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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) will present Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) with its "Outstanding Achievement" award in the large transit system category — agencies that provide at least 30 million annual passenger trips — during the association’s Oct. 12 annual meeting in Atlanta.

APTA is recognizing BART in part because of the agency’s customer satisfaction ratings, which have improved since BART completed a 10-year, $1.2 billion renovation program on time and on budget earlier this year, according to a prepared statement. The program included overhauling cars, upgrading stations, opening the San Francisco Airport extension, and installing new fare gates and ticket vending machines.