BART police are more than doubling the number of officers patrolling trains starting Monday to address safety and quality of life issues, BART officials said.
BART police are deploying eight to 18 more officers on trains per shift in San Francisco and in BART's core service area. That's up from 10.
BART ridership is down compared with pre-pandemic levels and safety may be the reason, said John Grubb, chief operating officer for the Bay Area Council, which represents the area's largest employers. The drop in ridership threatens the financial well-being of BART, and doesn't appear to be due to the desire for remote work, he added. People are driving to work and using the ferry where ridership has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels. Grubb maintains that safety is the number one reason workers are not riding BART. He thinks the first step to making BART safer is deploying officers and security personnel.
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