While the Bay Area public embraced BART when the rail system was launched over a half century ago, the transit agency is facing challenges as it struggles to entice riders to use the service.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fifty-one years ago, a brand-new rail transit system opened in the Bay Area, promising to take transportation into the future with comfort, safety and reliability. The public initially embraced Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART, as it was called. But somewhere along the way, things changed. Today, the agency is struggling to lure riders into the trains.
And with more people came more problems. Riders had to put up with rude, anti-social behavior and -- in more recent years -- open drug use in aging cars that were often dirty and smelled bad. ALSO READ: BART grapples with the opioid crisis as overdose deaths in system hit new highThe shiny promise of BART seemed like a distant memory. After the pandemic hit, people suddenly felt they had other options.'We have deep concerns about BART.
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