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. …

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…

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…

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! …

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

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…

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. …