Wake County Faces a Shortage of Bus Drivers

3/8/2017

According to WRAL, Wake County is experiencing another shortage bus drivers. The cause of this shortage seems to be that higher paying jobs are being offered elsewhere, so bus drivers here are leaving.

To solve this problem, Wake County is hosting open houses this week. They hope to replace the 90 drivers that they are short of.

The annual salary for a bus driver in Wake County is around $30,000 a year. That is about twice the annual salary for a minimum wage job. The job also comes with health insurance and retirement benefits.

To help, Wake County will be adjusting their budget to increase driver pay. But we can help too. We can spread awareness on our social media or in person. YOU can be a bus driver too. Without enough bus drivers, routes will be canceled and will be merged with other routes, making rides longer and cramped for space. Every little bit helps.

I myself ride the bus too. So I am concerned about this issue because it could affect me and many others.

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8 Comments

Cooper link

3/8/2017 03:55:02 pm

What kind of health insurance and retirement benefits are provided?

Ashwath

3/14/2017 12:44:55 pm

I can't exactly remember now, but the full details are provided in the link.

jasmine

3/13/2017 03:21:21 am

I never knew about this problem. How long has this been going on?

Ashwath

3/14/2017 12:45:34 pm

I'm not too sure. It didn't specify in the article.

Lilly link

3/13/2017 12:40:03 pm

This is a cool issue because it impacts many students at our school. Do you think that they will have to merge routes at our school?

Ashwath

3/14/2017 12:46:31 pm

I think merging routes would be the only solution at the moment, so possibly yes.

hazen

3/14/2017 03:46:45 pm

wow, 90 bus drivers that seems like half of them. Do you know the jobs that are being offered to them?

Rivers link

3/15/2017 06:41:30 pm

I can relate to this topic. My bus ride is about two hours long and everybody on this bus sits three to a seat and sometimes four. Thank you for bringing attention to this issue!

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