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BART set a new post-pandemic ridership record Thursday with 224,721 exits, the highest number since March of 2020. It was the third day in a row that BART ridership topped 200,000 exits. Ten of the top ten ridership days since the pandemic occurred in September, with weekday ridership remaining robust since Labor Day. "While our ridership numbers have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, these high ridership days are proof that our work to improve the rider experience with the Safe & Clean Plan and other efforts are paying off," said BART General Manager Bob Powers.

Our daily ridership yesterday crossed 200,000 for the first time since the pandemic started! That is 204,265 paid daily exists. With remote work trends shifting, its encouraging to see numbers go up. BART isn’t just for work, we have had more people taking us for fun. Ridership always increases in September but this year’s jump has been bigger than usual with 7% more riders than last year. Let’s keep it going. The last two A’s home games are this week followed by Usher at the Oakland Arena. Take BART!

This Hispanic Heritage Month, BART is proud to celebrate employees with Hispanic and Latino heritage, who enrich our organization and the community at large. Read about Rudy Garza, BART’s new Director of the Office of Civil Rights, and his journey fighting for the public good. https://lnkd.in/gjq3GTnn

Bay Area transit agencies are working with Metropolitan Transportation Commission on new maps and signs that focus on service frequency, using standardized colors, line styles, and labels to indicate how often a bus, train, or ferry arrives. These designs offer a clearer, standardized experience across service areas and county lines. No matter where you are going or how you get there, we all want to make it clear and easy. The new maps and signs will be presented next Monday to the MTC’s Regional Network Management Council. The public is invited to attend online or in person to learn about their installation later this fall at transit hubs in El Cerrito and Santa Rosa. The public feedback will help inform the next stage of the project, in which the new maps and wayfinding materials are expected to be installed at seven additional locations across the Bay Area in 2025 and 2026. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gA4ytGb6

The Transbay Tube turned 50 this week so we got riders a gift: We're bringing you inside the Tube for a look at some of the amazing infrastructure that gets hundreds of thousands of people where they need to go every single day. Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/gtzcyVY7

Happy Dreamforce! Don't forget, we are running longer trains during the #DF24 conference.

50 years ago today, the Transbay Tube opened for passenger service & captivated the public. To celebrate this anniversary, BART is honoring the one-of-a-kind structure with new videos, stories, and a big announcement: the seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube is complete! Visit this link to read about the groundbreaking retrofit, take a look at the special science that keeps the Transbay Tube from rusting, and view a collection of archival images and ephemera from the BART archives. https://lnkd.in/gT5qkF-r

It is BART’s Birthday! And we got a great early gift yesterday: It was our busiest day since the pandemic started. Ridership has been on the rise lately and Tuesday we saw 195,296 riders! BART has more special days coming up. On Saturday we are giving our old paper tickets a send off. Students from around the Bay Area turned the tickets into high fashion. They will show off their looks 1 p.m. at Rockridge Station parking lot. And on Monday, the Transbay Tube turns 50! We launched an online trivia contest to help celebrate a half-century of service in the tube. The contest runs through Thursday: https://lnkd.in/gYujgE_k Stay tuned for more and keep riding.

We are publishing a series of explainer articles breaking down new data and analyses from BART's Role in the Region Report. Today's post looks at BART's impact on lowering the cost of living. BART connects people in the Bay Area to jobs, helping them save money on transportation costs. Our trips are cheaper than driving, and people who live near BART stations typically have lower transportation costs than those in other parts of the region. Read more here: https://t.co/S9RbeelH9g

We just had our highest ridership day since the start of the pandemic! BART ridership hit 194,274 (# of exits) on Wednesday. We have been seeing ridership bounce back recently with Back-to-School and busy weekends full of fun events. It’s evident people are taking BART for so many different reasons! Let’s take a dive into the numbers. First up: Civic Center. A week after finishing installation of our new fare gates at Civic Center Station we saw 700 more exits there yesterday compared to last Wednesday. No other downtown stations saw a bump. It’s too soon to tell, but there could certainly be a correlation. Coliseum Station had 2,700 more exits yesterday, the largest week over week gain, thanks to a concert at the Oakland Arena. Shout out to Future and Metro Boomin for giving ridership a boost! Get more information about our ridership trends here: https://bit.ly/4cWDVuO