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The train ran nonstop for a two-hour roundtrip ride from downtown Berkeley to the Mission District and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and coworkers Lexi Skelton (center) of Oakland, and Torian Wright (right) of Emeryville, check in for a speed dating event aboard a BART train with BART principal marketing representative Michelle Robertson. Wright heard about the event on Instagram and told Skelton about it. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART employee Nequavis Brown (left) directs people to the check-in area for a speed dating event organized by BART, called ‘Valentraine.’ BART distributed a list of ice-breaker questions (right), including, ‘What is your favorite BART memory?’, ‘If you were an alien observing human behavior, what would be the most confusing thing to you?’ and ‘What’s the weirdest thing about you?’ \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2020px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027318\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2020\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg 2020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area singles (left) line up to board a BART train for ‘Valentraine.’ Friends Lena (left) and Zara, both of whom declined to share last names, record an interview for BART while waiting to board the train. Lena said that when she first saw the announcement about the Valentine’s night event on BART’s website, she thought it was fake, but later saw it on Instagram and realized it was real. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The event was the idea of Erica Mitchell (right). \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event is the brainchild of Erica Mitchell, who works at a civil engineering firm in Oakland — and is a self-professed public transportation lover — whose father previously worked for BART. She said she got the idea during an interview for a BART commercial back in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the train pulled away from the platform, cars full of college students, behavioral scientists, animators, fin-tech employees, data engineers, and other public transportation lovers looked to see if any sparks would fly as they headed more than 130 feet under the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd was separated by age — 18 to 21 and the front cars, 21 to 25 in the middle cars, and 25 to 35 toward the back. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train cars for the first-ever speed dating event aboard BART is decorated with Valentine’s messages on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. More than 200 people, ages 18–35, RSVP’d to this exclusive event that sold out in 2 hours when tickets went online. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raim Arelleno (right) shows his name tag to Isabella Madruga at BART’s ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Couples had approximately 10 minutes to get to know each other before rotating around the train car. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event was free apart from the roundtrip fee of $7.10 charged to everyone’s Clipper cards on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miranda, no last name given, of San Francisco, writes a message on a BART valentine card to hand to someone she met at the first-ever BART ‘Valentraine’ event on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People mingle on the platform after the first-ever BART ‘Valentraine’ event. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentines Bryan and Ara, no last names given, wait for a northbound train at the Downtown Berkeley Bart station on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. The couple has been dating for 2 or 3 months and said they were unaware of the BART ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event that was scheduled for the same night. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027311\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01516-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Feb. 19: This story has been updated to correct Erica Mitchell’s job title and her father’s employment history with BART.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Love was on the minds of many as a solitary train pulled into the Downtown Berkeley BART station just after 7 p.m. Friday. There a few hundred Bay Area singles, ages 18 to 35, were anxiously waiting on the platform for the first-ever BART speed dating event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After it was announced just ten days prior, tickets sold out in about two hours, said Alicia Trost, chief communications officer for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they boarded the train cars, the crowd was separated by age — 18- to 21-year-olds in the front cars, 21 to 25 in the middle cars, and 25 to 35 toward the back. The train ran nonstop for a two-hour roundtrip ride from downtown Berkeley to the Mission District and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00173-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and coworkers Lexi Skelton (center) of Oakland, and Torian Wright (right) of Emeryville, check in for a speed dating event aboard a BART train with BART principal marketing representative Michelle Robertson. Wright heard about the event on Instagram and told Skelton about it. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00004_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART employee Nequavis Brown (left) directs people to the check-in area for a speed dating event organized by BART, called ‘Valentraine.’ BART distributed a list of ice-breaker questions (right), including, ‘What is your favorite BART memory?’, ‘If you were an alien observing human behavior, what would be the most confusing thing to you?’ and ‘What’s the weirdest thing about you?’ \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2020px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027318\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2020\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo.jpg 2020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00390_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area singles (left) line up to board a BART train for ‘Valentraine.’ Friends Lena (left) and Zara, both of whom declined to share last names, record an interview for BART while waiting to board the train. Lena said that when she first saw the announcement about the Valentine’s night event on BART’s website, she thought it was fake, but later saw it on Instagram and realized it was real. