Bay Area transit can be a complex, costly nightmare. The pandemic might help fix that
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Darrell Owens, an East Bay Transit Riders Union member, waits for an AC Transit bus to depart.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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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.