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Jun 1, 2021

Why Millenials and Gen-Z Will Bypass a Career Driving The Bus

With national protests pushing for a higher minimum wage, you would assume that the generation fighting for these things would take the low-hanging fruit directly in front of them. Driving the public bus in some markets is an easy way to make 6-figures without having a college degree. For the…

Urban Planning

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Why Millenials and Gen-Z Will Bypass a Career Driving The Bus
Why Millenials and Gen-Z Will Bypass a Career Driving The Bus
Urban Planning

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May 23, 2021

How to get a free class B CDL

CDL stands for Commercial Driver’s License. If you obtain one, it means you are allowed to drive a commercial motor vehicle in the United States of America. You can only apply for it once you are 21 years old. This type of license permits you to drive any large or…

Public Transit

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How to get a free class B CDL
How to get a free class B CDL
Public Transit

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May 23, 2021

How To Get Happier Bus Drivers

Paperwork, Policies, and Punishment–agencies fail to promote productivity within the workplace. Penalizing your drivers won’t motivate them to work harder. It disconnects the workforce from the decision-makers and instills stronger divisiveness. It results in reactive responses and an “us vs. them” mentality that plagues transit operations. …

Urban Planning

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How To Get Happier Bus Drivers
How To Get Happier Bus Drivers
Urban Planning

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May 23, 2021

How we found 7,000 bus drivers in less than 2 months

When I first came up with the idea for Supir, one of the biggest pushbacks I’d received from people I had talked to was, “If the transportation industry is short 65,000 people how do you plan to get them?” As a transit operator, I knew that there were thousands of…

Bus Driver

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How we found 7,000 bus drivers in less than 2 months
How we found 7,000 bus drivers in less than 2 months
Bus Driver

5 min read


May 22, 2021

Why Was Your Bus Driver Rude?

In my ten years of driving the bus, I have probably been asked this question hundreds of times: “Why is/was your coworker so damn rude?” I’ve also seen other drivers face this question, and unfortunately, in most cases, it ends up with the driver responding with something along the lines…

Public Transit

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Why Was Your Bus Driver Rude?
Why Was Your Bus Driver Rude?
Public Transit

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May 22, 2021

4 Big Takeaways From My Chat With J.R Alexander —

This past Wednesday, I had the cool opportunity to chat it up with Senior Transportation Planner, and bus fan J.R Alexander. He’s currently on the west coast having worked with some of the biggest transportation companies the PST time zone can offer, including Apple! …

Public Transit

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4 Big Takeaways From My Chat With J.R Alexander —
4 Big Takeaways From My Chat With J.R Alexander —
Public Transit

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May 22, 2021

A Labor union is an organization formed by workers in a particular trade, industry, or company to…

A Labor union is an organization formed by workers in a particular trade, industry, or company to improve pay, benefits, and working conditions. …

Bus Driver

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A Labor union is an organization formed by workers in a particular trade, industry, or company to…
A Labor union is an organization formed by workers in a particular trade, industry, or company to…
Bus Driver

6 min read


Aug 2, 2020

How To Keep Difficult Bus Routes On Time

Maybe it was me, but I loved the challenge of keeping the difficult bus lines on schedule. I’d hear the horror stories from riders and other drivers and …well was kinda turned on I guess. The prospect of “taming the beast” excited me, still does 10 years later. Now As…

Bus

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3 Tricks I use to keep my bus on time
3 Tricks I use to keep my bus on time
Bus

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Jul 8, 2020

How Frontline Transit Operators Can Avoid Covid-19

As a Bus Driver You Can Feel Like A Sitting Duck. Here’s What You Can Do To Help Reduce Your Chance Of Getting Covid-19 At Work Transit Operators have always been the underappreciated heroes of the workforce. …

Bus

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How Frontline Transit Operators Can Avoid Covid-19
How Frontline Transit Operators Can Avoid Covid-19
Bus

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May 1, 2020

5 Reasons You Should Become a Transit Operator

It has now been nearly a decade since I first began working as a mass transit operator. Like many others, I struggled at first to adjust to the long hours and work requirements. …

Transportation

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5 Reasons You Should Be A Transit Operator
5 Reasons You Should Be A Transit Operator
Transportation

5 min read

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