BART has only installed the "double-clamp" fare gates in one station — Richmond — but the news stories and public grumbling about them continue.

The failure of air compressors in two consecutive new train cars left a BART train inoperable on Monday, leading to the evacuation of 421 passengers from the middle of train tunnel in Oakland.

BART has a well-documented fare evasion problem — and one that it's likely been under-reporting — and the transit agency's latest method of curbing the problem doesn't look like it's doing much at all.

BART applied for a grant from the Federal Transit Administration back in 2017, asking for $1.25 billion to increase capacity. The application stalled for 18 months, but on Thursday, BART got word that the grant had been approved.

You know that screeching turn that BART trains have to make between Lake Merritt and 12th Street-City Center in Oakland? It didn't need to be that sharp, or that screeching, if it weren't for a decision forced by a political favor during BART's design phase.

The cash-only Add Fare machines inside the BART fare gates are soon going to be a thing of the past, as BART has decided, at long last, to catch up with the last century.

There was no BART service for several hours Saturday morning after a glitch interrupted BART's traction power supply system and impacted the train control routing system.