BART's New Trains: Back to the Drawing Board to Make More Room for Bikes

BART is readying its "Fleet of the Future," which includes adding more room than originally designed for bike storage.

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June 1, 2019, 9:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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"BART is redesigning its Fleet of the Future trains to recognize another future, where people ride more bikes," according to an article by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez.

"The agency is going to add a second space for bikes on each BART car, doubling each train’s capacity for bike commuters," according to Rodriguez.

After the BART Board of Directors approved the idea, BART Director Debora Allen, who represents communities in the East Bay Area to the board, posted the following to Twitter. The responses reveal the surprisingly complex diversity of opinions on the subject.

Meanwhile, the delivery of the new BART fleet continues. "BART has 84 of those train cars in its possession now and expects its full new fleet of 775 cars to arrive by 2023," explains Rodriguez.

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