Alicia Trost
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Oct 20, 2026
Deborah AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I witnessed a lot of mismanagement.
Melanie WoodrowCORRESPONDENT
BART spokesperson Alicia Trost tells KCBS between fiscal years 2020 and 2025, BART saved $516 million in operating costs.
Melanie WoodrowCORRESPONDENT
including through service reductions.
Melanie WoodrowCORRESPONDENT
Also that the agency deferred or scaled back $549 million in capital investments.
Alicia TrostSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've definitely seen a noticeable increase in just the past two weeks.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
Alicia Trost is Chief Communications Officer at BART and says ridership was above 200,000 people every single weekday last week, even going above 250,000 riders Tuesday, all of which has not happened since before the pandemic.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
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Randy WangHOST
So things are all moving in the right direction.
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We've definitely seen a noticeable increase in just the past two weeks.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
Alicia Trost is chief communications officer at BART and says ridership was above 200,000 people every single weekday last week, even going above 250,000 riders Tuesday, all of which has not happened since before the pandemic.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
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Randy WangHOST
So things are all moving in the right direction.
Alicia TrostSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have definitely seen a noticeable increase in just the past two weeks.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
Alicia Trost is Chief Communications Officer at BART and says ridership was above 200,000 people every single weekday last week, even going above 250,000 riders Tuesday, all of which has not happened since before the pandemic.
JR StoneCORRESPONDENT
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Randy WangHOST
So things are all moving in the right direction.
David WelchCORRESPONDENT
Fleet Week set a Saturday ridership record for BART.
David WelchCORRESPONDENT
Alicia Trost with the transit agency says one station in particular felt it most.
Alicia TrostSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was an 80% increase in ridership at Embarcadero for Saturday.
David WelchCORRESPONDENT
She says in addition, BART upgrades are paying off.