Bay Area Rapid Transit
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About Bay Area Rapid Transit
The nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area are connected by a network of dozens of local and regional transit systems. Together, they form one of the most complex and fragmented public transportation systems in the world. Residents and visitors must often navigate many transit operators' different fares, schedules, and policies.
All systems listed in this guide, even those that are shuttles, are open to the general public. Excursion trains, such as the Niles Canyon Railway, are not listed here. In general, the Bay Area is one of the better regions to tour the United States without a car, though there are times and places where service is awkward or rare.
Most of the Bay Area's transit vehicles have accommodations to bring a bicycle with you for free. The capacity for bicycles is limited on some vehicles like buses so there is a chance that the operator will not let you board if all spaces are full. Other vehicles like ferries and trains provide much higher bicycle carrying capacity.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.