This page will be updated. The final report will be released later this year.
For more than 50 years, BART has served as the Bay Area’s regional connector. By providing quality rail service to riders of all backgrounds and abilities, our system has long been a central component in the region’s mobility, cultural diversity, environmental and economic sustainability.
The Role in the Region Study provides insights into emerging trends and outlines BART’s benefits to the Bay Area through illustrative data, personal narratives, and factsheets, culminating in a comprehensive final report. These materials highlight BART’s essential role in the region’s success. This study further develops the analyses and values illustrated in BART’s Transit Saves campaign and builds upon the findings from the 2016 Role in the Region Study.
The final report is anticipated to be completed in Spring 2024.
BART is as essential to the Bay Area as ever
BART connects communities. Our trains take cars off gridlocked roadways and crossings, reduce emissions that pollute the air and contribute to climate change, and carry millions of people to their jobs, appointments, interviews, cultural happenings, families, and friends.
The Bay Area faces major challenges. In the spring of 2020, we witnessed an upending of travel patterns that turned our longtime funding model on its head. BART is continuously adapting to these obstacles through creativity and innovation because we recognize that our system is essential to the region’s long-term success.