MDOT MTA Bus Operator Training for One of the Toughest Jobs Anywhere

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
  • It takes a lot of stamina and determination to make it as an MDOT MTA bus operator. One of the keys to making it through the ten-week course is "start right-stay right." That means starting each day with the commitment to maintaining a winning attitude, and to keep that commitment strong. We salute all our bus operators for their dedication to keeping our riders safe and right on time. #mdotnews #WeAreYourMDOTMTA
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  • @melissajohnson4085
    @melissajohnson4085 2 роки тому +27

    Going through training now and I'm loving it 😊😊😊

  • @BusDriverLife
    @BusDriverLife 4 роки тому +39

    Wow..this takes me back to when I was training! Fun and scary times all at once!

    • @NusratJahan-hv4wp
      @NusratJahan-hv4wp 4 роки тому +1

      Any tips to pass the training program.currently I am taking taking the classes. It will be appreciated

    • @kwp9270
      @kwp9270 2 роки тому

      Was it your first time driving a commercial vehicle or did you have prior experience? I've been on a full size school bus for over 3 years so the transition should be kind of easy for me. The city traffic is what worries me because it was crazy just driving my car through DC.

  • @highcrimes9153
    @highcrimes9153 8 місяців тому +3

    I was working as a School Security Officer in Baltimore back in 1976 when the MTA was hiring bus operators. I went to Washington Boulevard to obtain an application during my lunch break and lo and behold, there was a line of folks around the block who had been there for hours. I then returned to my deadbeat job. Then in May of 1981, a letter from the MTA in New York City arrived to my parent's home in Brooklyn, informing me that I was being considered for the position of Bus Operator. Turns out that I had applied years before for the MTA position but a six years long freeze had been in effect and I had long forgotten about it. I was appointed Bus Operator on may 26, 1981 and retired on June 2, 2011. I also worked part-time for Academy Bus from 1997 thru 2011, doing over-the-road charter work.

  • @Pureabundance8
    @Pureabundance8 Рік тому +4

    I remember those days… God is so good.

  • @paddydaddyo
    @paddydaddyo 3 роки тому +13

    Looks like a great program, with an excellent success rate. Kudos!

  • @HattieMaeGotMoves
    @HattieMaeGotMoves 5 років тому +16

    Soo glad we missed out on these live videos..but the trainers are the best they will not steer you wrong..START RIGHT!! STAY RIGHT!!

    • @brittanyhooper620
      @brittanyhooper620 4 роки тому +1

      was the final exam hard? My Fiance' is taking the first exam before the interview

  • @Kaynos
    @Kaynos 4 роки тому +10

    Driver for 12 years in Quebec. How it works here is that they train (with instructors) for about a month (theory and practice) then they get paired with a regular driver for 10 days then they start by themselves.

  • @chrisnabiburchfield5004
    @chrisnabiburchfield5004 5 років тому +30

    That's gonna be me in a couple weeks I been waiting for this opportunity MTA for life

    • @williamlis7947
      @williamlis7947 5 років тому +1

      Good luck!! Lol

    • @Blueskyz8
      @Blueskyz8 3 роки тому

      How are you doing these days?

    • @grego5284
      @grego5284 2 роки тому +1

      I retired from Omnitrans in San Bernardino, Ca. In 2013. Get ready to be disrespected, and possibly physically assaulted. Don't think you're going to keep your Bus on schedule. And being new, guess who will get the worst routes. Have fun.😁

    • @grego5284
      @grego5284 2 роки тому

      Cities in California that you don't want to operate a transit bus. L.A., Compton, San Bernardino, Riverside, or Lynnwood. Driving in any of those cities, you're gonna need combat pay. I was safer in Nam. 😎

    • @js6103
      @js6103 2 роки тому

      Yo you got it?!

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 5 років тому +9

    Nice video, good for all those new drivers. I took an initial test to be a bus operator and failed!, it was three hour long, in maplewood NJ, an hour and a half from where i live, i think i failed on a left turn, and a passenger i didn't pick up, on a video we watched and filled in our answers that was in 9/11/17. I still want to get a job as an operator, at 50 years old, and in construction, since my youth, and self employed, I don't want to hire employees now. In NJ, you have to apply on line with a computer, you cant use a cell phone, anyway i have to try again, thanks for posting/sharing this video, i am proud of those trainee drivers, they are doing a great service!

