If you are a regular BART rider and have recently avoided riding the system, what will it take to encourage you to ride again? That is the question the Bay Area Council posed in a recent survey.
Research shows that BART safety and cleanliness are top concerns for the community.
The Bay Area Council surveyed 1,000 people from across BART’s service areas for the study.
“Basically, 78% of people not currently riding BART said they would ride BART more often if it was safer and cleaner,” says John Grubb, CEO of Bay Area Council. says Mr.
Additionally, 90% of those surveyed said BART should prioritize cleaning stations and trains, 62% said BART should improve ticket gates to prevent ticket gates, and 79% said said they felt more comfortable with uniformed police and security officers on board as well.
“No one is using it now,” said Aucklander Pritima Thurachan. “Half of my friends don’t want to go to the city or even their colleagues because it’s a dangerous city.”
Tulachan said it’s comfortable during the day, but at night it’s not safe to board the BART train, so she’s willing to pay $30 or more for a Lyft back to Oakland.
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Françoise Lopez of San Francisco said he always avoids riding in the last two or three cars of BART trains. She agrees that more safety ambassadors should be on the train.
“We need more visual enforcement of the rules,” Lopez said. “They can make some people behave better.”
In a statement, a BART spokesman said the transport agency had already begun redeploying more uniformed officers. Now 8 to 18 he is supposed to be on the train by BART cops every day. BART is also adding four train deep cleaning crews.
After years of research, the BART Board last month agreed on a new wicket design that would reduce the number of turnstiles in the wicker. According to Bay Area Council, the plan is for him to have everything in place by 2026, but that may be too late.
“We are calling on them to put these turnstiles in place within the next 12 months and act like this is a crisis,” Grubb said. because it makes
