[S1 CHAPTER 3] BART 'DERAILED': End of the Line

AN NBC BAY AREA DIGITAL ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION 'DERAILED' CHAPTER 3: End of the Line Most people in the San Francisco Bay Area seem to have a #BART story: good, bad, weird. BART is a lifeline for commuters with 723 trains, 122 miles of track, 48 stations, and more than 420,000 rides each day. Those trips, however, can sometimes be dangerous. Violent crime on BART has more than doubled in recent years. An analysis by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reveals BART has a higher rate of violent crime than transportation systems in New York, D.C., and Atlanta. The Investigative Unit spent months recording on BART trains across the Bay Area, at all hours, to explore how a once renowned transportation network became one of the most dangerous in the country. In Chapter 3 of our DERAILED series, BART Interim Police Chief Ed Alvarez acknowledges his police force of roughly 170 officers is not large enough to adequately protect passengers. He hopes to hire about 100 additional officers over the next five years, but that is contingent on receiving significantly more funding for his department. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban reports in Chapter 3 of DERAILED. #WeInvestigate Stay connected: Follow us on Twitter:   / nbcbayarea   Like us on Facebook:   / nbcbayarea   Follow us on Instagram:   / nbcbayarea   Add us on Snapchat @NBCBayArea Catch up on all the day's news: http://www.nbcbayarea.com Download our app: On iOS: http://nbcbay.com/R1BhqYM On Android: http://nbcbay.com/rUcA97h