AGENCY TESTIMONY
Impact of the national bus driver shortage
0:21:28
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New York City schools are facing challenges due to the national bus driver shortage, which affects their ability to cover all necessary routes and provide backup drivers when needed.
- NYC is currently short about 300 bus drivers
- The shortage means there are not enough backup drivers to cover when drivers call out sick
- There are also not enough drivers to add new bus routes when needed
- While NYC has not been hit as hard as other school districts across the country, the shortage still significantly impacts operations
- This shortage contributes to the difficulty in maintaining and expanding bus services
Glenn Risbrook
0:21:28
The New York city though New York City has not been hit as hard as other school districts across the country, we do not have enough bus drivers to cover the total number of routes we would like to run.
0:21:39
We are currently about 300 bus drivers short.
0:21:43
Which means we do not have enough backup drivers to cover when drivers call out sick or when we need to add new bus routes.
0:21:51
As I mentioned, New York City Public Schools uses 52 contracted vendors to provide bus service.
