By Peter Schurmann, New America Media
In a turbulent election season, the race to fill seats on the governing body of the Bay Area’s major transit system isn’t exactly a headline grabber. Yet the race for who will represent one district on the BART board offers voters the most dramatic contrast between competing visions for the region’s future of any on the ballot.
Of the nine BART districts, District 7 is the only one that spans the bay, incorporating three counties – Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco – and 19 cities. And while debates swirl around problems like crowding, aging infrastructure and labor disputes, to name just a few, the reality is that BART is struggling to hold together a region being pulled apart by gentrification.
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