BART report highlights need for additional funding and why ridership has dropped [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — BART is on the brink of facing a so-called fiscal crisis that at its worst, threatens the future of the entire system.

A new 62-page report directly from BART highlights why overall ridership is down and the need for funding.

Within that report is a map of the Bay Area showing the population change since the pandemic. The headline is about remote work changing people’s way of life. Basically where and how they travel. This is a huge factor in lower ridership numbers and revenues.

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San Francisco, the Peninsula, and the South Bay generally lost population and you can see that on the map in red. Declines of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Other outer areas along the I-80 corridor, the Tri-Valley, and near the Delta gained in population. BART riders have come back but many aren’t commuting …