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Rebecca Saltzman
@RebeccaForEC
Mom, El Cerrito City Councilmember, @BikeEastBay Development Director, and Former BART Director
El Cerrito, CA
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Nov 6, 2024
    Thanks El Cerrito voters for electing me to serve on the El Cerrito City Council! I am so thankful to all of you. To everyone who donated, volunteered, spread the word about my campaign to your friends and neighbors: this victory is yours too. 🧵
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    Rebecca Saltzman
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    Apr 24, 2023
    BIG NEWS - BART staff have figured out how to increase evening/weekend frequencies to 20 min from 30 min, without hiring more staff or spending more money. No more 30 minute waits!!!🎉🎉🎉 🧵 with details:
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Jun 30, 2023
    🎉🚝🚽 Today the restrooms at Downtown Berkeley and Embarcadero BART opened for the first time in 20+ years! They’re bright and clean, and staffed by attendants at all hours. Everyone needs bathrooms and I’m thrilled we’re making BART more accessible by reopening restrooms.
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    Rebecca Saltzman
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    Jul 6, 2023
    If you thought the last two BART holiday sweaters were amazing, check out a preview of the 2023 sweater. It features blinking lights that move sequentially along a BART system map and a train horn that honks at the push of a button.🚄❄️
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    Rebecca Saltzman
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    May 18, 2023
    Love this new BART ad❤️🚝
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    May 18, 2023
    These fantastic ads are not just on BART, they’re on highways too.
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    Michelle Robertson
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    May 18, 2023
    Replying to @Sr_Lazarus
    We do have digital billboard ads running in fact 😃 -- 80 just past aquatic park and 101 near sfo! They appear in rotation with other non-BART ads — lmk if you spot one!
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    Rebecca Saltzman
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    Dec 30, 2019
    Replying to @ChroniclesOfAzu and @furioursus
    Thanks for letting me know about this. I just contacted BART's independent police auditor about this.
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Sep 13, 2023
    Woo hoo! Yesterday BART had its highest ridership day since the start of the pandemic! 🎉🚄 There were 192,081 rides on BART yesterday, topping the previous Warriors championship parade record of 190,519 rides. Great to see folks returning to BART!
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Dec 1, 2022
    BART Board just approved my proposal to institute 30 min grace period for $6.40 excursion fare! We'll soon stop penalizing riders who enter a station and don't ride BART, especially when it's due to BART delays. Thanks @JaniceForBART & staff for working with me all year on this!
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Oct 20, 2023
    Seattle built a ton of new housing, their population increased, and the city is thriving. San Francisco built little new housing, population declined, and the city is struggling. It's not rocket science - Bay Area needs to build more housing to address so many of our problems.
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    Roland Li
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    Oct 20, 2023
    SF and Seattle have powerful tech economies that both went remote, water and hills, homelessness and fentanyl crises. But Seattle grew an astounding 2.4% in population in latest census year, the most of ANY big U.S. city. I wanted to find out why: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/san…
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Dec 30, 2019
    Replying to @furioursus and @ChroniclesOfAzu
    BART's independent police auditor had not heard about this until I shared your Twitter thread. He will look into it.
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Aug 23, 2023
    I’m introducing policy changes to BART’s bike rules, including ending the ban on bikes on BART escalators. It’s time to end this restriction to make it easier for riders to use bikes and BART together. BART Board will vote Sept 28.
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    Rebecca Saltzman
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    Mar 11, 2021
    HUGE NEWS 🚨🚨🚨 California has finally prioritized transit workers for vaccinations!!! Thanks so much to everyone who advocated for this for the past two months. Transit workers are essential workers, and I'm so happy they are now all eligible for vaccinations 😀🚄🚍🚇🚋
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    Rebecca Saltzman
    @RebeccaForEC
    Feb 22, 2023
    Incredible how closely BART ridership has tracked with San Francisco office occupancy throughout the pandemic. SF office occupancy isn't going to change much soon. To rebuild ridership, we must continue to improve off-peak service to get folks to use BART for non-work trips.
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