>>101345944Funny thing, the governor of California said something to the tune of, "uhh, BART's costs keep growing, even though ridership is down. Shouldn't something be stopping that?"
The voters said no, of course, which is why they're now using a VTuber to try and get people back on BART: if ridership can't be pushed above pre-Covid levels, then BART is going to be one of the first things to start getting paid in IOUs from the city and state once no more money can be borrowed. California had to do that already in 2009, and higher interest rates means that's pretty much inevitably going to happen again.