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Ask the Appeal: How Many BART Riders Used Translink During the Bay Bridge Closure?

by Katie Baker

November 9, 2009 3:45 PM

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During the Bay Bridge closure, how many BART riders used Translink as their form of payment?

Here's Translink's data from the Bay Bridge closure (October 27th - Nov 2nd), provided by John Goodwin, Public Information Officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission:

Tuesday, Oct. 27:      4,086 transactions   +11% from Tuesday of previous week
Wednesday, Oct. 28:  6095   +62.8%
Thursday, Oct. 29:     6568   +66.9%
Friday, Oct. 30:         6105   +70.2%
Saturday, Oct. 31:     1926   + 43.7%
Sunday, Nov. 1:         1610   +82.7%
Monday, Nov. 2:         5849   + 59.7%

Clearly, Translink profited from the closure.

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