>>2023817>le black peopleYea undeniable that crime and junkies caused a lot of issues and drove people away from bart, but in the past year riders have been feeling safer and there's been far less crime/squalor both in my experience and as measured by surveys and crime reports
>>2023833Agree that in the bay specifically work from home is a serious issue for transit systems; caltrain and bart both suffered nasty ridership drops while more local systems like MUNI recovered strongly. I do think we're heading in a good direction though with more transit oriented development near stations that will feed people into the network organically (although 40% of the population are convinced that building a condo in a 10 mile radius from their home is equivalent to a nuclear holocaust). Also, at least with caltrain, leadership has seen the writing on the wall and is going hard on outreach to youth, elderly, and leisure riders to try and diversify their ridership base
