Bus operator training and development begins with onboarding once new bus operators are hired and ideally lasts throughout employees’ careers. Training encompasses both hard skills training, meaning ...

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber was at the Zerega Testing Center in the Bronx, checking out the new technology.

After losing his job in the warehousing and logistics field due to budget cuts, Arturo Trejo was ready to transition into a new industry. Open to opportunities, Trejo enrolled in a Saddleback College ...

It’s all hands on deck to deal with the significant workforce shortage at the region’s transportation agencies — mostly visibly at the MBTA. “Some of the things that we’ve been looking internally at ...

A bus driver shortage at the MBTA led the agency to incorporate a commercial driver’s license permit program into new hire onboarding, a move the authority’s top hiring official said helped boost ...

Charter bus drivers must complete both theoretical and behind-the-wheel training, but there are no regulations around how many hours of training are needed. Groups and schools chartering a bus for ...

Lane Transit District (LTD) has welcomed seven new bus operators to the team. They graduated on December 13. "You have the ability to impact your customers. To make someone smile, to calm someone down ...

Suggested Citation: "Chapter 7 - Bus Operator Safety, Health, and Working Conditions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Bus Operator Workforce Management: ...