This paper introduces a novel transfer learning adapter, the Bridged Attention Module (BAM), designed to enhance the performance of Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks (ST-GCN) in data-limited forecasting scenarios. BAM improves fine-tuning efficiency by jointly capturing spatial and temporal dependencies, optimizing information flow, and significantly reducing the number of trainable parameters while preserving model accuracy. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that the BAM-enhanced ST-GCN consistently achieves competitive accuracy and, in some cases, surpasses traditional fine-tuning methods, even with limited data. The effectiveness of this approach is validated using electric vehicle (EV) charging station occupancy forecasting, highlighting the practical utility of BAM. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.