BART ridership likely won’t surpass pre-pandemic peak until end of decade

BART budget officials said they do not expect the agency’s operating revenue to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024 at the earliest, with growth not expected until late in the 2020s.

While BART officials expect the agency’s budget to be balanced when the fiscal year ends June 30, due in large part to federal relief funding, BART’s revenue during the 2020-21 fiscal year is only expected to reach $526 million, a nearly 45 percent tumble from the $953 million the agency brought in during the 2018-19 fiscal year.