[sagarm]

BART can fix that by building dense mixed use -- office, commercial, and residential -- around their stops.

[pj_mukh]

They are doing that in East Bay [1] on BART owned land. They had been blocked so far by the most virulent NIMBY trash leading to some of the most scathing coverage [2]. Most have been unblocked and are under construction. The one still being blocked is Ashby BART because of (say it with me folks), a "HIsToriC flEa MARkeT" (that mostly sells stolen goods)[3].

[1]: https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod

[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/magazine/housing-berkeley...

[3]: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/09/17/berkeley-ashby-bart-...

[bee_rider]

Ok but “historic flea market” cannot possibly a real reason; this must be a parody. What’s the real reason (I won’t click the links due to the cognitive risk of having this ridiculous story confirmed).

[Lammy]

> What’s the real reason

My links are worth clicking:

http://radicalcartography.net/bayarea.html

https://goldenstatswarrior.substack.com/p/the-great-migratio...

[jyounker]

BART can't do that. The cities can do that.

[somanyphotons]

I think that's part of the problem, bart stations should be the centerpiece of a really dense (micro)neighbourhood

[lotsoweiners]

Lol. That sounds like you’re saying “well the neighborhood sure is shit but at least we’ve got good public transit”.

[immibis]

have you ever lived in one of these places? Big cities in Europe are made entirely of them. They're pretty cool.