I agree it's a tax revenue problem. However, as a CA resident living in the bay area with a tech salary, I can attest that _taxation_ isn't the problem. An unfo

I agree it's a tax revenue problem. However, as a CA resident living in the bay area with a tech salary, I can attest that _taxation_ isn't the problem. An unfortunate reality is that our budgets are not being spent well. In particular, BART has some serious high-cost issues. For one, the automated trains have operators whose total compensation is an average of $130k yearly. [1] There are terrible, ineffective managers, directors, and executives that are guilty of mismanagement and greed [2]. soyiuz, you are absolutely right: BART needs more money. It also needs new people and a radical overhaul to update a system operating on 40 year old designs and assumptions. ---- [1] http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/07/are-bart-workers-taking-us-for-a-ride.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/07/are-bar... [2] http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23416601/barts-top-paid-worker-2012-never-worked-day http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23416601/barts-top-paid-worker...