Categories: Bus, Global Fleet, Management, Safety, Security and Safety, Technology

Planned safety upgrades come less than three weeks after HART bus driver Thomas Dunn was murdered on the job by a passenger.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10031339/psta-fast-tracks-new-safety-barriers-to-protect-bus-drivers

Categories: Bus, Global Fleet, Management, Safety, Security and Safety, Technology

Planned safety upgrades come less than three weeks after HART bus driver Thomas Dunn was murdered on the job by a passenger.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10031339/psta-fast-tracks-new-safety-barriers-to-protect-bus-drivers

Categories: Bus, Management, Paratransit, Security and Safety

Since the 1970s, labor agreements required new transit operators start as part-time drivers and then seek promotion to full-time work.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10031421/king-county-metro-launches-first-ever-recruitment-for-full-time-transit-operator

Categories: Bus, Management, Security and Safety

The male passenger and female driver were the only people on the bus, with the driver able to hit an emergency alarm at some point.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10031532/man-arrested-after-holding-bus-driver-hostage-demanding-ride-to-portland

Categories: Management

Award-winning bus drivers and safety assistants in the Onslow County Schools district were invited to a special breakfast, which was sponsored by HSM...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10048605/video-love-the-bus-appreciation-breakfast-in-north-carolina

Categories: Management

The NASCAR star surprises drivers at Cabarrus (N.C.) County Schools, thanking them and other school bus drivers for the service they provide for students,...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10048569/video-dale-earnhardt-jr-teams-up-with-thomas-to-honor-school-bus-drivers

Categories: Management

Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District surprises a student by making him an honorary bus driver before he undergoes open heart surgery.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10048600/video-texas-district-makes-3-year-old-honorary-school-bus-driver

Categories: Management

Over 300 Disney Elementary School students applauded their bus drivers with a special "Clap Out" on the school's Bus Driver Appreciation Day.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10048599/video-missouri-students-honor-school-bus-drivers

Categories: Bus, Management, Rail

Bus drivers experience higher levels of MSDs than both the general population and other employees at transit agencies.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10032050/report-studies-rate-of-musculoskeletal-pain-in-city-bus-drivers

Categories: Management

Jay Swint says in this video from Fort Worth Independent School District that he enjoys his second career as a school bus driver. He cites perks like having...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10048596/video-texas-school-bus-driver-shares-job-advantages