alicia trost, alicia trost, bart spokeswoman"people are seeking refuge at bart because they are gettingicked out of whatever area they were at" recent viral videos of drug use at a bart station ... photos coming in to the newsroom from viewers of needles on trains ...and this woman -- who says she sat on a hypodermic needle on bart last week.ánatá"i just kind of touched it and it was a syringe tip"bart is now stepping up and speaking out about how the opioid crisis is affecting themalicia trost, bart spokeswoman"we have a national homeless and opioidic epidemic right now and bart is on the receiving end even though we have no resources to help those people so we are trying to partner where we can that is our reality right now and we are doing everything we can to address it."beginning monday -- you'll be able to make a biohazard report on your phone on bart's mobile website m.bart.gov.once bart is notified -- a rapid response team member will jump on board at the macarthur bart station or at lake merritt's station to clean the mess. alicia trost, bart spokeswoman "needles are a safety h

(mk)alicia trost, bart spokeswoman"people are seeking refuge at bart because they are getting kicked out of whatever area they were at" recent viral videos of drug use at a bart station ... photos coming in to the newsroom from viewers of needles on trains ...and this woman -- who says she sat on a hypodermic needle on bart last week.ánatá"i just kind of touched it and it was a syringe tip"bart is now stepping up and speaking out about how the opioid crisis is affecting themalicia trost, bart spokeswoman"we have a national homeless and opioidic epidemic right now and bart is on the receiving end even though we have no resources to help those people so we are trying to partner where we can that is our reality right now and we are doing everything we can to address it."beginning monday -- you'll be able to make a biohazard report on your phone on bart's mobile website m.bart.gov.once bart is notified -- a rapid response team member will jump on board at the macarthur bart station or at lake merritt's station to clean the mess. alicia trost, bart spokeswoman "needles are a safety hazard

(mk)alicia trost, bart spokeswoman"people are seeking refuge at bart because they are getting kickedf whatever area they were at" recent viral videos of drug use at a bart station ... photos coming in to the newsroom from viewers of needles on trains ...and this woman -- who says she sat on a hypodermic needle on bart last week.ánatá"i just kind of touched it and it was a syringe tip"ánatá"that's scary. it's scary only because it's bart and you know, everybody rides bart."bart is now stepping up and speaking out about how the opioid crisis is affecting themalicia trost, bart spokeswoman"we have a national homeless and opioidic epidemic right now and bart is on the receiving end even though we have no resources to help those people so we are trying to partner where we can."beginning monday -- you'll be able to make a biohazard report on your phone on bart's mobile website m.bart.gov.once bart is notified -- a rapid response team member will jump on board at the macarthur bart station or at lake merritt's station to clean the mess.alicia trost, bart spokeswoman "needles are a safety ha

(mk)alicia trost, bart spokeswoman"people are seeking refuge at bart because they are getting kickedut of whatever area they were at" recent viral videos of drug use at a bart station ... photos coming in to the newsroom from viewers of needles on trains ...and this woman -- who says she sat on a hypodermic needle on bart last week.ánatá"i just kind of touched it and it was a syringe tip"ánatá"that's scary. it's scary only because it's bart and you know, everybody rides bart."bart is now stepping up and speaking out about how the opioid crisis is affecting themalicia trost, bart spokeswoman"we have a national homeless and opioidic epidemic right now and bart is on the receiving end even though we have no resources to help those people so we are trying to partner where we can."beginning monday -- you'll be able to make a biohazard report on your phone on bart's mobile website m.bart.gov.once bart is notified -- a rapid response team member will jump on board at the macarthur bart station or at lake merritt's station to clean the mess.alicia trost, bart spokeswoman "needles are a safet

alicia trost, bart spokeswoman "what we are seeing more and more often is theres so many things thatrring on the trains that need immediate cleanup and it can no longer wait until the end of the line. all trains get cleaned when they reach the end of the line but what we are seeing is we can't wait that long." 14 rapid response team members response team 14 rapid 14 rapid response team members actually started in february and bart is now looking to increase that number to 19 due to the urgent cleaning needs on trains.live in oakland michelle kingston kron 4 news (pam)continuing our team coverage... and new tonight at 6. we are continuing to get more reports of hypodermic needles showing up on bart trains.. kron 4's maureen kelly got a first hand glimpse at the problem today... at the west dublin station. a viewer says this video of several discarded needles on the tracks was taken at the west dublin station taken a few months ago.and today....i found what look to be two different syringes at the same station. too far from commuters to be a danger, but a grim reminder of the problem t