By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix
If you ride BART, you’ve noticed the crowds, right?
With trains at capacity during every rush hour — who knew so many people could become such close friends? — BART is testing a new seating layout that will allow more passengers to board each car.
“New seating layout” is a little bit of a euphemism, actually. What BART is doing is replacing seven double seats with seven single seats on a group of test cars. In other words, each of those cars will have seven fewer seats, but more room for passengers to stand.
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