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A quick search of their cited source shows this to be incorrect (or misleading, at least). Here's a few corresponding values (Total Cost of Employment = salary

A quick search of their cited source shows this to be incorrect (or misleading, at least). Here's a few corresponding values (Total Cost of Employment = salary + overtime + vacation/sick time value + employer contributions to medical + employer contribution to pension + employer 401k matching + 'misc')(Cash = salary + overtime): - Customer Service Clerk: 61k cash, 85k TCOE - A-Line Train operator: Hard to say, because the range goes from 7k cash to 122k (although half of that high number was overtime). It looks like the lowest paid operator that's probably full time is around 40k cash, 74k TCOE - Elevator worker: I couldn't find this job, but a "maintenance engineer" is 68k Cash, 106 TCOE. http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2012 http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2012

thrownaway2424 13y ago
The trains drive themselves in normal circumstances. The operator is needed only to close the doors. The elevators (and especially the escalators) are frequently out of service for days at a time. I think people are mainly annoyed that BART workers want big raises when the system works so poorly. If all the escalators worked and the maintenance guys could stop crashing their shit into each other in the middle of the tube, then maybe we could talk.
- pstuart 13y ago
  I'm chagrinned to be defending BART maintenance workers, but there are some challenges: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-labors-to-keep-escalators-running-4144347.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-labors-to-keep-es...
- malandrew 13y ago
  What is necessary to automate the closing of the doors? I imagine that a timer coupled with computer vision software would be more than adequate to solve this problem. Furthermore, you could have the timer duration set automatically via machine learning tied to many dimensions, such as: (1) Number of humans or Volume of humans plus accessories waiting at the platform. (2) Duration until next train (3) Historical business for that station at that time of day on that day of the week (4) Historical figures of the number/volume of humans that enter and exit the train at that time of day on that day of the week.

thrownaway2424 13y ago

The trains drive themselves in normal circumstances. The operator is needed only to close the doors. The elevators (and especially the escalators) are frequently out of service for days at a time. I think people are mainly annoyed that BART workers want big raises when the system works so poorly. If all the escalators worked and the maintenance guys could stop crashing their shit into each other in the middle of the tube, then maybe we could talk.

pstuart 13y ago
I'm chagrinned to be defending BART maintenance workers, but there are some challenges: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-labors-to-keep-escalators-running-4144347.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-labors-to-keep-es...
malandrew 13y ago
What is necessary to automate the closing of the doors? I imagine that a timer coupled with computer vision software would be more than adequate to solve this problem. Furthermore, you could have the timer duration set automatically via machine learning tied to many dimensions, such as: (1) Number of humans or Volume of humans plus accessories waiting at the platform. (2) Duration until next train (3) Historical business for that station at that time of day on that day of the week (4) Historical figures of the number/volume of humans that enter and exit the train at that time of day on that day of the week.