reporter: richerson says lee has been one of the loudest opponents of her work and she says directors deborah allen, and john portland have been her biggest supporters. and a possible lack of oversight is not b.a.r.t.'s only problem. >> a female was attacked with a hammer. >> reporter: concerns over crime and covid brought rider ship to a near halt the agency still has not fully recovered. to explore all things b.a.r.t., we lot a streaming thing so she the good, weird and dangerous. it is called the rail. the part of our investigation to spend more than a year riding bark through all hours of the day entering passengers and questioning top transit officials. to find out how a once world- class transportation system got derailed. >> it highlighted some of the challenges that b.a.r.t. faces that people would like to see fixed. >> reporter: richerson will officially step down next week. it will then be up to the governor to decide who comes on board. with the muscular need of it -- music into the series on b.a.r.t. season one mac and two of derailed are streaming on roku and fire tv. you can also watc

the issue of homelessness and they've only helped one person and your fellow bart board member deborah allensays bart needs reform and not more money. she said we need to fundamentally transform the way bart operates and instead the majority of art board directors, unions and executive staff continue to focus on the more money please approach that will only produce more of the same failed policies we see now. you've advocated in the past for police reform, what are you advocating for now? >> as someone who is transit dependent, i think, one, we keep the trains running and make sure the system is equitable and as a board member, i've been the head of our finance committee and i've deeply supported oversight. it's extremely important that we use the dollars we get an away that furthers the opportunity for folks to use transit. no one on our board is oppositional to oversight, what is important now is that we make sure that our state actors and federal actors with bart but also the 26 providers in the bay area have what we need to be able to continue to move forward. folks who aren't transit de

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. >> up next, norfolk southern railway ceo allen shaw and epa regional administrator deborah shore give testimony on the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that led to a mass ick toxic chemical mill and evacuation of local resident and rail safety, toxic cleanup and best to avoid future derailments are discussed in this hearing.

. >> up next, norfolk southern railway ceo allen shaw and epa regional administrator deborah shore give testimony on the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that led to a mass ick toxic chemical mill and evacuation of local resident and rail safety, toxic cleanup and best to avoid future derailments are discussed in this hearing. googledorning, everye. ank you for joing us today and the ranking mber and all the witnesses f joining us day as well. the withins fm colleagues fm ohio and pennsylvania. weook forwardo testimony of each one of you. as we in the last month new broke about environmental disaster caused by norfolk southern train deraient near east palestine, ohio. less than a mile from the nnsylvania border. we areere tay to discuss that train derailment and subsequent hazardous chemical release that led to a controlled burn of dangerous chemicals in the mandatory evacuation of some 2,000 people. the golden rule in the way we would like to be treated if we were in their shoes. this is a hearing for a opportunity to put ourlves in the shoes of those impacted by the disaster.