Walnut Creek BART drivers have fewer than half the parking spaces they're used to after the agency removed roughly 240 spots for construction.

BART announced on X on Thursday, Sept. 3, that about 240 of the station's 440 parking spaces have been taken out of service for a construction phase. That leaves 200 first-come, first-served daily parking spots, including 11 ADA-accessible spaces.

BART did not say how long the reduction will last, describing it only as "this phase of construction." The agency directed displaced drivers to other stations with available parking, including Fruitvale.

Bike parking, bus stops also moved

Bike parking and bus stops have also shifted. All bicycle parking on the south side of the station, near 5th Street, has been relocated to the north side near 7th Street, according to BART's announcement. Bike lockers have been placed in two spots: outside the northeast corner of the station, with 16 spaces, and just inside the BART parking lot west of the main pedestrian entry from 7th Street, with 64 spaces.

AC Transit bus stops that served the station have moved to on-street locations on 7th Street and Mandela Parkway, BART said in a separate post.

What's being built

BART posted details of the station-area master plan in the same announcement, linking the parking removal to a long-planned transit-oriented development at the 16.2-acre station site at 200 Ygnacio Valley Road. The broader Walnut Creek Transit Village project encompasses 596 planned apartment units, 30,000 square feet of commercial space and a 1,500-vehicle parking garage, according to the city's project page. Phases 1 and 2 are complete. A third phase, called The Waymark, is listed as pending.

BART's master plan for the station area envisions up to 762 new residential units when fully built out, including 240 affordable units, along with roughly 53,000 square feet of retail and 300,000 square feet of office space. The plan also calls for improved bikeways on 7th Street and Mandela Parkway.

BART has not announced a timeline for the current construction phase or when the removed parking spaces might return.