New Bus Driver Training

Ride along with our bus trainees and see what it takes to operate a 40-foot bus!

[TVHouseHistorian]

I’ve been there for 9 years now, and I wouldn’t do anything else. I knew from the very beginning this was something I wanted to stick with and make work for me. In addition to being a job I enjoy coming to everyday, my overall lifestyle has gone way up. I enjoy great health benefits, a comfortable living, accrue a substantial retirement nest egg, own a home, and get to travel on my time off. Prior to coming to TriMet, I never stayed at a job more than 2 or 3 years.

[bemindful]

Annuity Pensions for all Career Transit Bus Operator's. They are Essential Front Line Workers who deserve the same respect as Police, Fire and Emergency Personnel.

[robleeg]

I remember my first time. I was so ready to drive the city bus. Now I'm upgrading to CLASS A CDL. Just got my CDL CLASS A PERMIT

[mistervacation]

Reminds me of the time I drove a bus from Sacramento to Los Angeles, it was my regular run. As we were leaving one morning a guy got on and said he need to go to Hollywood. I told him you're on the right bus we're going to Los Angeles, and took off, he started screaming NO I'm going to Hollywood, before I could explain to him, that Hollywood was just an area in Los Angeles. He jumped off the bus when I was doing 10 miles an hour, rolled around on the concrete. I stopped to see if he was all right and he just gave me the finger. I didn't think any more about it, until the next day. I was on my regular run from Sacramento to LA again, when I see this guy with a bandage head hitchhiking, holding up a sign that says Hollywood or bust. I'll say this he must have busted his head when he fell. And I always wondered if he got a ride with anybody did they tell him they are going to Los Angeles. If so he might have jumped out. This happened in April 1976 but I remember it like yesterday

[KRiver]

Driving a city bus is like driving a large shipping container around town. It's a lot at first.

[KenanTurkiye]

Interesting,
don't you all enjoy railroad
trams, trains etc are just so cool
take a ride in my ''transportation'' folder, (folder 2 in playlists) :)

[friendlytripmine]

yay! now i can hijack a bus and escape school








(im just kidding duud 😂)

[babarimtiazkhan]

Hello, brothers, I am Babar from Pakistan. I am driving Articulated Bus in Saudi Arabia (Makkah), i want to come there. What should I do.. Any one plz guide

[WarMonkeyOG]

Are these buses automatic transmission?

[eugeneteo]

its mostly the passengers that fart up your day !

[mariodiaz]

I have training soon, any tips? Anyone

[gameboy]

What the city bus companies won't tell you is that you will be picking up all the crazy, stinky, homeless, drugged up, people mad at you, kids screaming their heads off, people using their cellphones too loud, and people complaining about you and your driving on the customer complaint number all the time.
What they dont tell you is that if you're late you will get a write up and all of the time its not your fault. Unplanned events like construction, traffic, accidents, people getting hurt in or outside of your bus, people vommitting, peeing or pooping in your bus. Depending on the area, you can get robbed beaten or shot. The bus company know these dangerous areas but they keep pushing more drivers on these routes.
You will quickly learn that you are not a person you are just a number. Depending what company you work for, you may be required to work 6 or 7 days a week. Low pay, shifts drag out the life out of you. This isn't a career, its a prison sentence.

[cladarreonbattle]

Florida governor need to a law for over 50 years old to retake the driving license every three months.

[carloscaballero]

Driving is already high risk. We all know theres bad apples in society out in public. So…
General population + 40 ft + Society = sky high risk
The pay better be as good as say a newbie EMT ? 27-30 hour ?
Now EMT might be better because you have easier access to 911 services IDK its a good gig but def not for everyone

[NoName-qi]

Ddot bus Detroit got the worst training they just have you drive and yell they don't teach nothing those are the worst trainer in the world wondering why they drivers have the most accident and always hitting someone or killing people ddot is why it would be better if you had 1 trainer but you got 4 fighting each other teaching different things