u/nfactorial

I ride BART occasionally (not for commuting) and last year had several bad experiences with tailgaters (all with the "new" fare gates). On one, the tailgater ran into me and the station agent called him out for assault. Other times, the agents don't help at all. These days, I avoid BART if at all possible. Has the general situation improved?

PS: I'm aware of tactics to avoid dealing with tailgaters, but I feel this just pushes the problem onto other honest riders.

Edit: updated to clarify that these were with the "new" fare gates, since per https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate many stations were still using the "old" ones in 2025.