BART Debuts Its Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign. Then One of Its Board Members Was Racially Harassed on Public Transit.
Leaving the launch of BART's "Let's Talk About Us" campaign at Powell Station, its board president had both racial names and gummy candies thrown at her taking an SFMTA line home.
BART passengers — myself included — have become all too acclimated to problematic behaviors conducted while riding the Bay Area’s rapid transit trains. Yelling matches are common. Open-air drug use is not rare. Violent crimes and property theft continue to be central problems to rider safety. (However, it’s important to note that these issues aren’t unique to BART. Many public transit services in large urban areas face nearly identical problems, all of which have been exacerbated by rising rates of homelessness, the ongoing fentanyl epidemic, and upticks in certain types of violent crime.)
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