.SFBART celebrated its renovated 19th Street station last weekend. Check out some of its new features, including local artwork that helps illuminate the platform.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit on Saturday celebrated the newly renovated 19th Street station in Oakland with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of its multi-year remodel, as the transit agency continues to try to draw riders back aboard its trains.
Thanks to storms, S.F. off to wettest start to year in a half century No other years from the 21st century are in the historic top 10 The station features new art light boxes and amazingly bright LED lights. The project redesigned the concourse to merge three paid areas into one continuous paid area and eliminated hidden corners by using glass barriers instead of brick. pic.twitter.com/DbzzOHNNET"The new energy efficient lighting, combined with new public art installations, have brought a glow to the blue brickwork of this iconic station," Raburn said.
BART continues to try to lure back riders as it to recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. An agency spokesperson told the San Francisco Business Times last week that “ridership recovery is making slow progress, but remote work has disrupted BART’s traditional revenue mix, creating great uncertainty about long-term financial stability.”"I want to invite you all to tour this station at your leisure, but also come back with your friends and family," Raburn said.
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