BART plans to spend $90 million on replacing all 700 gates in the system with gates that are too high to jump and too strong to push through, which system administrators hope will lead to a sharp decrease in fare evasion. When I heard about the supposedly unbeatable gates, I knew I had to try to beat them. Surprisingly, spokesperson Jim Allison invited me to the West Oakland BART Station to give it my best.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    49 months ago

    And they still do jack shit for piggybacking, the most common fare evasion method I’ve observed (and directly observed by the author!). Somebody’s getting kickbacks.

    • @robocallOP
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      19 months ago

      I hope people don’t try to piggyback on me

        • @robocallOP
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          19 months ago

          Nah, I’m not a Bart hater. I’m certainly not driving!