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[Sloan]

 

 

Bay Area housing costs have SMART commuter rail service scrambling for engineers

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency is set to launch service on a 43-mile line stretching from downtown San Rafael to the Santa Rosa Airport later this year. 

 

 

But recruiting engineers, signal technicians and vehicle maintenance technicians is proving to be a challenge because of the costs to live in the region. In response, the agency board approved an 11 percent pay increase for those positions.

 

http://www.mercuryne...t-commuter-rail

 

SMART ought to run dedicated van service to import skilled labor from outside the district.    Sloan

[KevinKorell]

It is hard to believe that the staffing for engineers wasn't addressed before.   They do have a real problem if living costs in the area are prohibitive.  But then, their passenger base lives in the same area.