"Roughly 30,000 people took BART to the "No Kings" rallies in the Bay Area. "Saturday saw 149,582 trips, which is 31,000 more trips than the previous Saturday-a 26 percent difference," explained BART's Michelle Robertson. "We anticipated the increase in ridership and ran a majority of 8-car trains on Saturday. We also had extra staffing at stations.""
"Streetsblog had hoped to spend some time on both sides of the Bay, but the crowds coming out of Lake Merritt BART, where the No Kings rally started in Oakland, were overwhelming, as seen in the lead image. Oakland police were out controlling traffic, with help from safe-streets advocates with various organizations. The advocates decided to keep a low profile, but nonetheless helped diffuse situations with impatient drivers and kept everything safe and flowing."
"Meanwhile, the Chronicle is reporting that some 50,000 people attended the march in San Francisco. Muni told Streetsblog they don't have ridership numbers yet for Saturday, but they added trains in anticipation of large crowds. Although the main demonstration and march went from Embarcadero Plaza to Civic Center, another demonstration was held at Sunset Dunes, the city's newest car-free space. Many of the advocates who helped get Sunset Dunes created helped organize the demonstration there."
About 30,000 people took BART to the No Kings rallies in the Bay Area. BART recorded 149,582 trips on Saturday, 31,000 more than the previous Saturday, a 26 percent increase, and ran a majority of 8-car trains with extra staffing. Oakland saw an estimated 10,000 marchers from a rally that began at Lake Merritt BART; many attendees arrived by bike and Oakland police managed traffic with assistance from safe-streets advocates. San Francisco drew about 50,000 marchers from Embarcadero Plaza to Civic Center, with an additional demonstration at the Sunset Dunes car-free space. BBC reported an estimated 7 million people demonstrated nationwide.
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