{"slug": "wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart", "title": "Wild video captures moment woman is snared by new traps at San Francisco BART station", "summary": "A woman attempting to evade the fare at a San Francisco BART station became trapped beneath one of the transit system's new fare gates, as captured in a viral video. BART officials say the gates have reduced fare evasion and increased revenue by $10 million, with the $90 million investment expected to pay for itself within a decade.", "body_md": "# Wild video captures moment woman is snared by new traps at San Francisco BART station\n\nSee more of our coverage in your search results.\n\n[Add The California Post on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nypost.com)\n\nA woman trying to dodge the fare at a San Francisco BART station ended up trapped beneath one of the transit system’s new fare gates in a bizarre scene caught on video that has since gone viral.\n\nThe clip, shared by the Instagram account [@bartactivities](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaO2CMqBXfx/), shows the woman lying face down on the floor after apparently becoming wedged beneath the newly installed gate, unable to free herself.\n\n“This is terrible,” the person filming, who appears to be a BART employee, says in the video.\n\n“We can’t even open it without harming you now,” the employee adds as the woman remains pinned beneath the barrier.\n\nAnother BART agent can also be heard telling the woman, “You could have just asked us,” suggesting that staff may have allowed her through had she been unable to pay the fare, rather than trying to evade it.\n\nThe incident appears to have occurred at either Powell Street or Montgomery Street Station, according to the [SFist](https://sfist.com/2026/07/06/viral-video-shows-woman-stuck-under-bart-entry-gates/).\n\n“I hope she wasn’t hurt and I hope she received a nice ticket to pay for fare evasion,” BART Director Liz Ames told [NBC](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bart-fare-evasion-down-viral-video/4108721/).\n\nAmes said BART’s new fare gates have helped increase revenue while dramatically reducing fare evasion and crime.\n\nShe added that revenue is up by about $10 million, meaning the agency’s $90 million investment in the gates could pay for itself in less than a decade if that trend continues.\n\nFormer BART director Debora Allen also praised the project: “I think it’s great. I think it’s the best thing we’ve done at BART in many, probably decades,” she said.\n\nThe full-height gates are part of BART’s four-year, $90 million effort to make fare evasion significantly more difficult after years of riders jumping or slipping through older barriers.\n\nWhile some fare evaders are still testing their luck, the viral video is a reminder for anyone tempted to slip past the toll.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart", "canonical_source": "https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/us-news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart-station/", "published_at": "2026-07-07 02:30:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 02:34:33.190777+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["BART", "Liz Ames", "Debora Allen", "Powell Street Station", "Montgomery Street Station", "NBC", "SFist", "The California Post"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wild-video-captures-moment-woman-is-snared-by-new-traps-at-san-francisco-bart.jsonld"}}