"Plus, the aging system was designed to move 100,000 people per week and now carries 430,000 a day, so the loss of even a single car gets magnified with crowded commutes, delays and bus bridges."
A former forumer now makes a living analyzing BART ridership statistics in their headquarters. I asked him about these particular numbers after they were first tweeted a couple weeks back. They are incorrect. Yes, BART now carries more people than it was designed to, but no--it was never intended only to provide 100,000 trips per week.
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"You need both a public and a private position." --Hillary Clinton, speaking behind closed doors to the National Multi-Family Housing Council, 2013
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