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BART working out of emergency funding, dealing with potential shut down

By Miles Cooper
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February 11, 2025
BART working out of emergency funding, dealing with potential shut down
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BART working out of emergency funding, dealing with potential shut down

(KRON) – Bay Space Speedy Transit has introduced that the transit system is dealing with a “fiscal cliff” and should run out of emergency funds in 2026. 

BART believes the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic “decimated” transit ridership. After the pandemic, distant work has change into a norm for a lot of. In line with BART, previous to the pandemic cash from passenger fares and parking charges lined practically 70% of the associated fee to run BART service and now solely 25% of working prices are lined by fares. 

The Bay Space has the very best work-from-home charges within the nation, in response to BART.

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At first of the pandemic, BART obtained practically $2 billion in federal, state and regional emergency help to maintain trains working. Nonetheless, the funding is about to expire by spring 2026.

BART listed the potential penalties of its fiscal cliff:

60-minute prepare frequencies

9 p.m. closures

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Station closures

Line shutdowns

No weekend service

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Mass layoffs

Elevated visitors congestion

Detrimental affect on state local weather objectives

Precedence populations disproportionately impacted

No BART service altogether

The transit firm is collaborating with the Metropolitan Transportation Fee and different stakeholders to sort out the monetary challenges. BART mentioned a regional tax measure will doubtless be on the November 2026 poll.

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