A new, easy-to-explore transit data dashboard exposes stark income disparities between riders of buses, trains, and ferries.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the organization that distributes state and federal transportation earmarks, published the new visual dashboard to present key data from its most recent regional rider survey.

The survey results show a substantial difference in perceptions of safety between BART riders and those who use AC Transit buses — 13% of BART riders said they felt “very safe,” while double that number, 27%, felt safe on AC Transit.

The Snapshot Survey, a year-long, one-time-only project by the MTC surveyed 160,000 transit users between Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 to find out about ridership in the aftermath of the pandemic. All regional surveys,

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