Day In The Life Of A City Bus Driver | Afternoon Shift
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2021
- Follow a transit bus driver to see how a shift goes.
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Riding buses makes you a better bus driver, especially if you ride buses that are from a different company than you work for, it's important to never get to far away from knowing what it's like to be a passenger who is relying on transit.
Dont forget about bed bugs with those cloth seats
I quit my job as a development director at the company where I worked for 12 years to become a bus driver, my family doesn't seem to fully understand my decision but they support me. Something in me snapped on my 40th birthday and I decided I didn't want to sit behind a desk anymore.
How do you like it so far?
Excellent video(s)! I just wanted to say that your day in the life videos inspired me when I was first looking into transit operator jobs, and now I am training with Gainesville RTS in Florida with my CDL test coming up in a couple weeks. Thank you for the content.
Thank you so much and congrats!!
Taking the bus to go drive a bus is kinda like pilots flying as a passenger to go fly a plane (it’s called deadheading. Or commuting, if you don’t live at your base city)
Exactly!
Love these vids , got such a great vibe . It's fun even though a lot of us drive ad well . You do a great job presenting the job to non drivers.
I like your sound tracks, too. Summer in Sacto! Met my Dad in Sacto driving from Oregon to San Diego. Had to be 108° F and 90% humidity. He worked on P. Street, I think. Missed you, hope all is OK.
Thanks...i'm a musician so I love to pick out music for videos. Unfortunately it has to be royalty free due to copyright rules. It was about 100 degrees out today actually. I'm doing well and I hope you are too. Always great to hear from you!
In Liverpool, UK. We take a shuttle van to our change over point. Then the driver we're relieving takes the van back to the depot.
You need to make Bus Life “He Ain’t Lyin” shirts 😂
We have a smaller operation. We always sign in at the yard and then take a bus and go start our route or take a pool car and meet the bus on route.
riden the sacramento county transit used them alot when i went to sac town job corps thanks for the rides
Great video Keywan always love seeing what other bus drivers do in many respects its much the same as my companies way of working...
You're a fun nice guy, I bet you're great to ride the bus with! Stay safe out there!
Thank you!
This guy just makes my day! Awesome!
Thanks so much!!!
That’s wild that you take a relief bus. We have relief cars that are at are designated yards that we sign out and take us from point a to point b and whoever we are relieving hops in and drives the car back to point a and turns it in
I love this channel...my hometown ❤ thanks for representing Sacramento and our job in a positive and informative light..us bus drivers do care!!
I appreciate that! I'm doing my best to share our stories..good and bad while having some fun!
Definitely agree!!
Great video Keywan. Good to see what it’s like for you in America.
Thanks!! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
All our runs are pull out and pull ins.
I watched a couple of your videos. And you ain't lying about all of what you say, lol! Especially with how people who are looking for where a place is, and will put their phone in front of you when you're driving. I drive for NJ Transit in Hudson County, and we have the NABI 40 SFW buses, which are about to be retired soon. Rumor is, we are suppose to get New Flyer low floor buses.
Thanks for video 👍
Thank you for your service bus operator Keywan.
I appreciate that!!
In Australia 🇦🇺 we change over, we would take company car to the certain point to relieve the other driver.
So do we in canada, its way better
I work for the RTA on the west side of Cleveland Ohio, we use our rapid transit train system to get to our relief points.
After driving a bus, bus videos and Keywan definitely keep me from snapping out, like that other bus driver. Lmao.
Glad I could help!! Lol. It gets rough out here! 🤣
Great video! I drive for Unitrans across the Causeway in Davis; it's great to see what it's like to drive for SacRT.
Thanks for watching! I remember seeing the Unitrans buses when I drove for Yolo!
@@BusDriverLife That's so cool! Yolobus is actually temporarily taking over three of our lines in the Fall because we have a pretty big driver shortage (we're all students at UC Davis, so not many have been around to be hired during the pandemic). Definitely try to ride one of our vintage London double decker buses if you haven't already; there's really nothing else like them :)
@@BayAreaTransitNews I definitely want to ride one of the double deckers! I’m going to try to do that!
UGHHH that dirt grime on the middle of the windshield on those orions,thought it was just a New York City thing
It is annoying!
I like watching your videos. Really like seeing the comments. Found your channel after I started driving city bus 3 months ago . Where I work we don't take the bus to relieve another driver but will hop it to get back to the garage.
Thanks so much for watching!
In Orlando we have a fleet of vans that we drive to go to your relief point. The driver being relieved takes the vehicle back.
@@micahgreene4573 We have cars that are used like that as well sometimes but they choose to utilize the light rail system to get us to relief points..I’m guessing because most of them are at light rail stations but that causes delays sometimes.
