Celebrate Transit Month with BART this September

Ride transit, attend free events, win prizes, and connect with the community

This September marks the Bay Area's eleventh annual Transit Month. There are many opportunities to get on BART and celebrate the public transportation that keeps the Bay Area moving.

Hosted by San Francisco Transit Riders and Seamless Bay Area with support from local agencies, Transit Month toasts the many trains, buses, and ferries that connect the region and uplift its communities, economies, and cultures.

Transit Month is a great opportunity to explore the places transit can take you and to connect with local agencies and riders. The month is hallmarked by dozens of free events hosted by agencies, organizations, and transit fans. Find some of the BART-centric events below and the full event schedule here.

Ride Contest

The annual Ride Contest invites participants to track their transit trips to win prizes, earn badges, and vie for top leaderboard positions. Some prizes require taking the most rides; others will enter your name into a raffle for each ride taken.

There are great prizes contributed by local transit agencies, including the opportunity for you and a guest to ride in the BART mobile during a 2027 parade of your choice, a BART Legacy Fleet HO Scale Model Train Car, and a 2026 BART holiday sweater.

Sign up at ridecontest.com and log trips between September 1 and 30.

Anniversary BART Speedrun - September 6

Speedrun the BART System to celebrate BART's birthday and California Speedrun Day. What's a BART speedrun? It means visiting all 50 BART stations as fast as possible. The schedule has been created by speedrunning pros and will take around 6 hours, with special appearances by BART representatives. Join for the whole ride or hop on for a portion.

The group meets at Berryessa/North San Jose Station (on the lower level past the fare gates) at 10:20am to catch a 10:37am Orange Line train. Make sure you have $12.15 on your Clipper card, not including your BART ride to Berryessa, or pay for your trip with Tap and Ride.

More info here

Ride-Along with Transit CEOs - September 11

BART General Manager Bob Powers and regional transit CEOs will participate in a Ride-Along on Friday, September 11. It's a great opportunity to meet the leaders and ask questions while riding multiple types of transit around the Bay Area.

All Aboard with Transit CEOs will include rides on with rides on AC Transit, BART, SF Muni, and Caltrain. The theme of this year's ride is financial efficiency and raising awareness of the $1 billion in cost-saving measures taken by the four agencies from July 2019 through June 2025.

Check back for more info including the exact route the group will take a list of participating CEOs.

Rapid Transit History Center Exhibit at Western Railway Museum - September 12-13

A new interactive exhibit at the Western Railway Museum lets visitors step aboard three legacy BART cars and explore and explore the technology, design, and history of the system.

The exhibit is open to the public September 12 and 13, 9:30am to 5pm, at the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City. BART's merch store Railgoods will have a pop-up at the museum on September 12, from 11am to 3pm. Purchase tickets here.

More info here

All Aboard Bay Area Transit - September 15

Tuesday, September 15, is All Aboard Transit Day, when transit agencies encourage people to hop onboard their systems to experience their recent service and customer experience improvements.

On the morning of All Aboard Transit Day, BART staff will be stationed throughout the system to hand out special stickers to riders. If staff see you wearing the sticker later in the day, they'll gift you some BART swag (while supplies last).

Let's Glow! BART Anime Festival - September 19

BART's hallmark event this year will be the Let's Glow! BART Anime Festival on Saturday, September 19 at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station. Let's Glow! Is a celebration of anime, art, music, cosplay and transit fandom. This year's free festival will be bigger and better than ever, with an expanded lineup of artists, performances, food, and cosplay.

Learn more and RSVP at letsglowfestival.eventbrite.com (RSVP not required but helps us get a headcount).