BART Makes Life Easier for SFO Workers

Any airport is an important employer in its metropolitan area, and San Francisco (SFO) is no different. And of course, all of those employees need to get to work somehow! For SFO, a good number of workers, many of whom are of lower incomes, utilize the city's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system to get to work.

Unfortunately, that became prohibitively expensive when BART raised its surcharge on airport fares from $1.50 to $4.00. That means an extra $5.00 day, which quickly adds up over the course of a year. So the airport set up a free shuttle for employees who couldn't afford the additional surcharge. Fortunately, BART and the airport have reached an agreement. BART will bring the surcharge back down to $1.50. (But only for airport employees, sorry!)  In exchange, the airport will allow BART to sell advertising in the station, and will also set up train information screens in the airport as well as an information desk.

Kudos to BART for doing right by SFO employees.