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00511-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The event was the idea of Erica Mitchell (right). \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event is the brainchild of Erica Mitchell, who works at a civil engineering firm in Oakland — and is a self-professed public transportation lover — whose father previously worked for BART. She said she got the idea during an interview for a BART commercial back in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the train pulled away from the platform, cars full of college students, behavioral scientists, animators, fin-tech employees, data engineers, and other public transportation lovers looked to see if any sparks would fly as they headed more than 130 feet under the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01637-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd was separated by age — 18 to 21 and the front cars, 21 to 25 in the middle cars, and 25 to 35 toward the back. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00581-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train cars for the first-ever speed dating event aboard BART is decorated with Valentine’s messages on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. More than 200 people, ages 18–35, RSVP’d to this exclusive event that sold out in 2 hours when tickets went online. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_00826-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raim Arelleno (right) shows his name tag to Isabella Madruga at BART’s ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Couples had approximately 10 minutes to get to know each other before rotating around the train car. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01031-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event was free apart from the roundtrip fee of $7.10 charged to everyone’s Clipper cards on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01344-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miranda, no last name given, of San Francisco, writes a message on a BART valentine card to hand to someone she met at the first-ever BART ‘Valentraine’ event on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01714-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01692-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People mingle on the platform after the first-ever BART ‘Valentraine’ event. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250214_Valentraine_DMB_01768-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentines Bryan and Ara, no last names given, wait for a northbound train at the Downtown Berkeley Bart station on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. The couple has been dating for 2 or 3 months and said they were unaware of the BART ‘Valentraine’ speed dating event that was scheduled for the same night. \u003ccite>(David M. 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That charge covers two-axle cars and trucks; the toll will range up to $38 for tractor-trailer combinations with seven or more axles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increase is the third and final $1 hike that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11671240/10-things-to-know-regional-measure-3-the-proposed-bay-area-bridge-toll-increase\">voters approved in 2018\u003c/a> as part of Regional Measure 3, with revenue dedicated to a wide array of transit and highway improvements across the Bay Area’s nine counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More toll hikes are already on the horizon. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/news/toll-authority-approves-2026-toll-hike-carpool-policy-changes\">bridge officials approved\u003c/a> a five-year series of hikes that will raise tolls 50 cents a year starting Jan. 1, 2026. By 2030, drivers using FasTrak toll tags will pay $10.50 per trip. 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Here’s what to know about the increases, as well as fare information for other transit agencies in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator\">BART\u003c/a>: Fares will go up 5.5% on Jan. 1, marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/bay-area-transportation-news#bart-fares-are-going-up-heres-what-youll-pay-and-heres-when-youll-see-the-next-increase\">the 20th increase\u003c/a> since BART carried its first paying passengers in September 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train approaches the station at the San Leandro BART station on March 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The one-way fare for the shortest trips — for example, those beginning and ending in San Francisco and most trips within Oakland — will rise from $2.30 to $2.40. The one-way cost for the longest trip on the system — from Antioch to San José’s Berryessa station — will increase from $10.85 to $11.45.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more typical commutes? If your trip is from \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/stations/dbrk\">Downtown Berkeley\u003c/a> station to any of San Francisco’s four downtown stations, the one-way fare will rise from $4.75 to $5. For a longer trip — say Concord to the downtown San Francisco stops — the one-way fare increases from $6.85 to $7.20. See BART’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator\">fare calculator\u003c/a> for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni\u003c/a>: Clipper fares are rising for the first time since before the pandemic, from $2.50 to $2.75. Most of the agency’s extensive list of special fares — daily, weekly, monthly and income-related discounts — are also going up between 7% and 10%. Muni remains free for youth under 18, eligible adults age 65 and older and for people with disabilities. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni’s complete fare table\u003c/a> for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12019109 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1245918306-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/fares\">AC Transit\u003c/a>: No change. Local fares were set at $2.25 for Clipper and $2.50 for cash in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/fares\">VTA\u003c/a>: No change. Local fares were set at $2.50 in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/fares\">Caltrain\u003c/a>: No change. The Peninsula train operator will begin a three-year series of fare increases on July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.samtrans.com/fares\">SamTrans\u003c/a>: No change. The agency hasn’t increased its basic local and Clipper fares — $2.25 and $2.05, respectively — since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/bus/bus-fares-payment/fare-tables/\">Golden Gate Transit\u003c/a>: No change on the system’s buses and ferries. The agency approved a 25-cent increase on all fares that took effect July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/general-tickets-payment-options/\">San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/a>: No change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomamarintrain.org/fares\">SMART:\u003c/a> No change. The rail system remains free for all youth and senior riders — those 18 and under or 65 and older — through June 30, 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More toll hikes are already on the horizon. