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Why Won’t BART Change Its Gates To Stop The Fare Cheaters?
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Date: 01-05-2022 - 11:42
So BART can't enforce fares without spending $100 million?
A: BART estimates it loses $25 million per year in lost fares. Here is what a BART board director Debora Allen had to say:
“Everyone at BART and on the board knows what the solution is. The thing missing is the urgency to make it a priority, like they have done on so many other things, such as developing housing on parking lots, building a new tunnel under the bay, and expanding bicycle facilities.
“While BART gives board members updates every six months, funding has not been secured for this $100 million project, so even when a vendor is selected sometime this year, the completion date is now somewhere out in 2025 if funding is lined up.
“There is now solid data which strongly correlates the crime inside of BART to fare evasion. Recent data shows 80% of crimes committed inside the BART fare gates are carried out by someone who didn’t pay a fare. Similarly, of the arrests made in the system from May to November, over 80% did not possess valid proof of payment.
“BART continues to replace the lost ridership revenue with federal and state subsidies from taxpayers. There is only one BART project that actually will pay for itself in 8 years or less. That’s fare gate replacement.”
A: BART estimates it loses $25 million per year in lost fares. Here is what a BART board director Debora Allen had to say:
“Everyone at BART and on the board knows what the solution is. The thing missing is the urgency to make it a priority, like they have done on so many other things, such as developing housing on parking lots, building a new tunnel under the bay, and expanding bicycle facilities.
“While BART gives board members updates every six months, funding has not been secured for this $100 million project, so even when a vendor is selected sometime this year, the completion date is now somewhere out in 2025 if funding is lined up.
“There is now solid data which strongly correlates the crime inside of BART to fare evasion. Recent data shows 80% of crimes committed inside the BART fare gates are carried out by someone who didn’t pay a fare. Similarly, of the arrests made in the system from May to November, over 80% did not possess valid proof of payment.
“BART continues to replace the lost ridership revenue with federal and state subsidies from taxpayers. There is only one BART project that actually will pay for itself in 8 years or less. That’s fare gate replacement.”
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Equity Due to Disproportionate Impact - and other BS
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