New BART Fare Hike In Your Future?

On Thursday night, according to CBS 5, "at least two BART board members said they might be in favor of a fare hike for riders using the trans-bay tube in order to close a budget deficit." BART already saw a 6.1% fare increase back in July. Although BART board meeting spokesman Linton Johnson had claimed that "that's just not on the table...right now," BART, facing a $25 million deficit over the next six months, could conceivably see another fare hike at some point this year. Stay tuned.