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/news/toll-authority-approves-2026-toll-hike-carpool-policy-changes\">bridge officials approved\u003c/a> a five-year series of hikes that will raise tolls 50 cents a year starting Jan. 1, 2026. By 2030, drivers using FasTrak toll tags will pay $10.50 per trip. Money raised from the next series of toll increases is earmarked for bridge maintenance and operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Transit fares\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Travel is also getting a little more expensive for those using \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bart\">BART\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/muni\">Muni\u003c/a>. Here’s what to know about the increases, as well as fare information for other transit agencies in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator\">BART\u003c/a>: Fares will go up 5.5% on Jan. 1, marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/bay-area-transportation-news#bart-fares-are-going-up-heres-what-youll-pay-and-heres-when-youll-see-the-next-increase\">the 20th increase\u003c/a> since BART carried its first paying passengers in September 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240313-BART-CRISIS-INTERVENTION-UNIT-MD-16_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train approaches the station at the San Leandro BART station on March 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The one-way fare for the shortest trips — for example, those beginning and ending in San Francisco and most trips within Oakland — will rise from $2.30 to $2.40. The one-way cost for the longest trip on the system — from Antioch to San José’s Berryessa station — will increase from $10.85 to $11.45.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more typical commutes? If your trip is from \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/stations/dbrk\">Downtown Berkeley\u003c/a> station to any of San Francisco’s four downtown stations, the one-way fare will rise from $4.75 to $5. For a longer trip — say Concord to the downtown San Francisco stops — the one-way fare increases from $6.85 to $7.20. See BART’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator\">fare calculator\u003c/a> for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni\u003c/a>: Clipper fares are rising for the first time since before the pandemic, from $2.50 to $2.75. Most of the agency’s extensive list of special fares — daily, weekly, monthly and income-related discounts — are also going up between 7% and 10%. Muni remains free for youth under 18, eligible adults age 65 and older and for people with disabilities. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni’s complete fare table\u003c/a> for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Body camera footage released by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bart\">BART\u003c/a> police on Friday showed an officer shooting at a woman three times last month at the Union City station parking lot. Just over five minutes before the shooting, the traffic stop nearly ended without incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jasmine Gao, 32, survived the shooting. The officer was identified as Nicholas Poblete, who has been with BART for over six years and is currently assigned to its Operations Bureau, the department’s release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers responded to the station on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014947/bart-police-shoot-injure-person-at-union-city-station\">the night of Nov. 18\u003c/a> for a report of reckless driving, according to BART’s release, but the body camera footage shows that they determined Gao wasn’t responsible. After the officers began to question her over expired registration, Gao “displayed erratic behavior,” did not comply when officers asked her to get out of her car, then rolled up her window and accelerated forward when an officer reached into the car, the department said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSGnU9yxT-w&rco=1\">The video\u003c/a> shows Gao express several times how fearful she was when police accused her of doing donuts while she was parked in a parking lot. She becomes increasingly agitated as Poblete grows more stern and demands she get out of her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gao was treated at a hospital and later discharged. BART’s announcement didn’t say how many times Gao had been shot and where other than “in the upper torso.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with all police shootings, the case has been referred to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office to determine whether Poblete, Gao or an unnamed second officer at the scene should face criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the seriousness of this incident, we have retained an experienced third-party investigator to conduct the internal administrative investigation to ensure an unbiased and objective review,” BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin said in a statement. “BART remains committed to continuous improvement and ensuring the actions of our police officers meet the highest of standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BartVideo_0005-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from BART Police body-worn camera footage released on Dec. 13, 2024, where an officer fired a gun at an individual before detaining them on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in the Union City Station parking lot. