In a perfect example of “Be careful what you wish for” BART, who repeatedly raises fares due to their complaint of low ridership, has seen a surge, apparently to record highs. The local paper states “high gas prices, traffic jams and concerns about the environment have driven commuters to BART stations in record numbers”, which is basically another way of saying “duhhh“. For a system which can’t handle its current ridership gracefully, BART’s wish is a knuckle-headed one.

On the heels of this influx, BART has decided to investigate raising fares yet again; considering a fare hike against those who use BART during commute hours. Showing that the intelligence of the common man (woman in this case) trumps that of those running BART, rider Cathy Torres suggested lowering prices during non-commute hours rather than raising them for peak commute, as anyone with children or any basic common sense would be able to tell you as Torres states, “incentives are far more likely to succeed than penalties”.

To be fair BART has made several attempts to clean up its act however its list of woes is as long as Svetlana Pankratova’s legs (now how’s that for a pop-culture reference?!)

Fellow riders, if you thought BART had problems before, in the immortal words of Al Jolson, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!”