Bay Area transit can be a complex, costly 'nightmare.' The pandemic might help fix that FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Darrell Owens, an East Bay Transit Riders Union member, waits for an AC Transit bus to depart.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Owens displays an AC Transit bus ticket on his cell phone.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less At 3:15 every weekday morning, Richard Burnett leaves his house in Vallejo for the 45-minute walk to the downtown bus station. Two buses and a train later — all run by different agencies, with different schedules and different fares racking up — he’s at his job in San Francisco an hour before clocking in.