BART can't produce the invoice for a consultant it paid to argue fare enforcement was pointless — even as it pushes a November tax measure to close a $400 million deficit and threatens to shut ten stations if voters say no. The missing receipt matters because BART's own board twice voted *against* fare evasion, yet quietly funded ideological cover for not enforcing it, while new fare gates have since delivered a measurable 2025 crime drop. Meanwhile, two encampment fires in one week shut down the Transbay Tube for 12 hours — and BART admitted it knew about the hazard beforehand.
Now they want a new tax, and can't find the invoice for the "equity" report they commissioned to argue enforcing fares was pointless
BART's 2025 crime collapse confirms what NYC learned in 1990: fare enforcement isn't about the fare. It's about who's riding your system.
BART knew about the encampment, had legal authority to clear it, and asked Oakland nicely. Then it burned.
DC had 52 traffic deaths last year. Waymo cuts pedestrian injuries by 92%. A mayoral candidate says the city "isn't ready."
Instead of fixing endemic graft, overtime abuse, and union-protected waste, they're holding your commute hostage for a November tax bailout.