BART District 1 board race pits conservative incumbent against two challengers

Debora Allen knows she is not popular among her fellow BART directors. But she said if she is elected to a second four-year term, that her drive to improve riders’ experiences and make sound (and painful) decisions about a $2.4 billion budget — choices with which her board colleagues often disagree — will continue.

“Board members have different passions, and mine is, ‘How is BART spending its money, and how can it be spent better,'” said Allen, a Clayton resident who is seeking a second four-year term on the BART board representing the transit agency’s District 1.