BUS OPERATOR SHORTAGE DRIVERS
Drivers also often have to undergo extensive drug tests and background checks. The process to get a commercial drivers license, including obtaining a permit, training time and taking the test can in many states take up to 12 weeks, according to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. One friend told me their agency is losing 10. Drivers are quitting or retiring early much faster than agencies can replace them.
"As long as they can walk up on a bus, we can get them into a car seat and make sure they're safe," she said. I know we’re having a lot of emergencies and it’s hard to keep track, but many US transit agencies are looking at devastating service cuts due to a shortage of bus drivers. All 113 current bus routes will remain operational. 18, to address a shortage of bus operators. The Denver-area district still needs at least 40 more school bus drivers and is considering enlisting stay-at-home parents to help fill the gap by allowing them to bring preschool-age children with them on the route, Grattino said. MARTA will make temporary service modifications to its bus service beginning Saturday, Dec. "The economy's better so people are going back to jobs that they had done previously, or they find the need to stay at home," Donna Grattino told ABC News Denver affiliate KMGH. The director of transportation for the Douglas County school district in Colorado said bus driving is not as attractive a job as it may have been recently.
Now Metro will be cutting scheduled bus service by nearly 12, beginning Feb. To try and fill vital bus operator jobs, COTA is hosting a first of its kind hiring event next week. But staffing shortages and the omicron surge have taken a toll. City bus driver takes in young child wandering streets in the middle of the night The impact of a bus operator shortage and what that means for central Ohio.
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