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Old Posted Mar 18, 2023, 9:14 PM
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Transit ridership is generally down across the country. When ordinary commuters disappear, safety drops and all of the dysfunction that was there the whole time becomes more obvious to the casual observer.

According to a San Francisco Chronicle article posted today, the Bay Area's transit ridership has dropped even more precipitously than ours has, and remains more anemic since the onset of the pandemic. The article reports that Los Angeles bus ridership is now 80% of pre-pandemic levels, compared with only 60% in the Bay Area. Trains are doing worse in both regions, however; as of December, LA's Metro was carrying only 57% of its pre-pandemic ridership, while BART was at only 38%. Train ridership in both regions was significantly higher in the months prior to December, however, so it's possible the numbers are reflecting holiday vacations for workers and students.
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