enjalot / bart

data pertaining to BART

BART strike visualization

Projects

See the projects put together with this data http://enjalot.github.io/bart/

Sketches

• Non-management Salaries with crossfilter and simple statistics http://tributary.io/inlet/6148096
• Management salaries http://tributary.io/inlet/6153614
• Inflation vs raises http://tributary.io/inlet/6153454
• BART map with stations as JSON http://tributary.io/inlet/6148762
• Animating on a BART line http://tributary.io/inlet/6149065
• BART monthly ridership http://tributary.io/inlet/6149542
• Income with inflation - previous and projected ( http://tributary.io/inlet/6152634 )
• Salaries grouped by job family - http://tributary.io/inlet/6892157
• PEMS traffic - http://tributary.io/inlet/6914083
• location of PEMS traffic trackers - http://tributary.io/inlet/6894869
• traffic on hwy 80 SF exit - http://tributary.io/inlet/6895540
• traffic on hwy 80 treasure island - http://tributary.io/inlet/6895166
• traffic on hwy 92 bridge in july - http://tributary.io/inlet/6895614

Data Links

All of the data and sources can be found here: https://github.com/enjalot/bart/tree/master/data

Unanswered Questions

What is causing the BART strike?

• What is the history of BART/union negotiations?

  • History of voting results on transportation ballot measures http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/GIS/maps/monthly/TranspoBallotResults-BAvsSTATE.pdf

• What are the points of contention?

  • Pay
  • Pensions
  • Medical benefits
  • Safety

• Are the demands reasonable?

  • What employees make the most? What do they do?
  • How does Overtime pay factor in?
  • How do BART employees salaries compare to others in transit industry?
  • How do BART employee salaries compare to inflation?
  • Are employees making more/less than they did 10 years ago? 20?
  • How do BART employee salaries compare to salaries in the bay area? How do they compare to tech employees?
  • How much crime occurres on BART and at stations?
  • How many BART police are there?

What are the effects of the strike?

• Budget Impact

  • What is BART's total budget?
  • What does it's budget look like? How much for employees?
  • How many tax dollars does it cost? Cost to individual taxpayer?

• Ridership impact

  • How does a strike impact highways, MUNI and ferry transport?
  • How many people ride BART?
  • Which stations have most ridership?

• Socioeconomic impact

  • Does BART service a population that otherwise wouldn't be serviced?
  • How much value does BART add to the area?

News Articles

• Good contextual overview: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/bay-area-transit-strike-why-it-matters
• July 30 article on strike http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_23773852/unions-may-issue-72-hour-notice-strike-if
• Article comparing transit salaries in other cities with BART http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_23742276/bart-workers-paychecks-already-outpace-their-peers

SFGate Stories

2013

• BART talks likely to go to 11th hour - or beyond http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-talks-likely-to-go-to-11th-hour-or-beyond-4877188.php

• BART board rejects call to give surplus to workers http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-board-rejects-call-to-give-surplus-to-workers-4810334.php

2010

• BART board OKs layoff notices to cut deficit http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-board-OKs-layoff-notices-to-cut-deficit-3202194.php

2009

• BART directors eye raising fares, parking fees http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-directors-eye-raising-fares-parking-fees-3175153.php

• Train operators to vote Aug. 25 on BART pact http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Train-operators-to-vote-Aug-25-on-BART-pact-3289666.php

• BART considers raising fares, cutting service http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-considers-raising-fares-cutting-service-3165179.php

• BART bargaining continues into early morning http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-bargaining-continues-into-early-morning-3290700.php

2005

• BART'S BUDGET PROBLEMS / Scrambling to fill a $51 million hole, the agency is looking at several ways to fill the gap -- and none is likely to be popular with commuters http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-S-BUDGET-PROBLEMS-Scrambling-to-fill-a-51-2637641.php

• BAY AREA / Unions, management far apart in BART talks / Workers to vote today on whether to authorize strike http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BAY-AREA-Unions-management-far-apart-in-BART-2660674.php

2004

• BAY AREA / BART plan means shorter trains, fewer workers / But fares won't rise under $475 million operating budget http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BAY-AREA-BART-plan-means-shorter-trains-fewer-2755383.php

• OAKLAND / BART proposes operating budget http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/OAKLAND-BART-proposes-operating-budget-2768898.php

2003

• BART dip in ridership may force higher fares http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-dip-in-ridership-may-force-higher-fares-2633830.php

2002

• Looks like ticket to ride going up http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Looks-like-ticket-to-ride-going-up-3325426.php

• Fare increase or parking fees look likely at BART / Shorter trains, dirtier cars may save cash http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Fare-increase-or-parking-fees-look-likely-at-BART-2839281.php

• Bad times for BART / Service cutbacks, layoffs, fees for parking all eyed to offset big deficits http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Bad-times-for-BART-Service-cutbacks-layoffs-2854440.php

• BART board decides against fare increase / Budget cuts close deficit of $32 million http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-board-decides-against-fare-increase-Budget-2880144.php

2001

• Salaries through roof for many in S.F.'s dot-gov world http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Salaries-through-roof-for-many-in-S-F-s-dot-gov-3314793.php

Background Links

• SF Transit History http://sftransithistory.com/

Code Links

• http://d3js.org
• http://square.github.io/crossfilter/
• http://macwright.org/simple-statistics/
• https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx
• http://exposedata.com/tutorial/chord/

Other potential data sources

• http://www.quandl.com/

bart's Issues

inflation

It would be more in line with standard economic usage if the "inflation" line on http://tributary.io/inlet/6153454 said "Consumer Price Index." Inflation is an annual rate of change. What you have is the cumulative change since 2000.
As it is, though, I think everyone knows what you mean.

Needs graphic key for unions/titles

Having a key to explain what the colors mean and which union -- or title -- they represent would be quite helpful. Also, your key could explain further data, perhaps, such as the median pay for each union/job title.

2013 Financials in financials-simple.csv

Does it make sense to put the adopted financials of 2013 from http://www.bart.gov/docs/financials/FY2013_BART_Budget.pdf into the csv file?

Questions

Hi, I am doing a statistics project and wanted to use this data set. However, I couldn't figure out what each column stood for. What is MDV, ER, EE, DC, and TCOE?