The cost to park at three BART stations went up Friday while it got cheaper at five others, according to the transit agency.
The daily parking fee at the Glen Park station rose from $3.75 to $4.90 and at West Oakland from $12.40 to $13.75, BART officials said.
Meanwhile, the reserved single and multi-day fee at the Millbrae station is now $7.80, up from $6.
For the stations where it is now cheaper to park, reserved single and multi-day parking at the Coliseum station dropped from $7.10 to $4.70 and for reserved monthly parking from $124.40 to $99.50.
The cost for reserved single and multi-day parking at Bay Fair, Hayward, Richmond and Warm Springs/Fremont stations dropped from $6 to $4 and the cost for reserved monthly parking at those stations dropped from $105 to $84.
The rates at the Oakland stations include an 18.5 percent parking tax levied by that city and the San Francisco stations’ fees include a 25 percent local parking tax, according to BART officials.
BART can raise parking fees based on demand by up to 30 percent every six months and can lower fees at any time.
Rates can rise if occupancy or sales are higher than 90 percent and can drop if below 70 percent.
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An they will be completely baffled when ridership decreases.
And get bail out money form the governement. Of course.
So thankful all that loot goes to protecting the parked cars from the smash and grab crowd! 🤩
A 25-50% increase translates to gimme more money but no real explanation why. Increased security is not mentioned.
I am all for free market supply/demand determining prices. However, I would have hoped that BART would consider first the fact that those paying for parking are most likely also paying their fare to ride the trains. BART should first focus on those that are “free-riding” and not paying their fare. It is those free-riders that cause the most disruption, the most litter/junk/debris in the station and in the trains, causes the most disgusting smells, etc. etc. Once you’ve eliminated the “free-rider” issue, I would think your ridership issues would ease and you’d see an increase (gradually) of ridership and revenue. THEN you can start increasing fees for things like parking. Fees for riding the train are already too high for the service offered, so that shouldn’t even be considered at this point.
How many times and how many ways have we and will we pay for BART?
BART is like our roads. We pay for it endlessly and multiple times over, and get pretty much nothing in return.
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