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Russell Bloom, BART’s independent police auditor, said his office responded to the scene of the shooting to monitor BART’s investigation, but as of Friday, his office has not received any complaint of misconduct in connection with the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloom said he’s working with Franklin to ensure the independent auditor’s office has the same access as the third-party investigators that BART police brought in, as it’s “a departure from our standard approach to monitoring investigations conducted by the BPD Internal Affairs Unit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to ensure that any investigation of this shooting is objective, thorough, fair, and timely,” Bloom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poblete has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation, BART said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the body camera shows\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The time code on the body camera when the footage starts reads 9:24 p.m. on Nov. 18 as Poblete stops his SUV behind a dark-colored sedan with tinted windows. An unnamed officer stops his SUV off to the front of the sedan. The parking lot is largely empty, but Poblete leaves his emergency lights flashing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Roll down your back windows, please,” Poblete yells as he walks toward the car and shines a flashlight into the driver’s side window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sorry, no,” Gao responds, her head poking out of the window. “There’s no one here,” she says as she rolls down the window, saying she was parked because she was talking to a friend on the phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poblete tells her they are investigating a complaint of a car matching hers doing donuts in the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how to do donuts,” she says. “I’m not that good at driving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a few minutes of back-and-forth — during which the woman says her name is Raisa Gao — the other officer touches Gao’s front driver’s side tire. “Yeah, it’s not hot,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All right. Have a good night, ma’am,” Poblete says as he turns away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sorry,” the other officer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poblete takes a few steps away and then turns back, telling Gao that his dispatcher says her registration expired. “I do have to address that,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, no, I just went to the DMV,” Gao says, immediately becoming defensive and flustered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Poblete tries to tell her about her registration being invalid, she repeatedly interrupts and asks whether she can go home nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12014947 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20161217_144416_qed-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just nervous because of all the lights,” she says, gesturing to the flashing emergency lights around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poblete again asks for her driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t scare me right now,” she says. “I’m really tired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poblete’s tone grows more stern as he says that he doesn’t like her interrupting him and that she is required to give him the documents he requested. 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I think it’s time to fix this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board member Robert Raburn, who has spearheaded the renaming effort along with Oakland Chinatown community groups, hoped that board approval Thursday would guarantee the new name in time for the opening of a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009951/oaklands-lake-merritt-bart-station-renamed-soon\">transit-oriented development on top of the station\u003c/a>, planned for March 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the board is generally supportive of the name change, the fact that Raburn’s initiative had not followed established BART protocol made some members uneasy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/009_KQED_Oakland_Chinatown_12182020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoppers walk by a shop in Oakland’s Chinatown on Dec. 18, 2020. Many shops keep plywood in their windows while open. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Current policy requires a third-party applicant to apply for and cover all the costs associated with a station renaming. As yet, no such applicant has come forward, making some board members worry the agency could be forced to pay the full cost of the Lake Merritt station renaming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we say we’re going to rename it, that means we are on the hook for paying for it if we cannot find the outside funding,” board member Rebecca Saltzman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raburn had previously maintained that neither the Chinatown community groups who have advocated for the name change nor the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, the new housing project’s developer, should be on the hook for payment, saying instead that the money could come from grants, BART’s capital budget or elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not saying that money grows on trees, but we can find the money and this isn’t the kind of dollar amount that’s going to scare us away from taking this action,” Raburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016154 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/240111-TransitFile-02-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, BART is facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016154/bart-fare-increase-january-second-year-in-a-row\">a bleak fiscal future\u003c/a> as ridership has failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and federal and state emergency assistance from the pandemic is set to dry up by the end of next year. The agency is projecting a $385 million budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raburn sees the renaming as a crucial part of the new housing development at the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a good investment to provide the change now and say that by the time it’s occupied, it will be renamed,” Raburn said. “That gives the developer something to share with potential investors, to somebody that might want to build a hotel or offices in Oakland Chinatown. I think those are the kinds of things that can pay dividends in the long run for BART.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board policy also calls for a robust community engagement process to rename a station, including at least three public workshops and endorsements from affected local bodies. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> business and elected leaders publicly urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene and improve BART’s safety last week, sparking a clash with transit officials. 