The Uncertain Future of Bay Area Transit

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4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

For the second time in just four months, BART had a systemwide outage on Friday, stranding morning commuters for hours and bringing Bay Bridge traffic to a standstill. The maddening meltdown is but one of the BART’s major woes. A promised $750 million dollar loan to shore up struggling Bay Area transit agencies has been tied up in back-room wrangling in Sacramento. We talk with KQED transit reporter Dan Brekke about how the financial crisis is testing the Bay Area’s historic support for public transportation. Guests: Dan Brekke, editor and reporter, KQED News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	Last Friday was a preview of one potential future for our Bay Area.
0:53.3	Bart was shut down, no trains running at all,
0:55.4	and the people had to go somewhere.
0:57.9	Traffic was snarled all over the East Bay
1:00.9	with the weight at the bridge, building to an hour or more.
1:04.8	Lawmakers in Sacramento haven't been able
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