Funding BART challenges transit officials 07:02. OAKLAND -- Debora Allen is one of nine people on the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors. She represents District 1 which includes the four ...

BART, in tandem with public transit agencies nationwide, is seeking a second stimulus payout from the federal government to help it address an estimated $600 million budget deficit caused by a ...

Top California Democrats say they’ve averted a worst-case scenario for struggling Bay Area transit agencies — but only for ...

Three bills from California Senator Scott Wiener have passed the State Assembly, aiming to improve and fund public ...

"One-time federal funds are dwindling even with BART’s stringent cost controls and will be exhausted by early 2025," Janie Li, the BART board president, said. "If transit operations funding is ...

BART joined a nationwide group of public transit agencies Tuesday to call on the federal government to allocate between $32 billion and $36 billion in relief funding for public transit in its next ...

BART ridership hasn't recovered to pre-pandemic levels. While federal financial emergency funding is keeping it afloat, that money will run out in a few years. We explain what this means.

BART says lower ridership, increasing labor costs, and declining sales tax revenues are straining BART finances. The transit agency also expects to run out of $1.9 billion dollars in federal and ...

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officials joined other U.S. transit agencies Wednesday in calling for more federal funding to decrease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their budgets.

A BART-commissioned report found that, absent a new funding model, the agency would have to reduce service, with cuts imperiling transit access and the Bay Area’s climate goals.