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‘Traffic is going to get a lot worse’: San Francisco Bay Area faces potential death spiral of transit system

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A marvel of engineering and a model of sustainability, Bart has been financially distressed since the Covid pandemic A marvel of engineering and a model of sustainable public transportation, the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit system, financially distressed after years of declined ridership, is now staring down a fiscal cliff – and a potential death spiral that would have massive repercussions for everyone in the globally influential metropolis. As soon as early 2027, Bay Area Rapid Transit could be forced to close as many as 15 stations , reduce…

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