    • @lendavidhart9710
      @lendavidhart9710 5 років тому

      NYC Tony G. I'll keep focused, let me know when you hear from them, i hope you do well with NJ Transit

  • @riseuptruth
    @riseuptruth 2 роки тому +4

    Congratulations to 2018 I just applied can’t wait to start my training 2022 let’s go Metro

  • @Mytime153
    @Mytime153 5 років тому +5

    I'll be starting my job like this very soon.

  • @fly89
    @fly89 4 роки тому +3

    darn this is nice. you have such a big field to train those things. My training: 6 weeks theory, half an hour driving in the depot, then trainer tells you to go to the road. such a pressure before even you know how the brake really works out. (only walking pace in the depot).

  • @peponpepon245
    @peponpepon245 3 роки тому

    Awesome!!!! Proud moment for sure

  • @Thamsdwolfnycofficial_8420
    @Thamsdwolfnycofficial_8420 4 роки тому +3

    Very interesting to know about MTA in Maryland

  • @Steve-vl5mg
    @Steve-vl5mg 4 роки тому +3

    When I got hired by SEPTA in 1978 there was NO C.D.L. you just checked off class 3 for change of your regular license and that was that ..then we had a total of 3 weeks of training ...now they have 11 WOW ...

  • @seanm935
    @seanm935 Рік тому

    I’m currently in training with Septa which is the mass transit company here in Philly. Training program is damn near identical to what I’m going through right now. Can’t wait to hit the road and start picking up people 👍🏾👍🏾

  • @thatbusdriverguy4182
    @thatbusdriverguy4182 2 роки тому +1

    Respect to bus drivers, like to way you guys train. We have similar but I see a of differences. We have a lot more training on the road.

  • @kishoredasongs3444
    @kishoredasongs3444 4 роки тому

    I work at cdta upstate ny , albany schenectady for 12yrs now ,, won safety award 7 times and won the rodeo competition 5 times ,,, ist place second and third numerous times... To the new class its fun ,, most of all be safe and congratulations

  • @terawattz
    @terawattz 4 роки тому +3

    as a london night bus driver myself,this was very interesting to watch,we had a module 4 test wich is one hour of show me tell me what you would do.london roads are much smaller than yours and we drive double deckers as well as single deckers

  • @kbledson1
    @kbledson1 5 років тому +9

    That was very cool that going to be me some day

    • @nacatamal71
      @nacatamal71 4 роки тому +1

      AM A NYCTA-MTA BUS OPERATOR FOR 20YRS ,, CAME IN THE JOB WHEN I WAS ONLY 28YRS OLD... LONG JURNEY ...NYC IS NOT EASY

  • @Steve-vl5mg
    @Steve-vl5mg 3 роки тому +1

    Drove public transit in the late 1970's Got 3 weeks of training, then reality struck and it was not pretty. WORN OUT Equipment was an understatement. 1st gear ONLY 15 MPH on the Expressway. NO A/C NO HEAT BALD TIRES ANGRY PASSENGERS ..Yeah FUN!

  • @sandeew.544
    @sandeew.544 4 роки тому +3

    Your training seems awesome!

  • @calvinsmith5119
    @calvinsmith5119 3 роки тому +1

    I'm going through my training now with the northern kentucky transit authority. Getting used to driving a big vehicle again last I drove a school bus was six years ago and a city bus 13 years ago. Getting back at it yeah it's a little bit scary and a little nervous but I'm here to see it through to the end for my future family

  • @psm23formeethel17
    @psm23formeethel17 2 роки тому

    kudos to all graduates and God Bless!!!!