@@BusDriverLife love your take on our life. Lynx driver in Orlando. You are so spot on. I died laughing about the person being late because you kept stopping at time points.
A ruff estimate of a trips you do a day
I’ll be doing some videos where I break down more details of my daily schedule very soon! On this day I did 3 round trips..each way takes about an hour.
What happens if you're late to your relief point Batman?
To anyone thinking about driving their personal car to their relief point, very bad idea. Parking may not be beneficial and you still have to bring that bus back into the garage or yard.
It's rough that you have to go from a night shift to a day shift but you're a tough professional operator! Excellent video!!
Thanks! If we get there late because of the bus we are fine. We would only get a miss out if it’s in our personal vehicle or if we miss the scheduled bus that is on our paddle.
I'm currently employed at Transit Authority River City (Tarc) in Kentucky and there's an current coworker of mine named Terry moving to Sacramento, California in September. You could cross paths with him in the near future he said he plans on continuing his driving career in Sacramento.
That’s cool!
Here in Orange County, CA drivers usually use relief cars instead of taking scheduled buses
Yeah my last job was the same way. We used cars. We do have them (relief cars) but they aren’t used as much.
We do the same, but were a small operation .
Same here golden empire transit does the same thing they use relief cars to get to there relief points so they don’t have to wait long for a bus to take them
NICE! It was recorded on my birfday. Birfday? Birthday!
that looks like a tough turn to make. can you make a video explaining some of the training you get to make sure you make that turn correctly and some other stuff regarding your training? thanks, very informative videos.
When I turn I usually turn when I pass the passenger doors. Some Turks are tight so I put my tire on the other lane, makes people mad but they have to respect you since we do make wider turns and we usually have a sticker on the back saying that. Some turns are tight and some aren’t but when making right turns, in Texas you can have your tire on the lane that’s not used for turning to black other drivers from turning right because they can get inside the turning radius and blind spot causing you to hit them.
2008 Orion....any idea what model number it is? We had Orion V's which as I said previously are my favorite bus of all time that I've driven, but in ours out buttons, steering wheel and even mirrors were completely different, we were also high floors so stairway in front, rather than low floor. We mostly operate low floor gilligs now though. On our old Orion V's the lift was rear door as well.
Also plastic seats are the best, you don't want the bus to be too comfortable. :P
Drive a jetvac truck and sometimes think about trying out metro. Don't understand why they dont block off the driver from the passengers. Its dangerous for other passengers to have psycho passengers distract the driver.
We just got in those new fair boxes. It just sucks they only take perfectly straight bills.
So true! They waste a lot of time!!
We have changeover cars to assist us when relieving other drivers. I think there would be a riot if some of the drivers had to walk 🤣
Yes, do not stick it in our face! Wait until we are stopped at a bus stop or something!
There is construction everywhere lately. I guess it's a good thing to see improvements around. We had to do a detour similar to this a few months ago where the traffic would back up. It was hell!
See that’s the horrible thing about detours…everyone else is using it too!! Lol. We do have cars but they don’t use them as much. I enjoy a little walk when the weather is nice…otherwise it’s awful especially in the rain!
@@BusDriverLife Oh yeah definitely!
August 13 is my birthday and it’s coming up
Cab should be sealed off so that no one can mess with the driver when the bus is moving. In China a passenger messed with the driver as the bus was driving over a bridge and the bus went off the bridge!
How do you remember the route . ?? Can you explain please . ? Awesome content tho !
Ok first of all....that WAS a tent ⛺ and then you used your head in the video to cover it up....🤪 second of all I have family in Milwaukee WI and I lived there for about a year 🙃 and 3rd of all...thank you for the laughs GOD bless you 🙏
Too funny and true
That's crazy
Good video Keywan. Just curious what’s your companies policy for idling the bus in summer time for air conditioning?
We are allowed to keep the buses running. If the temperature goes above 100 degrees we allow passengers onboard during our break so they can get some air.
OMG!
Friday, August 13th, 2021!?!?
That was the day (evening) I had that shooting on my coach on the route 23.
Happened on the outbound Eastbound El Camino at Howe Ave.
Block 2308 on vouch 2885 at 8:10pm.
That messed me up for awhile because I never had or even imagined something like that happening to me.
I had to take 2 months off to try to set my head straight if I still wanted to continue this as a career.
I was only with RT for 14 months after coming over from Yolo.
For what's worth, I'm still here after 3 ½ years.
Wow!! I heard about that!! I was out there doing the 23 that same evening but I pulled in before the shooting..somewhere around 7pm. I’m glad you are doing better! I know that was traumatic!!
