A shred of good news from BART
BART isn't planning this time to raise fares or and cut service this time to close a $10 million budget deficit.
Sounds too good to be true right?
BART plan for dealing with $10M deficit has no fare hikes or service cuts

They also claim to be laying
They also claim to be laying off some of their overpaid slugs rather than
shafting the ridership AGAIN with hikes and cuts. I must be dreaming.
In the future if BART has a
In the future if BART has a budget surplus and the economy is good, please use it to cut fares. It seems like the Bay Bridge and BART are racing to who can fleece the more money from people on a given day.
Once the BART BOD actually
Once the BART BOD actually starts riding their own service...then I will think that change is afoot...until then all of this is just lip service
I'll believe it when I see
I'll believe it when I see it. BART has been constantly hiking fares ever since I started riding almost 10 years ago.
It is the worst urban rail system in America and also the most expensive!
It's not an urban rail
It's not an urban rail system.
it is both a commuter and
it is both a commuter and urban railway...I think that the intended point is that yes we expect that there needs to be some fare increase, but we have seen significant increases for a decrease in level of service. The BOD and Unions are bloated and that is why we rage!
Thanks. It was obvious what I
Thanks.
It was obvious what I meant, not sure why he wanted to fight about it.