  • @GODFIRST43
    @GODFIRST43 8 місяців тому

    Great achievement ❤

  • @FatVapez
    @FatVapez Рік тому +1

    Half of this we didnt even do in training such as night driving. You got that while being in service lol especially as a list driver just being thrown onto a route and the dispatchers might as well tell you good luck

  • @deanthonyhenderson5852
    @deanthonyhenderson5852 3 роки тому +1

    This video give me the chills they testing them like they’re joining the United States marines from the look of it

  • @markcaldwell2831
    @markcaldwell2831 4 роки тому +2

    I see they're all trained very well out there with far better testing than what goes on here in the UK which is sub-standard at best but luckily for me I learned to drive a bus in the Netherlands and I have so much pride in my driving cause here in the UK they're all completely clueless.

  • @nsans2893
    @nsans2893 4 роки тому +9

    All public transit companies have a hard time keeping drivers it's a very stressful job they're always in need of drivers I've been a bus driver for 20 years and if I had to do it over again I would definitely take a different path

    • @mosthatedny2243
      @mosthatedny2243 3 роки тому

      Why I’m starting soon ?

    • @r.d.9399
      @r.d.9399 3 роки тому +1

      The pay should be higher for sure. That would help attracting high quality drivers

    • @mosthatedny2243
      @mosthatedny2243 3 роки тому +1

      @@r.d.9399 in ny top pay is 35

    • @Berta6742
      @Berta6742 3 роки тому +2

      My hat is off to all the bus drivers who have the ability to deal with the public both on the bus and drivers in traffic. I drove for just short of 43 yrs and received awards from the company and police depts for situations with the public. I wish you all the pride of contributing to public transport and safety - the bus operation is about half the task the riders are the rest. Roberta

    • @mosthatedny2243
      @mosthatedny2243 3 роки тому +1

      @carfreelifeforme word I would love to move to Maryland

  • @maldo72
    @maldo72 5 років тому +22

    Wow... nyc mta only gives 7days of training all on the city streets ...(that's before the cdl test ) if u pass everything ... u get dropped into a depo for 4 weeks of line training..( to learn the routes) that's it..... 1 year probation... most dont even make the 7 day training and even more dont make it though the year probation

    • @fw3nyc
      @fw3nyc 5 років тому +2

      Lol I been on my own 2yrs now and Maryland seems to be more in depth as to what we had to go thru lol smh

    • @RealTalk309
      @RealTalk309 5 років тому +1

      I’m on the nyc mta waiting list this was tough to read

    • @BorntobeWild.
      @BorntobeWild. 5 років тому

      Is the training paid?

    • @BorntobeWild.
      @BorntobeWild. 5 років тому

      @slim canseco thanks

    • @nacatamal71
      @nacatamal71 4 роки тому +1

      AM WITH NYCTA BUSES ALREADY 20YRS + SAME DEPOT

  • @nationalchampions
    @nationalchampions 3 роки тому

    I graduated in 2018 as well in Kentucky.

  • @djsjsnsisnsisnsjs8107
    @djsjsnsisnsisnsjs8107 2 роки тому +1

    Cant wait til I be 21 so I can apply . I already have my permit

  • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624

    Real stories from today's and tomorrow's future bus operators. : )

  • @pedrolopez-lc7kf
    @pedrolopez-lc7kf 5 років тому +8

    Congrats guys. Im looking for someone to train me now.

  • @rossmunro1381
    @rossmunro1381 Рік тому

    Great video and the training that is required to be be a bus operator…retired TTC operator.

  • @mfb6310
    @mfb6310 2 роки тому +1

    I just got my CDL BP w/A - it's a happy moment, for sure, right?:

  • @paulcastillo9323
    @paulcastillo9323 3 роки тому

    I used to be a bus operator ladot dash bus back in 2006to2008

  • @ianburnett7333
    @ianburnett7333 3 роки тому

    Totally different from when I took PSV test in 1978.

  • @CC-pc6fz
    @CC-pc6fz 2 роки тому

    That's was my friend Mr. Wheeler, I miss him

  • @bothompson6317
    @bothompson6317 4 роки тому +2

    I want to learn to do this but I so scared to try

  • @pablocruise678
    @pablocruise678 3 роки тому

    No, as a Vegas driver, it’s SAFETY!!!

  • @paulcastillo9323
    @paulcastillo9323 3 роки тому

    I know it's like going to the training process

  • @johnslyfield5096
    @johnslyfield5096 Рік тому +1

    Nobody passed (or failed) the cdl test on their second attempt!

