Episode 1
Transit Unplugged Transit News Minute for September 1st, 2023
A quick minute of transit news from Paul Comfort. This week Paul covers the Boston MBTA's new plan to attract new drivers. In the first month they've seen more than a 350% increase in applications.
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Transcript
That month, the agency announced it would eliminate A probationary like period, the Boston Globe reported that required new hires to work part time for their first three to six months. Now they could be hired full time right away. Additionally, the MBTA raised their starting bus operator pay from $21.21 per hour to now $30 an hour for new hires, and that's led to a surge in job applications.
Between August 1st and 25th this year, the agency has seen 753 bus driver applications, that's a 356% increase over July. I'm Paul Comfort, and now you're up to date on transit industry news.
