If Bay Area voters don’t pass a regional sales tax to fund BART in November, the agency will reduce service, cut its Red and Green lines, and close 15 of its 50 stations starting next July.
While BART ridership is recovering, it remains far below pre-pandemic levels. Average daily ridership is roughly 40% of 2019 levels.
Without the additional funding, the agency warns, it would need to make mass service cuts starting in January, with trains running every 30 minutes and service ending at 9 p.m. The agency also said that without the new tax revenue, it could completely cease operations within two years…