Non-paywalled version:

https://dnyuz.com/2026/03/10/the-bay-area-considers-the-unthinkable-life-without-bart/

My experience in the East Bay over the last year has been that mass transit is so slow and expensive that usually it makes more sense to pay for a car ride. One common trip for me is $22 and 20 minutes by Uber vs. $8.50 and 80 minutes (four times as long, counting the busses to and from the train stations) by mass transit. I wonder if ride-hailing apps rather than covid are primarily responsible for the decline of BART.

That’s insane. We need a housing crash so normal people can afford the bay area again