After shortening trains and wait times this month, BART has rolled out new parking payment options.  

Dubbed “Tap and Go,” users who download the app can pay for their parking with “one tap” on the app home screen. 

Riders should first make sure they have the updated version of the BART app, then create a parking wallet with the vehicle’s license plate. Once set up, all riders have to do is hit the “pay now” button and they are, as they say, good to go. Riders no longer need to enter a parking stall number. 

BART has also extended its reserved parking purchases to the agency’s website, for those who either can’t use the app or prefer not to. Daily parking must still be purchased through the app or at machines inside stations.  

For more information, go to bart.gov.  

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.