BART projects ridership gains next year, but still heavily reliant on relief funding

BART’s preliminary budget for the coming fiscal year projects a 7 percent increase in ridership but remains heavily supported by federal relief funding, the transit agency’s budget officials said Thursday.

The preliminary budget projects an increase of $48 million in operating revenue over the $915 million in the agency’s adopted budget for fiscal year 2021, which spans from July 2020 to this June.