BART ridership at the San Mateo County stations is steadily growing and is projected to increase more.

Travelers, commuters and transit dependent passengers are using the four San Mateo County BART stations more and more.

The 2005 Thanksgiving travel season saw an increase in ridership of 4.7 percent over the previous year. The monthly ridership numbers continue to increase, which can be attributed to both SamTrans’ and BART’s continuous community outreach and marketing programs.

SamTrans and BART have been working to make the service a success through innovative service changes that have made it more accessible, easier to use and cost effective to operate.

Fast Fact: On Nov. 23, 2005, the day before Thanksgiving, 11,552 people took BART to the San Francisco International Airport, 73 percent more than on an average weekday.