From a piece titled BART workers’ benefits among nation’s best:
On the one hand, BART’s train operators come in no better than fourth in the nation in pay, and salaries for the system’s station agents lag far behind what Muni station agents make in San Francisco.
However, BART workers’ low-cost health care and lack of pension contributions and them in the top tier of transit agency workers throughout America, a Chronicle analysis shows.
This just makes me wonder why BART is much more expensive than, say, the NYC Subway.
Not getting a raise for years is frustrating, but I can’t help thinking that BART workers are getting a sweeter deal overall than most folks these days.