SAN FRANCISCO—BART is currently considering adding more corporate sponsorships in order to boost it’s revenue growth.

BART officials submitted a proposal to bring in more funds by way of advertising on January 25.

The idea to boost revenue by gaining more advertisers is one of various suggestions submitted as temporary measures to fix BART’s revenue decline.  BART officials created a list of ideas to improve revenue generation while striking an overall balance for the upcoming budget.

Aaron Weinstein, Chief Marketing Officer at BART, pitched a proposal comprising short term and long term options of revenue generation. The short term proposal involved covering old BART carriages with train wrap advertisements of third party advertisers. The installation of the train wraps was proposed to be done during the weekends to avoid service delays. This option is predicted to generate close to a million dollars in revenue.

The long term option, called “Home of Sponsorships,” involves selling BART stations to potential advertisers. These advertisers could be one of several businesses headquartered near the stations. This could also mean more kiosks, charging stations and advertisement displays inside the stations.

The measure is predicted to boost the revenue by 50 percent in year 2018. While tedious to implement, the long term option can potentially hike up the revenue by 200 percent in coming years.

According to reports, in November 2016, Bay Area voters approved a $3.5 billion bond for BART. It could take several years to see improvement in the rail carriages, as the bond money pays for all fixes and repairs. BART plans on continuing their pursuit of sponsorship money to better it’s services.