Amid Pandemic Recovery, BART Celebrates 50 Years of Service

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Traveling on BART allows riders to move between Oakland to San Francisco in seven minutes – a modern convenience some people take for granted. The iconic light-rail system that makes it possible turns 50 this year. BART has grown from a dozen stations in 1972 to 50 connected by 131 miles of tracks. The milestone comes at a time when ridership hovers around 40 percent of pre-pandemic levels bringing major financial challenges. And, the current system still falls short of the original vision drawn up in the late 50s. We talk about how BART arrived at its current station and where the system plans to take us in the decades to come. Guests: Dan Brekke, editor and reporter, KQED News Robert Powers, general manager, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Lateefah Simon, BART Board member; president of Akonadi Foundation; co-chair of Governor Newsom's police reform task force Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Ariana Prail in for Alexis Madrigal. Traveling on Bart allows riders to move between Oakland and San Francisco in seven minutes.
1:07.0	A modern convenience some people take for granted.
1:10.0	The iconic light rail system that makes it all possible turns 50 this year.
1:13.6	Bart has grown from a dozen stations in 1972 to 50 stations connected by 131 miles of track.
1:21.6	The milestone comes at a time when ridership hovers around 40% of pre-pandemic levels, bringing major financial challenges.
1:29.8	So coming up in the next hour, we talk about how Bart arrived at its current station
1:33.6	and where the system plans to take us in the decades to come.
1:37.0	Join us and share your Bart memories after this news. This is Forum.
1:49.0	I'm Ariana Prail in for Alexis Madrigal.
1:52.0	I'm Ariana Prail in for Alexis Madrigal.
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