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 ...

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 ...

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

Workforce planning encompasses both macro-level decisions about workforce assignments based on factors like the overall size of a transit agency’s workforce and hiring needs, and micro-level decisions ...