Q&A
DOE efforts to address bus driver shortages
1:13:06
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Glenn Risbrook explains the DOE's efforts to address the bus driver shortage, working in conjunction with bus companies.
- DOE communicates regularly with bus companies to keep pressure on hiring efforts
- Discussions include potential incentives to offer new drivers
- Currently, about 150 drivers are in the hiring pipeline
- Competition from other driving jobs (e.g., Amazon, MTA) presents a challenge in recruitment
Farah Louis
1:13:06
What is DOE doing about the shortage?
Glenn Risbrook
1:13:09
In drivers, well, right now, we we we work with the bus companies.
1:13:12
We we discuss plans in a way that they do they hire in.
1:13:15
We talk with them about incentives that they can offer.
1:13:18
And we try to keep that pressure on them to try to get as many drivers as they can hire as fast as possible.
1:13:26
Currently, we have about, I think, about a 150 maybe drivers that are in the pipeline now that we're trying to clear.
Farah Louis
1:13:33
You're halfway.
Glenn Risbrook
1:13:34
Bit, but we do often communicate with the bus companies, keep the pressure on, and talk about different ways and incentives to hire bus drivers.
1:13:42
But the reality of it is that drivers have many other options and that they might drive wanna drive Amazon, and they wanna drive the MTA.
1:13:54
So that's the pressures that the bus companies are under.
1:13:57
So it's not a 100% that they can't, and they're not trying.
1:14:00
But we continue to keep the pressure on and try to have meetings with them and as often as possible to talk about different ways that they
Gale A. Brewer
1:14:07
can Maybe
Farah Louis
1:14:07
they need to put in some competitive wages.
