Lighting upgrades coming to East Bay BART stations

Lighting upgrades coming to East Bay BART stations

BART is receiving $850,000 to install LED lights at several East Bay stations.

BART gets $850K for station lighting upgrades amid financial challenges

Bay Area Rapid Transit received $850,000 in federal funding on Friday to upgrade lighting in its stations. U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, announced the grant at a news conference Friday before touring BART’s Downtown Berkeley Station. The funding contributes to an ongoing lighting retrofit project, into which BART has already invested $2.5 million. Simon’s funding would support nine stations being re-lit with LED bulbs instead of fluoresce…