
A BART train at the Powell St. station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)A BART train at the Powell St. station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Assaults on station agents – along with public urination, drug use, drug dealing – have prompted the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors to introduce a “Prohibition Order” that targets unruly riders to keep them off of trains.
At the agency’s headquarters in Oakland Monday, BART officials said an increase in violent assaults had prompted the agency’s board of directors to take action.
“These incidents have folks assaulting our station agents. We’ve been trying to send the message in as many ways that we can; that this is a crime, that BART takes this incredibly seriously and that we’re not going to tolerate it,” said BART Board of Directors President Tom Radulovich.