Farebox Recovery: Free is Not Good Enough

January 26, 2023 11:10 amJanuary 26, 2023 11:25 am

There is not a single public transit system in the United States that earns enough money in fares to cover its expenses. In fact, the systems with the highest “farebox recovery ratio” – which is the percentage of the annual...

Are Wasteful California Rail Projects Falling Out of Fashion?

January 24, 2023 9:59 amJanuary 26, 2023 1:22 pm

Recent action at the state and federal level may bode ill for three costly projects being pursued by San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies. In the face of declining population and historically low transit ridership, the agencies are trying to...

San Francisco Begins Major Crackdown on Illegal Street Vendors

September 13, 2022 4:11 pm

The city of San Francisco began a new crackdown on illegal vendors and open air drug markets on Tuesday, starting with the 24th Street BART station in the Mission District. For years, rising crime in San Francisco has brought an...

BART Police Announce That They Will No Longer Use ‘Racist’ Suspect Determination

August 20, 2022 2:30 amAugust 19, 2022 8:32 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police announced on Thursday that it will no longer use the term “excited delirium” due to it being linked to past deaths of minorities during police incidents. The decision dates to earlier this year when...

BART Board Brings Back Masking Mandates 10 Days After Last Mandate Ended

July 29, 2022 12:56 pm

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors voted on Thursday to reinstate the masking mandate for all passengers and employees on Thursday, only 10 days after the last mandate had ended on the Bay Area’s rapid transit rail...

BART Board Votes to Reinstate Mask Mandate on All Trains Following Dismissal of Federal Mandate

April 29, 2022 1:37 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board members voted 7-0 to reintroduce the mask mandate on all trains on Thursday, becoming the second California rapid transit system to bring back masks in a week. According to the new mandate, made by...

California Receives Initial $58 Million from DOT for High Speed Rail Transit, Cycling ‘Infrastructure’ Projects

November 20, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Friday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has given it’s first grants from the recently passed $1 Trillion infrastructure bill to California, with $58 million going to transportation projects in...