BART announces possible service cuts should voters fail to pass sales tax hike

BART announces possible service cuts should voters fail to pass sales tax hike

BART announces possible service cuts should voters fail to pass sales tax hike BART is laying out a worst-case scenario if Bay Area voters don’t bail out the agency in November. Da Lin reports. The post BART announces possible service cuts should voters fail to pass sales tax hike appeared first on KION TV.

Pay Up Or Else: BART Threatens Station Closures, Fare Hikes, And 9 p.m. Shutdowns To Force New Taxes

BART says it could close up to 15 rapid-transit stations, eliminate the Blue line that runs between Daly City and Dublin/Pleasanton, and reduce service system-wide if voters turn down a sales tax increase planned for November. The grim forecast, released Thursday by the BART Board of Directors, illustrates what could be at stake without the roughly $1 billion a year in added taxes for BART, AC Transit, Caltrain and San Francisco Muni. A $590…