[S1 CHAPTER 2] BART 'DERAILED': The Train Has Left the Station

AN NBC BAY AREA DIGITAL ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION 'DERAILED' CHAPTER 2: The Train Has Left the Station 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 2 of our DERAILED series, we take you back in time. Building the original BART system took five years and $1.6 billion. The transportation network was unveiled in the early 1970s with much fanfare, but in recent years, the agency has lost the public’s trust after a string of high profile passenger deaths. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban reports in Chapter 2 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