BART ridership is still down nearly 70% from pre-Covid levels

Re:BART ridership is still down nearly 70% from pre-Covid le... by jeffbee on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:43PM (#36528397)

Ok but this is not the reason. People don’t ride BART because half of working professionals now work at home and don’t need it. You can clearly see this in the fact that weekend BART riders is most of the way back to pre-COVID levels. Riders are not afraid of the system. It just doesn’t serve their weekday needs right now.

By the way freeway shootings in the Bay Area tripled to more than one every day and plenty of people still use the freeway.

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Re:BART ridership is still down nearly 70% from pre-Covid le... by emmetG on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:08PM (#36528670)

Crime is the reason. Try taking BART with a laptop.

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Re:BART ridership is still down nearly 70% from pre-Covid le... by ignormies on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:46PM (#36529008)

I frequently see people on their laptops on BART, and I've done it myself.

It's certainly lower than other commuter rail (it's a metro after all), and especially lower than Caltrain, but definitely not out of the question.

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