Does Transit Need New Management?
So who is telling the truth?
The union representing OC Transpo bus drivers and mechanics warns the transit service is driving people away from public transit. OC Transpo has cancelled hundreds of bus trips a day due to a maintenance backlog and traffic congestion.
According to Noah Vineberg, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, there are ample drivers at this point. Mechanics are working crazy amounts of overtime and showing unbelievable dedication to get these fleets on the road. However, OC Transpo claims to be working to implement “long-term solutions” in an effort to increase the fleet through recruiting additional mechanics
Perhaps more people would take the bus if the product was better. A reliable product might actually lead people to transit.
Vineberg added that “We’re driving people away when we absolutely need to be taking people back on. We can help with congestion. All of these things are things that would have been solved with more pro-activity, planning ahead and getting ahead of the curve.”
All this begs the question is the right management in place to oversee the operational requirements of transit services?
Donna Mulvihill is a community activist and former hospital coordinator
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If they have lots of mechanics with 15 and 20 years experience in an organization that offers pensions and they are quitting in droves, It can only be because of poor management. We have all seen it before if you being employed long enough. Most of the organization has a little bit of attrition but one unit in particular has massive attrition. And it’s always because of the manager. No other reason. Number one reason people quit organizations is because of the manager. OC transpo has an emergency on their hands. They can’t maintain the buses essential to run the system. They have to seriously look at the management that is causing these workers to quit well paying pensionable jobs and after training or corrections if necessary. They need to offer bonuses to bring back these workers and perhaps apologies too. Normally exit interviews shine the light on poor management if they are done independently of the management.
Maybe the solution are PediCabs