@BusDriverLife
Thanks man!
I still sometimes get flashbacks whenever two passengers start arguing in the doorway, that's what set that off.
Do you guys have split shifts at your department where I’m from? We have split shifts work about four hours then offer three or four then back on how do you guys are like that
We used to have 2006 Orion vii buses and they were always breaking down and it was so weird but we have better buses
Do y’all still have the 2006 and 2008 Orion vii
How do you take a lunch an use the bathroom??
Love your videos. I want to know how you deal with really unstable people. I've had knives, syringes etc pulled on me. Threats, nasty vulgar language etc...how do you managed
It’s really case by case. I just try to stay calm so I can make the best decision. I think a driver should always call for help so your supervisors know what’s going on with you.
3:30😅😅
You still work here in Sacramento?
Do bus drivers get free public transport in Sacramento? Also do your buses have AC?
Yes and yes!
Nice
Who even rides a bus anymore? There is tons of people with no cars but yet i see no one riding buses, so how do those people get around?
Hi
Can u do a vid driving your bus?
I will need someone to film me. I can’t personally set up a camera in the driver area unfortunately.
Are you on the clock from the time you report to that first bus in your car, or only when you take over from the other driver on your bus? Edit: ah, later in the video, sounds like from when you are at the first bus stop
Yup..on the clock at the bus stop.
Do your buses have phone chargers? My battery is not great so when I started taking public transportation it’s difficult. But I also could understand if maybe it’s a problem if homeless people would just sit on the bus all day charging their phone. But maybe if you had to pay $.10 to charge it for a little bit it could be there if needed without being overly used.
How long is your line from point A to B, and how many trips do you usually make in your day? 😊
I’ll talk about those details in a future video. Great questions!! Thanks for watching!
I’m a bus driver in France, and your videos are very nice. Even though I have ever lived in the US, thanks to you, I’m learning a lot of things about this job there, especially all the differences between both countries ☺️
What are the numbers that said "2304" on the passenger side of the bus? I'm curious cause we don't have those at the company I work at.
It’s the block number..it’s basically the schedule that I’m running. I didn’t have that either at the last transit company I worked for.
@@BusDriverLife Ohh ok
Hi I'm from Milwaukee Wisconsin born and raise.
Nice!!
I wonder do y'all bus operators pick the bus you want when y'all first start working?
Normally no..a bus is assigned to us. Could be different at some agencies though!
Hey Bus Driver Life! So how do bus operators that are relieving a bus operator clock in?
I'm not sure how it works at other transit agencies but in where I work, you report to the depot or district to clock in your scheduled starting time. Once you clock in, you have to go to your scheduled relief point. They don't give you a lot of time to get there either. You have to grab that next bus and get down there immediately. Or in my case my relief point is right outside the depot where the bus is already there waiting for me to relieve them.
We don’t have to physically clock in but if you’re not there at your relief point you don’t get paid. Also we log onto the bus once we take over.
@@BusDriverLife i totally forgot to mention that we log onto our buses too!
@@BusDriverLife ah ok! Appreciate it.
Could you compare driving a transit bus to driving a school bus. I’ve been driving a school bus for about a year now and am thinking about changing to a transit bus because I absolutely hate policing the kids. I think I’d rather deal with adults.
I’ve been wanting to make a video about this for awhile! I’m going to try to make it happen soon!
I assume bus drivers get a free transit pass? What bout other transit employees?
Bus driver life would a bus pass from a different state city bus work on a city bus in a different state
Do they not have relief cars there?
Yes but they also utilize light rail if the relief point is at a light rail station.
@@BusDriverLife ok that makes sense
@@MobileGameplayz-xz6gn I would prefer a car 100% of the time though!
@@BusDriverLife yeah I imagine so that's why I asked cause to catch a bus to drive a bus would drive me nuts. I'm in day 2 of my classroom training at my bus company here in PHX
Hi hi
Hey!!
How are you
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@@jormay522 I'm good! How are you?
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Do bus drivers have to pay to ride the bus?
In most cases..no.
Did you walk past a homeless living section? I saw a tent. So they expect females drivers to walk in that area to catch a bus at night?
Unfortunately they have a lot of homeless camps out here. It’s a huge problem.
@@BusDriverLife that's unsafe...highly.
@@Cinnmon10 I agree!
who told you It’s ohk to leave up for 4 weeks 😐
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I’m sorry. I had a lot of personal stuff going on. I’m back now! 😎
@@BusDriverLife great to hear!!
Wow i thought my companys busses were trash.. That bus is p.o.s
Shout out to Milwaukee, I’m a current mcts driver myself 🫡🫡
Nice!! My hometown!!
Dream job