Can you guess why people aren't riding BART? New survey results here

RIDERSHIP RETURN IN SOME CAPACITY TO WHAT IS IN 2020. IT IS STILL MUCH LOWER THAN PRE-PANDEMIC. ACCORDING TO THE NEW SURVEY WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE DELAYS. A LOT OF IT IS SAFETY CONCERNS. REPORTER: BART RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE ON HIS RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC, AND TUESDAY THE BAY AREA COUNCIL SAYS OF RIDERSHIP DOES NOT RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE 2020 THE AGENCY COULD NEVER RECOVER. >> THE SYSTEM IS FACING A FINANCIAL HOLE THAT IS VERY HARD TO FILL, WITHOUT IT WE COULD LOSE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. REPORTER: THEY ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 100000 AND 150,000 RIDERS ON A WEEKDAY. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THEY WERE AVERAGING 40,000. MANY STARTS -- 400,000, MANY SAY THEY STOP COMMITTING WHEN THEY FROM HOME. WITH THE PANDEMIC OF THE CONTROL PART RIDERSHIP --BART RIDERSHIP STILL STRUGGLES. 47% SAY THEY ARE CHOOSING NOT TO RIDE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. 17% SAY BART IS SAFE. >> PEOPLE ARE HESITATING TO GET ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE PURE ABOUT DOING SO. REPORTER: THEY NEST CHANGES ABOUT THE POLICE SYSTEM, PATROLLING TRAINS MORE OFTEN, THIS SURVEY WAS DONE AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOWS PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL SAFE. IF BART CAN MAKE THE. SYSTEM SAFER PEOPLE RIGHT AGAIN. >> IF THEY FEEL SAFE AND SECURE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME BACK ONTO THE SYSTEM. REPORTER: BAY AREA COUNCIL SAYS BART IS A MASSIVE PART OF THE BAY AREA ECONOMY. IN A TIME WHERE DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO IS A LOT LESS CROWDED, IF BART REGAINS RIDERSHIP THE ENTIRE BAY AREA EVENTS. >> IF PEOPLE WERE MORE WILLING TO GET ON BART WE WOULD SEE AN IMPROVEMENT THERE, WE THINK THAT WOULD BUILD UPON ITSELF. REPORTER: THE BAY AREA COUNCIL SAYS THEY SEE A FUTURE WHERE IT BART WAS AS POPULAR AS IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT BART HAS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SAFETY CAN

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Length: 2min 24sec (144 seconds)

Published: Wed May 10 2023