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The pandemic disrupted mass transit everywhere. Few places were hit worse than the Bay Area
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Bay Area mass transit saw less ridership and service during the pandemic than other parts of the nation. And the recovery to pre-pandemic levels is slower here than elsewhere, according to Chronicle analysis.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The pandemic brought a world of pain to the nation’s public transit systems. Ridership plunged across the board. Services were slashed. Even as California and the nation aim to fully reopen this summer, U.S. cities with the largest transit systems predict it will take years to return to pre-pandemic ridership numbers.
What you need to know
The Bay Area s Clipper Card arrives on Google Pay for easy transit payments.
Clipper Cards can be transferred from a plastic card to the app and easily reloaded.
Google Pay is also introducing new viewable transit passes.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced on Wednesday that Bay Area residents with Android smartphones are now able to use Google Pay to access their Clipper card and pay for transit.
Residents in the Bay Area will be able to transfer their existing Clipper cards to their smartphones using the new Clipper app that was also launched for Android. After launching the app and selecting the option to Convert Clipper to Your Phone, users will just have to hold the card against their smartphone for it to transfer. From there, the card can be added to Google Pay for easy access.
BARTâs 9 p.m. pandemic-era curfew is ending Aug. 30
By KTVU staff
New BART car courtesy BART
SAN FRANCISCO - As the pandemic eases, BART will ramp up its service with restoration to near pre-pandemic levels by August 30, transit officials announced on Monday.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is seeing its ridership increase to its highest levels since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused ridership to plummet in March of 2020.
Last week, BART reported record weekday ridership on Thursday with 64,070 customers. They broke that record the next day with 65,628 riders on May 7. They ve since seen record weekend ridership for Saturday and Sunday each.
UC Berkeley senior Shashank Dholakia was ready to start using public transit again after finally getting vaccinated for COVID-19. Dholakia, a frequent user of his campus-issued “EZ Pass,” had been using AC Transit normally prior to the pandemic until a few days ago, when his card was suddenly declined.
Dholakia was caught off guard; he had placed a significant amount of money in his account, as before the pandemic hit, he used BART and AC Transit on a regular basis. After contacting UC Berkeley’s Parking and Transportation office, he was told that if his card was left unused for six months, it would have expired.