Tag: BART

Why I jumped a San Francisco BART Fare Gate

My Clipper Card—well the Google Pay version of my Clipper Card—scanned fine, but the fare gate wouldn’t open. This has happened to me before, and OF COURSE, it would happen again today in the midst of holiday prep. Frustrated, my heart racing, I jumped the gate like a novice hurdle...

Forecasting BART Ridership: SARIMA vs Prophet

A couple of articles prior, I conducted an exploratory analysis of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) ridership trends from 1998 to Aug 2023 on weekdays vs weekends, isolated most popular stations pre and post-pandemic, and calibrated pandemic ridership recovery across counties. Today, I want t...

A Journey Through BART Ridership Trends

In my previous article, I took a deep dive into the origins of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), expanded on its original goals, and investigated route expansion in the forthcoming years. I wanted to set the stage for BART ridership analysis, which is the focus of this article. As any data scie...

logistIntermodal Transportation: Bridging Modes for Effortless Cargo Movement By Bart Kempff

In the ever-changing field of logistics, connectivity and efficiency are critical. With the help of industry leaders like Bart Kempff, intermodal transportation distinguishes itself as a major player by smoothly combining various modes of transportation to expedite the movement of goods. This c...