BART’s ‘The Big Sync’ plan: Billion dollar project with other Bay Area transit agencies to improve safely, wait time [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In a move to improve safety and reduce waits for transfers between BART and other transit systems across the Bay Area, BART is shifting departure times starting Monday.

The goal is to align with the region’s other transit systems including the Golden Gate Ferry System, Caltrain, SMART train and Valley Transportation Authority.

Something BART is calling “The Big Sync.”

“It’s a great example of the many different transit agencies working as one so that way we can increase ridership and hopefully prove that we should get more funding so that way we can make even more improvements,” Alicia Trost, a spokesperson for BART said.

“The Big Sync” is also kicking off a long overdue construction project to replace BART’s train control system, which is more than a half-century old.

“The existing train control equipment currently causes about 10% of delays system-wide,” Scott Burke, a project manager said in a BART YouTube video.

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