any cost savings are gone. Until you want to expand to low (by BART's low standards) ridership areas like Contra Costa. Or once the area transit agencies are

any cost savings are gone. Until you want to expand to low (by BART's low standards) ridership areas like Contra Costa. Or once the area transit agencies are consolidated and then tasked with expanding e.g. SMART. Yeah it would've been best to standardize 30-40 years ago. There are still tangible benefits today especially as expanding rail service in the Bay Area becomes more popular. Besides, BART is struggling mightily with their proprietary power kit (e.g. mystery power spikes along the orange line).