A transit system like 1976: BART lays out grim future if voters don’t approve sales tax hike

BART says it could close up to 15 rapid-transit stations, eliminate the Blue line that runs between Daly City and Dublin/Pleasanton, and reduce service system-wide if voters turn down a sales tax increase planned for November.

The grim forecast, released Thursday by the BART Board of Directors, illustrates what could be at stake without the roughly $1 billion a year in added taxes for BART, AC Transit, Caltrain and San Francisco Muni.