism and public service. Today, I had an unfortunate experience with two BART station attendants at the Millbrae station. To be clear, nothing egregious happened -- it wasn't discriminatory or overtly hostile -- but the interaction was so unhelpful and dismissive that it made me question BART's training standards and the role these attendants are meant to play. I recently moved near the Millbrae station and was looking into BART's bike lock options so I could bike to the station and ride to work. After arriving during an off-peak hour, I approached the station attendants' booth to ask about how the BART bike lockers work. Now, to give you more context, these station attendants were not really that busy. This was an off-peak time, there was no one really at the booth, and honestly they were just looking at each other not even facing the window and overall shooting the crap. I went up to them, and it took a while for them to notice me, but eventually after 30 seconds the white woman ended up coming to the glass. I asked the woman, "Do you know anything about the bike stations? I just moved here and wanted to get more information." She responded that she had no idea how they worked and that she'd go online. That is a reasonable response - she redirected me. Personally, though, I was perplexed that she didn't know... from first principles, these people are here I imagine a few hours a day and I thought they'd know how their station works. But you can't expect everyone to know everything. What made me more annoyed was after - she said BART has zero dealings with bike locks and completely separate. I would've accepted this answer, but after I walked I away, with a quick Google search, 5 seconds later, found that BART Station Locked Parking is actually BART sponsored or at least mentioned on the website. I then went back and said, "It turns out they are a part of BART." She said something along the lines of, "That's your problem". At that point, I asked, "Okay, just for reference in the future, what are the things I can come to you for help with?" She abruptly said she was done talking and shut off her microphone and went back to chit chatting with her co-worker. I tried to clarify, asking, "Could I ask you about trains, lines, or timings if I needed - as in, what can you help me with if I needed?" -- but she turned away, left the mic off. Her coworker looked at me like a zoo animal and laughed after I asked what questions I could ask them. Pic of the lady attendant turning her back / muting her mic. And her partner laughing. I found this to be an extremely disappointing interaction. When I turned to the station attendants with a question - who I thought would be stewards of the BART Station - turned it out to be a very humiliating experience. I looked on the BART website, and part of their mission is to hire people to "make the best transit system in the world". I'm extremely disappointed that it seemed to me, they didn't really give a crap about helping anyone. By the end of it, I walked away and found the information I needed on my own. Still, it was frustrating knowing that even if I had questions about basic travel or service, the station attendant refused to engage. There are always two sides to a story, and I've tried to recount mine objectively. I was confrontational about what I could ask -- but I guess it wasn't "worth their time". Overall, it was an unhelpful and discouraging experience. At the very least, I expected a professional response such as, "I'm not sure, but let me check the website," or "Here's where you can find that information." Instead, my questions about what questions I could ask were met with the mic being turned off and laughter from the other attendant. For a system that aims to "make the best transit system in the world," these two employees made me feel like I wasn't welcomed as a rider.

I am an Angeleno, who went to visit a friend in Oakland. I wanted to experience San Francisco and…read moremy friend Denise suggested this ferry because it was cheaper than an Uber, more convenient than Bart, departed on time, like impeccably on time, and thus efficient, and in a way, a vacation experience in itself. Thus, I am here writing this Yelp, to describe it as a tourist experience, not as a mode of transportation to San Francisco, which of course it is too, on the daily. It was my first time taking the ferry so I needed instructions. Denise gave me the Clipper card, and one needed it as they enter, and as they exited. That is how the ferry people calculate the cost of the trip. Other than that, it is easy to use, and I found the staff who worked there polite and willing to explain this process to me. So unless one loses the card, then one will likely figure out the way in and out. I have experienced fog. But fog in LA, at least for me, is not a treat of nature. It is a way that nature reminds me to drive more safe or else. Like one time, I was in the freeway, and I was about to exit, and the fog was so thick-- scary thick. I could not see the car in front of me or behind me. As a result, I stopped driving because I was not sure if I needed to stall, or drive in by inch. With hindsight, I know I should have driven inch by inch, but in the moment, my thoughts for action were processing slower than usual because they were piercing the fog of the night. My passenger told me to drive, because if I did not drive we could be hit by another car who did not expect a car in non-movement in the freeway. This was my last vivid memory of fog, being in a freeway, slightly frightened. But, thankfully, the ferry allowed me to see the fog, as lovely, and more importantly, it transported me to Maine, or Avalon, and other places known for thick mist. As the ferry went to San Francisco, I marveled at the bay, in gray. I took care to snap pic to invite the reader to my moment in water, on boat. I saw the sun barely visible. Its own light could not shine through the blanket of gray. As a person, like I said before, who has not been around fog too much the sun looked like an alien point in the sky. I might sounding like a child whose imagination has not learned restraint, but I felt like I had traveled to foreign land and I was witnessing extraterrestrial heavenly bodies in space. Additionally, the water had no blue, it had no turquoise, it was gray, and slow, not still, just calm. The water I knew of beaches and other harbors had age. It had grown and I was visiting it not in a retirement home, not enjoying its golden years, but as it sat in a comfortable chair, resting because it was reflecting on its former youth and accomplishments. The water carried the rest of someone who grew old gracefully, basically. As I marveled at the other pictures, I heard the faint sound of a foghorn. And it did not sound obnoxious, it did not sound like melody either, do not get me wrong. It sounded like a flute making lovely boom sounds, helping me understand that I was in boat, tugging along the sea. The peace of the moment was felt in the breeze, the waters, and now in the waves that carry sound. It was a treat for all my sense, ok maybe not taste. I will not say that I tasted the sea breeze, but I could have tasted something from the snack bar. I did take an 8 second video, to share my voyage with others. For me, it felt, like I was standing still, and seeing a gray hoop skirt dress twirl with an ombre effect. I know that sounds weird, and maybe I am not explaining myself well, and I kind of know that I said the word gray a lot, but, what I am ultimately trying to say is that I felt transported to a day where the weather was foggy and all of that enhanced my vacation to a moment worth remembering. The most epic moment came when I was seeing out into the fog, and as the boat move, and outpace the fog, a ship crane appeared, seemingly from out of nowhere. I felt like I saw a drape made of fog pulled back revealing the ship crane. But the moment of awe came because the fog and crane remained still, it was the movement of the boat that pulled the curtain back. I also captured the ships with big boxes (forget what they are called) in a drape of fog which was quietly beautiful in its own way. In another picture, I clipped the plank as I walked to the ship. That is the moment that I knew I was about to be in fog, but I did not expect to be addressed by the fog--- and its message was, fog does not need to blind the eye, it can give it perspective in wondrous gray scale! Enjoy me, wayward voyayer!

