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Will operate the shuttle buses and expanded supplemental bus service the CTA will offer customers during the Red Line construction project, which gets under way in May 2013. The drivers will become full-time bus drivers following the conclusion of the project.
Read More →A continuing shortage of bus drivers has forced EZ-RIDER, the public transportation provider in Midland and Odessa, Texas, to partner with a local taxi company to provide service to its paratransit riders.
Read More →Now available to eligible intrastate motor carriers and companies directly involved in the pre-employment screening and hiring of commercial drivers, making it easier for more motor carrier companies, with the driver's consent, to access PSP records.
Read More →With only 12 full-time drivers, the operation has been forced to cut back on trips. Looking to fill four full-time vacant driver positions to run 16 trips daily, but Frederick County, in an attempt to save taxpayer dollars, will not grant benefits with the positions.
Read More →Meter maid claims she stepped out of her vehicle to place a parking ticket on the bus’ windshield that the driver had refused to accept in hand, when the bus surged forward. The driver, a 10-year veteran of the MBTA, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and operating to endanger.
Read More →As part of the policy, the agency’s goal is to attract at least a 20% pool of veterans during the application process for positions, including drivers, mechanics, engineers, managers and other workers.
Read More →The San Francisco Muni, which no longer pays overtime costs to replace drivers who call in sick, has had to cancel 35 to 45 bus runs each weekday.
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University transit operators from Wisconsin and Illinois weigh in on recent updates they have made to their driver training programs, including bringing training in-house and adding bus simulators.
Read More →Three former bus drivers, one of which was sued for causing accidents that injured other people, claim that the Nashville Metro Transit Authority fails to train and retrain drivers. A spokeswoman says the driver is a disgruntled former employee making false allegations.
Read More →Revisiting a staff proposal from 2008 to amend its existing fitness for duty policy to include random alcohol and drug testing. Currently, the agency’s fitness for duty policy, which was fully implemented in October 2010, allows for alcohol and drug testing of those in safety-sensitive positions, specified management positions and designated executive positions.
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