If you read the article you'll note that "rider safety" is not about adding more and better trained cops to BART, its about lights...

> BART spokesman Rick Rice said the system can’t remain sustainable if employees continue to contribute nothing to pensions and pay a flat $92 per month for health care, regardless of the number of dependents.

Its ridiculous that this has been allowed to persist, pensions need to go the way of the dinosaurs, people need to get their own retirement plans sorted out.