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Add public transit? BART is going broke because no one wants to ride the public transit they already have. They'll be shutting down stations unless their new sales tax passes.
Public transit shouldn't be expected to turn a profit or even break even. We don't expect public schools, highways, or fire departments to break even. Why should BART? It's a public service.
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The cars in my area are constantly full during the day, it's hard to even board after 0730.
https://www.bart.gov/about/financials/crisis
There are fewer than half as many total riders as there were before the pandemic.
that has less to do with the number of riders and more to do with fluctuations in federal funding