Ahhh yes a longer commute but a more pleasant experience!!…read more Love feeling the sun and seeing bridge on the water. If you have the time, take the ferry - it slows down the pace and makes everything a bit more enjoyable. Thank you to the lovely operators who told me they would wait for me and to stop running for the ferry

Amtrak is my go to method of transportation when I want to unwind, relax, and leave the driving to…read moresomeone else. I go to the Oakland /Coliseum train station, adjacent to the BART station. This station does not have a ticket station, or bathrooms. There's seating and trash containers. The area is not the cleanest and I have seen homeless individuals near the station. The train I boarded was crowded. Where was everyone going on a late Friday morning. Maybe spring break... The trains are always dirty so I take my Clorox wipes and Lysol to wipe and spray down my seats. There's a handful of seats on bottom train compartment and ample seating upstairs. There's racks for your bike and luggage. Restrooms provided throughout the train as well as, the cafe for snacks. Overall, a pleasant ride despite the loud noise coming from the kids laptop across from me.

Wow, took my daughter to this dump to watch a Korean Pop band, this place is trash, and I'll…read moreexplain. Yes it's old, and the A's are not good. But the security staff.....talk about unprofessional and rude, spent 40.00 at the Shibe Park Tavern..1 beer and 1 cocktail, The Mavs & Thunder were playing on the TV's at the bar........just watching the game....and the security staff threatened us that we better leave now, not even allowed to finish our drinks or even finish a freakin peanut! The security staff was doing their job???? But rude, we are paying customers. At the end of the day, I blame the trash ownership and the A's - no wonder they are leaving, I wouldn't ever come back here to see a concert, even if Michael Jackson came back from the grave! Great Job Oakland.

As far as Bart stations go - one of the better stops. Bridge tolls went up - this is one way to…read moreavoid them. CA voters approved a series of bridge toll increases one this year and I think one or two more to go. I have a feeling people who have the morning commute and have to cross it everyday voted for the increase in hopes that it would make the commute faster as people would choose other options. If you park your car all day at Bart I would suggest not driving a truck or old Honda or any other popular vehicle. I think a five year old Hyundai would be optimal - nobody would want one of those even for free. As you sit on your Bart train soak in the sights and smells of fellow passengers. I've got one friend who used to use the train every day because it was reliable in getting him to work on time. He suggested putting in ear phones and avoiding eye contact. I really don't take Bart enough to give such insightful advice - I'm more in awe or bewilderment how when the trains go around bends - all the noises - the grinding - its terrible. Its something you would expect from a much lesser country - not the U S of A.

I gotta hand it to BART, I thought they were gonna let this unincorporated town down but they…read morestepped up to the plate (baseball pun intended). We have our shiny new entry/exit gates that reduce the risk of fare evasion! They even fixed a gap between the gate access entry and the new gates which I saw someone jump on day one. Now, you gotta really want it to get in and out for free, and frankly, I don't think the fare evasion community has what it takes with these new gates. We are back in the 5 star Yelp game people!