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"content": "\u003cp>People who have been advocating for decades to restore \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/west-oakland\">West Oakland\u003c/a>’s once-bustling 16th Street train station see a potential light at the end of their tunnel in the form of federal historic recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By early January, the National Park Service will decide whether to list the station — which played a critical role in the development of West Oakland as a thriving Black neighborhood — on the National Register of Historic Places. That would open it up to a 20% tax credit that could be used to help with badly needed repairs and rehabilitation work, estimated to cost $50 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about time. 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After being damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, it saw its last train in 1994 and has sat vacant and in neglect for the past 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the station is repaired, Favroth said she would hope to see it used in a way that benefits the West Oakland community now and honors its past. She suggested the space could be used as a hybrid events space and business incubator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910897\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaster has crumbled to reveal brick in the Main Hall of 16th Street Station in West Oakland on Feb. 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“African American places are rarely saved, rarely counted, rarely documented. This is an opportunity to say to West Oakland in particular, we hear you, your stories are important, and we are willing to help you save a physical asset that hopefully will reinvigorate the community and be able to be a physical representation of your story,” Favroth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current owner, housing developer City Ventures, has an application pending with the city of Oakland to build a 77-unit townhome-style development — dubbed “Signal House” — in the areas around the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11910890 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-1038x576.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal has been under review since May 2023 and does not include rehabilitation of the station. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the tax credit, the Oakland Heritage Alliance hopes designation as a historic place will attract grants and additional attention that could give the station a second life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 1912, the station was once a sort of Grand Central Station of the West, welcoming generations of newly arrived Oaklanders from all parts of the country on their way to the city’s once-plentiful jobs working for the railroad, Navy and other industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007815\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"The front exterior of an abandoned building with fencing around it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/007_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front exterior of the now abandoned 16th Street Station in West Oakland on Feb. 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Soaring arched windows evoke Roman baths and flood the grand main hall with natural light, providing the visitor with a majestic portal into Oakland,” reads the Oakland Heritage Alliance’s application for the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porters who worked out of the station’s baggage wing established the West Coast headquarters for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters — the first Black union in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, after the slow decline of rail travel and the deindustrialization of Oakland, the station fell out of use and into disrepair. After being damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, it saw its last train in 1994 and has sat vacant and in neglect for the past 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the station is repaired, Favroth said she would hope to see it used in a way that benefits the West Oakland community now and honors its past. She suggested the space could be used as a hybrid events space and business incubator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910897\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/Disrepair_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaster has crumbled to reveal brick in the Main Hall of 16th Street Station in West Oakland on Feb. 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“African American places are rarely saved, rarely counted, rarely documented. This is an opportunity to say to West Oakland in particular, we hear you, your stories are important, and we are willing to help you save a physical asset that hopefully will reinvigorate the community and be able to be a physical representation of your story,” Favroth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current owner, housing developer City Ventures, has an application pending with the city of Oakland to build a 77-unit townhome-style development — dubbed “Signal House” — in the areas around the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal has been under review since May 2023 and does not include rehabilitation of the station. City Ventures has hired the OE Consulting firm to explore fundraising for the repair of the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We and our client are delighted with the nomination and grateful to the Oakland Heritage Alliance for their efforts,” said Arthur Combs, the principal of OE Consulting. “The prospect of tax credits helps with our funder conversations. In order to be successful, this restoration campaign will have to make use of every possible avenue for resources; it’s always a complex mix of private and public support, and this will be no different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Oakland Heritage Alliance are hopeful that if the station is added to the national register, it will spur a drive to repair it before it falls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really look forward to finding a way to get this station rejuvenated as an activity hub for West Oakland, and celebrating its role in Oakland’s rail, and multimodal transportation history,” said Naomi Schiff, secretary of the Oakland Heritage Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Favroth said a place on the national register would cement the station’s significance not just as an architectural gem but also as a place of significance for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need the world to know that it’s more than just this physical structure that trains went through. We need to talk about the people,” Favroth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Historical Resources Commission passed the nomination on to the National Park Service on Nov. 7. The park service has 60 days to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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