BART ridership in December rose 13.5% in the latest year versus the previous year, the public transit system said. BART said the gains reflected “the New BART experience,” propelled in part by a new generation of fare gates, more spacious train cars and other efforts to bring riders back after a massive decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. “While most riders have returned to BART, they are riding less frequently, resulting in fewer trips,” BART said in a statement. “The Bay Area has the highest work-from-home rates in the nation, and BART ridership closely mirrors office occupancy.” Weekend ridership increased in December, rising 23% on Saturdays and nearly 13% on Sundays, as more people used the system for leisure, airport and non-work travel, BART said. Ridership at San Francisco International Airport increased 14% compared with December 2024, BART said.
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I am thinking they are inflating their numbers neither the trains nor the stations ever look busy during communte hours. I walk to the Concord Bart station M-F at 5pm from the Concord Ave area. It is sparsely utilized and the individuals loitering around the station and terminals look suspect at best. Shame it used to serve the community without putting the riders at risk.
I question anything self reported by BART
Those individuals running BART sure do love to praise themselves.
The “new bart experience…”