New BART fare gates that are harder to push through, jump over or crawl under have reduced reports of fare evasion by more than half, officials said. The number of riders who said they’d witnessed fare evasion has fallen to 10 percent in the latest quarterly performance reports from 22 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, BART said. The Next Generation Fare Gates are now in place at all 50 BART stations. Installation of 716 gates was completed in August, four months ahead of schedule. The next step will focus on advanced sensors to make it harder for fare beaters to “piggyback” through the gates by closely following paying riders, BART said. “This is the latest in a string of victories for riders that are transforming the daily BART experience,” BART General Manager Bob Powers said in a press release. “We have installed state-of-the-art fare gates that are already deterring unwanted behavior.” The gates used by BART are the only ones of their kind in the world, said Sylvia Lamb, BART Assistant General Manager for Infrastructure Delivery and head of the fare gates project.
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No surprise it’s still that high – how about getting the station agents out of their chairs to help with stopping the evaders? They’re just on their personal phones anyway
Agree! I never really understood what utility the agents provide. I never really see them doing much at all other than chatting with other BART employees (assuming they are even there).
Unfort the liability it too great for agents to stop evaders. (and nevermind not all of the booths are occupied, at least in dntn Oak and SF stations)
bart knew they had a fare evading problem for, how many decades ? ? ?
Know half five bart electricians who could have designed and built
gates IN HOUSE.
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Put electricians and mechanical types together with someone that
CAN actually write code and turn ’em loose. They will amaze . . . . . .