Had the exact same thought reading that. Ridership is absolutely down more than 37%. Simple math says that it's more dangerous now than before.

>Crime at BART is down 34% January-April compared with the same four months in 2019.

Now I'm no statistician, but according to [BART's ridership report](https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership) there were 23,056,782 trips January through April 2020 compared with 38,585,247 during the same period in 2019. So a 40.24% reduction in ridership with only a 34% reduction in crime. That's some spin city BS right there.

I wish Li and Saltzman had more to say than 'no pay no mask no problem!'

&gt;Crime at BART is down 34% January-April compared with the same four months in 2019.

Now I'm no statistician, but according to [BART's ridership report](https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership) there were 23,056,782 trips January through April 2020 compared with 38,585,247 during the same period in 2019. So a 40.24% reduction in ridership with only a 34% reduction in crime. That's some spin city BS right there.

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