  • @theprodigal7143
    @theprodigal7143 Рік тому +1

    Does anyone do deadlines for lower back strength?
    Is drinking sufficient water for health a liability to be a bus driver due to having to urinate? Thanks

  • @Goddess__here
    @Goddess__here 4 роки тому

    can anyone give me any advice for taking the civil service exam? I have no clue what to even study or expect :(

  • @mrjohn5650
    @mrjohn5650 Рік тому

    Godbless

  • @LuckyCharms777
    @LuckyCharms777 Рік тому +1

    No, the customer isn’t first, safety is.

  • @deecrawfordsr9854
    @deecrawfordsr9854 7 місяців тому

    Halfway through now

  • @chronictwister
    @chronictwister 4 роки тому +2

    I wonder if the training, written test, and road tests are required if you already have a CDL

    • @BROOKLYNSHOWTIME
      @BROOKLYNSHOWTIME 3 роки тому +2

      Yes u don't have to take the dmv road test, but u do take mta test

  • @JohnMChew
    @JohnMChew 26 днів тому

    I want to see if my manager can send me there to learn how to be a trainer. I got my license last year. I grew up in Maryland

  • @shemondturner1783
    @shemondturner1783 5 років тому +1

    somebody let me know if we have the bus training academy like that in Dallas somewhere in Texas close by

    • @adape0884frank
      @adape0884frank 5 років тому

      Try Houston it is completely different.

  • @gfujigo
    @gfujigo 3 роки тому

    Seems like a fun retirement career.

  • @MidnightsLive
    @MidnightsLive 2 роки тому

    Was that the air break test she was reciting

  • @DONTXCRASH
    @DONTXCRASH Рік тому

    Watching this video is funny cuz I’m thinking about doing this and I ride the bus and someone in this video is one of my drivers she a good driver and getting that bag

    • @robleeg
      @robleeg Рік тому

      Lord this takes me back. I got my CDL in 2019 though. I went from city bus to motor coach like greyhound. Im holding a CDL CLASS A PERMIT now. Finna drive them 18 wheelers

  • @JB-xl4zg
    @JB-xl4zg Рік тому

    Is Sheldon Battle and Monique Battle related?

  • @jamesfrench7299
    @jamesfrench7299 2 роки тому +3

    Looks like this comprehensive training programme is mainly for appearances.
    The.actual job day to day will feel far removed from the theory. It's actually quite mind numbing and a dead end job for most. I did it for six years only because I was always fascinated with the mechanicals of the bus and derived endless pleasure and fascination from the engine and gearbox. The passengers I didn't care for, which is probably why I attracted phone complaints on the regular, which management couldn't act on unless they wrote in as well.
    You can't win with the public. There is a lot of hate out there and they don't want friendly interaction with you but get upset if you don't try anyway. It's all about petty feeling of power they crave for some twisted selfish reason. This planet is disgusting

  • @mtar211boi6
    @mtar211boi6 2 роки тому

    I Thought u said nyct

  • @Cherich1
    @Cherich1 2 роки тому +1

    I was gonna apply but 10 weeks with low pay that's to long.

    • @shawndorsett13
      @shawndorsett13 2 роки тому

      your name says it all spoiledhustla to get something you dont have you have to give something that you have remember that

  • @franciscoyanez3010
    @franciscoyanez3010 3 роки тому

    I am a Chilean citizen, a bus driver for 25 years, help me, give me guidelines to become your colleague and friend, I just need a chance, thank you, I hope you read this.

  • @westwasbest
    @westwasbest 3 місяці тому

    Serious question, and I got to ask, why is every single driver black? No white people want to drive a bus? Anyway, great film congratulations to all of them hope they stay safe out there

  • @drewp6698
    @drewp6698 Рік тому +1

    Does it seem odd to anybody else that everybody in this video was black? I am certainly not racist in any way, but I didn't see any Hispanics, Europeans, Asians, Islanders, or anything else. I thought there might have been one Asian fellow in the go team circle they did at the end, but I couldn't tell for sure, because I could only see the back of his head. I know D.C. does have a high percentage black population, but even considering that it still seemed a little odd to me. I'm not sure what to make of it.
    Full disclosure I work for a transit agency in another large city, and the agency I work for is very diverse. I'd say they do a pretty decent job with their hiring of reflecting the demographics of the community here. Personally I love working, and building relationships with a wide diversity of people.

