Stupid ass comment. Literally there are workers who slave OT who make more than the chairmen of NYCT, LIRR, Metro North. This ain’t Goldman sachs my boy

The “tons of conductor and operator overtime” is legitimate … we actually have to out in the hours and actually work during our OT on the NYCT side. You guys are so ignorant I swear. I understand when you think MTA you simply think NYCT because you live in nyc. But the abuse is 90% of the time coming from the LIRR and Metro North. Your bus driver or train operator / train conductor is actually working for whatever OT they are getting paid.

We dont get the double pay , we aren’t even allowed to strike unlike the rail roads. Shit, check seethroughny, the salaries are public info. Top guys are always LIRR and MTA police by a long shot

As a bus driver this change is absolutely terrible

Comment wasn’t correct or funny lol

This “everyone is stealing my money and not doing their job” thing kinda getting old man. Ride an sbs bus a few times, you’ll find out what a fare enforcement agent is.

Twu 100

Pretty much taught the same thing here. 2 mirrors on the right side , convex shows your right side, and we have the mirror we place to see the rear wheel area. Also taught to cover our right side for the most part. The middle mirror inside the bus is to show the r/s as well and the space right behind the door. From my experience this set up is highly effective. Haven’t driven any RTSes so can’t speak on them.

Was taught to always check mirrors before moving and to basically live in my mirrors. If you follow what’s taught at zerega you will be safe. You’ll likely provoke a ton of ppl on here to make posts complaining about how slow bus service is but you’ll be safely operating the bus.

Tbh we have zero incentive to rush. Seems like operator in this case was rushing. We literally get overtime for anything that’s unscheduled. If we’re late to lunch or to go home all that extra time is unscheduled. And there’s 0 incentive to rush if you’re not on your lunch or go home trip.

How’s life over at Greyhound?

Lmao not gon lie I’m a decent driver but I’m just doing my job lol. But trust and believe if you made a report it will be heard. Any incident with a customer must be called in on the radio no matter what. If a drunk crackhead falls on the bus we need to call it in and not move that bus regardless if it’s rush hour and the crackhead is long gone. this is absolutely serious and WILL be taken serious. If the operator is a probie (like me) they’ll likely be fired if they didn’t self report it. Trustttt me, the operator will be taken out of customer service and will face discipline.

Tbh I don’t know. Damn near all the buses have cameras especially if it’s a bus with a blue color scheme as those are usually newer.

Now just because it’s recorded doesn’t mean the recording will be given to you (I honestly do not know as it’s above my pay grade).

I hope you’re okay, this honestly sounds terrible. I’ve closed the door on a lady before before quickly reopening it (was hidden behind a large man and came to the bus last second), mistakes happen for sure and I was remorseful but this mistaken is crazy because you def should check mirrors b4 driving off.

As a bus driver I can tell you customer complaints WILL be heard and will be looked into. Whether it’s bs reports of us not saying good morning or egregious reports such as this, this driver will have to explain himself and will likely face a suspension. As a driver I’m sorry this happened to you and stuff like this shouldn’t happen. This will be considered a 1-3 (bus / person accident). Kind of serious.

Reports on the MTA website and via the nyctbus twitter account are for sure heard and looked into. I know Reddit likes to shit on the MTA but one thing nyct division of the MTA do is listen to customer complaints. It’s really guilty until proven innocent here and this is not acceptable tbh