This Is Our Reality: Why I Couldn’t Hold Back About the Bay Area’s Real Transit Problem

Faced with a flood of complaints during a messy commute last week, the official Twitter account of BART got frank about the system's woes. Taylor Huckaby, who manned the account that day, explains why he started tweeting truth bombs, and why public transportation in America must be saved.

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BART chased glamorous projects as its core system decayed

Splashy extensions in recent years have taken BART down the Peninsula, deeper into the East Bay and tantalizingly close to Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, its core is falling apart. By Michael Cabanatuan.

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The $3.5 Billion Reasons Why BART is Tweeting Honestly Posted

BART is making nationwide news today — for at least some of the right reasons. On Wednesday night, following the first of what promises to be several days of hellacious commutes — thanks, it would appear, to a section of track along the Pittsburg-Bay Point line that's spiking... By Chris Roberts.

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