    • @DONTXCRASH
      @DONTXCRASH Рік тому +1

      Baltimore isn’t a diverse city like LA, NY, Chicago or even Philly, or MIA. Bunch of blacks and whites with a sprinkle of the other stuff

    • @LuckyCharms777
      @LuckyCharms777 Рік тому

      @@DONTXCRASH
      Nah, they’re probably ray cyst in who they’re hiring. Happens all the time with minorities, even though they’re the majority there.

    • @LuckyCharms777
      @LuckyCharms777 Рік тому

      Yep, I noticed it too. If it was the other way around there’d be lawsuits.😅

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 2 місяці тому

      It's definitely not racism. I'm black and worked as a recruiter for several years for a major transit agency, and 90% of the applicants were African American because the city was like 70% African American and the passengers who rode the bus were like 90% African American from low income areas who often had issues. The few whites that applied and most were hired lasted only months if that because they were assigned the worst routes at night in the high crime neighborhoods because they had low seniority. And with starting pay at only $17 an hour they didn't think it was worth it. Most African Americans however stuck it out at least for a couple of years.

    • @Ihavetocorrectyou
      @Ihavetocorrectyou Місяць тому

      ​@@LuckyCharms777They don't apply. They're terrified to go through the city

  • @raymondcaruso507
    @raymondcaruso507 6 місяців тому +3

    Transit bus operators please stop wearing ball caps it looks very unprofessional and dorky. Go back to the service caps. They look so much more professional.

  • @palpal6798
    @palpal6798 3 роки тому

    Where are the Latinos??? Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @williamlis7947
    @williamlis7947 5 років тому +9

    Not one white person, lol.

    • @johnmatthews3990
      @johnmatthews3990 5 років тому +1

      I noticed that as well.

    • @jamespace6719
      @jamespace6719 5 років тому +11

      Get y'all racist ass off this video with that Trump shit

    • @williamlis7947
      @williamlis7947 5 років тому

      @@jamespace6719 fuck u

    • @ytjhhh
      @ytjhhh 5 років тому +2

      Because you don't like to work, spend time on UA-cam looking for white people in a video

    • @williamlis7947
      @williamlis7947 5 років тому +1

      Smell my fart

  • @LuckyCharms777
    @LuckyCharms777 Рік тому

    So much for diversity. 🤦‍♂️

    • @Ihavetocorrectyou
      @Ihavetocorrectyou Місяць тому

      Baltimore isn't a diverse city.

    • @LuckyCharms777
      @LuckyCharms777 Місяць тому

      @@Ihavetocorrectyou
      Doesn’t matter, they can recruit from outside Baltimore just like police and fire departments do. If organizations have quotas for buhlaks and women employees, then they need to have quotas for other people too.

  • @MatthewSmith-uf6tr
    @MatthewSmith-uf6tr 4 роки тому +1

    Where are the white people lol????

    • @drewp6698
      @drewp6698 Рік тому +1

      @for the love of God Demographics? So, are you telling me that the demographics in D.C. are nearly 100% black?

  • @tunesc2507
    @tunesc2507 3 роки тому

    No I've heard it from too many black operators.say they were given the answer s to the test for driving bus during the interview I heard white bus driver operator say they had to pass the test.... that's racist!

  • @phillyguy2157
    @phillyguy2157 3 роки тому +1

    The MTA Maryland bus system is incompetent!!! These buses don't show up on it's schedule!! This video is a fake! It's trying to portray the MTA as some elite service!
    James Lewis the deputy director is a token and is too old for that position and should be removed!!

  • @phillyguy2157
    @phillyguy2157 4 роки тому

    Unfortunately the MTA in Baltimore is awful!! The buses don't show up upon its own schedule. Baltimore have very awful culture and it permeates citywide!! The MTA buses in Baltimore sucks!! The buses are absent and don't show up and you will wait over an hour for a city bus!! This video is just a cartoon! Full of crap!