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BART is struggling to fund it's operations currently as ridership is down significantly from per-pandemic. Bart is already constructing a 5 mile extension into
by farzinadil 3y ago
BART is struggling to fund it's operations currently as ridership is down significantly from per-pandemic. Bart is already constructing a 5 mile extension into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. But BART should not prioritize any more extensions after that. It is better for BART to focus on transit oriented development (TOD). There are many good opportunities for TOD. Currently. too many stations are surrounded by low density housing and surface parking lots. Also, it is better for BART to use money to improve operations as frequency is abysmal on weekends and nighttime. Better to use money on expanding service and building TOD before any further extensions.
- epicureanideal 3y agoGet the smelly mentally ill and drug using people off of Bart and I’ll use it more.
- farzinadil 3y agoI think the best way to do that is installing better fare gates that prevent fare evasion. Seems reasonable to believe anti-social people on BART causing trouble are fare evaders and a crack down on fare evasion would keep them off the system.
- epicureanideal 3y agoI’ve seen some supposed attempts to crack down on fare evasion but the people doing the enforcement seem to be intentionally misapplying it to say, old folks and working professionals who have only $2 on their clipper card and who are likely going to refill it when they arrive at their destination (which used to be totally normal), hitting them with $75 citations. Meanwhile the homeless and mentally unstable remain..