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BlueBird44
Top Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/10/2001 : 10:36:30 AM
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Does your bus yard have a office. If so do they have a place were the drivers can go and sit between routes and watch T.V or relax and get food or anything? If they don't would you like this in your bus yard?
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wagonmaster
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2001 : 1:34:51 PM
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We don't have TV's (no one would agree on a channel-LOL), but we do have an air conditioned drivers room at every compound and an outside covered pavillion with pic-nik tables where they can smoke. (Can't smoke anywhere on school district property-indoors).
Joe
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Bus Boy 39
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 07/11/2001 : 05:22:23 AM
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Back at the bus garage, there's a office. They also have vending machines for the drivers, but no lounge.
"Blue Birds For Ever!" |
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BusBoss
Senior Member
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Posted - 08/08/2001 : 05:52:55 AM
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My drivers and bus monitors have two lounges. One is for the card players and the other for the soap opera watchers. Each lounge has a computer w/internet connection and a color TV and VCR. They share a refrigerator and microwave. I recently terminate smoking privileges in the building.
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Bus Boy 39
Top Member
USA
1315 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2001 : 06:37:58 AM
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In the morning when the drivers are done doing there secondary runs, they'll park in front of the middle school and go into the teachers lounge for breakfast and to talk. NO SMOKING though!
Some of the driver may pull in front of the high school and go on each other's buses and talk.
"Blue Birds Rule!" |
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Ricky
Advanced Member
USA
352 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2001 : 4:21:33 PM
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Our bus shop has 3 offices: 1 for the transportation supervisor, 1 for the shop foreman and 1 for the secretary. We don't have a lounge or anything. There is an open area in the garage in between the 3 offices that we can sit and visit, but that is about all. We can buy a coke, a candy bar or have coffee, but there is no TV or radio.
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largebus
Advanced Member
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2001 : 08:59:04 AM
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Our district has a good sized breakroom, the drivers even get their own mailboxes. There is a lot of office space, for the head bus driver, director, secretaries, trainer, safety director and head mechanic.
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Pusher2
Active Member
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Posted - 08/24/2001 : 8:06:33 PM
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We have a drivers area with all the vending machines. Sandwich, Pop, candy...etc. the Food machine is really liked and used it has everything pizza, hamburgers, hot pockets, pot pies...etc. Anything basically that is microwaveable. The drivers area is in the same building the offices are our building used to be a car dealership its a pretty big place. We have a main garage a wash bay. we have a fuel pump on site. and a large paking lot. OH and yes we have a t.v. with cable.
DRIVE SAFELY!!
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largebus
Advanced Member
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2001 : 08:32:10 AM
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Do bus drivers get their own lockers or mailboxes in the lounge? Is their an office reserved for the Head Bus Driver (if there is such a position)
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Pusher2
Active Member
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Posted - 08/25/2001 : 11:11:14 AM
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Do bus drivers get their own lockers or mailboxes in the lounge?
Yes we have mailboxes for the drivers and monitors. We don't have a "head busdriver" Do you? Please if so tell me about it. Might be something worth looking into at our lot.
Thanks, Pusher2
DRIVE SAFELY!!
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largebus
Advanced Member
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2001 : 11:43:46 AM
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Yes our district does have a Head Bus Driver and an Assistant Head Bus Driver. They are responsible for a number of things, including writing out directions for the drivers, handling parent complaints (a shared job), acting as supervisers and from what I understand making other decisons. This a very important job at our system.
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largebus
Advanced Member
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2001 : 7:16:26 PM
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Are the offices well equipped with all the supplies and technology neccessary? How large is the office staff? Is it air conditioned?
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BusBoy
Top Member
USA
2042 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2001 : 1:08:58 PM
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Indianapolis Public Schools Transportation Center is an old Coca Cola plant, located just east of downtown. They have alot of room there and their lounge area is huge! They have about 270 buses at this location and also have two other transportation centers that have 200 buses at each location.
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BusBoy
Top Member
USA
2042 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2001 : 2:03:23 PM
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I also forgot to mention that Indianapolis also has a contractor service through First Student and they have about 300 Routes!
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largebus
Advanced Member
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2001 : 3:03:12 PM
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We have a conference room also, plus the building custodian's office, training room and bathrooms. The offices are air conditioned, yet for some reason the driver's room is not. I'm sure there's no cable TV. You guys deserve luxury!
"If it's long, wide and high with wheels it's a bus. If it's yellow with black stripes it's a school bus" |
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kd4jfd
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2001 : 3:55:49 PM
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My district's bus shop has a room with 2 bathrooms (1 each gender) that are shared with the maintenance and admin personnel. The room has A/C, a dry erase board, a bulletin board, and each driver has a clipboard. There is also a table and chairs. The room holds about 10 people comfortably, so meetings are held in the shop bay or the local civic center.
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newbeetlebugblue2000
Advanced Member
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2001 : 04:51:35 AM
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We have a very small office that only the bus mechanic uses. Our district has a estimated amount of 25 buses, and we only have one mechanic. And only he uses the office. As for between the routes, in our district, the drivers must wait inside their bus.
Ryan Lane
NewBeetleBugBlue2000@yahoo.com
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MamaLoca
Advanced Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2001 : 10:14:34 AM
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We have a lounge area with vending machines shared with the School Administration offices next door on one side and the shop on the other side. We see everyone from the Superintendant of Schools to the secretaries and mechanics in to grab pop and candy.
We all have a cubby type box for notes and such. Our Supervisor, the secretaries the mechanics and Head Bus Driver/Trainer have their own offices as well.
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to.
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skoolbus guy
Senior Member
Canada
160 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2001 : 11:26:10 AM
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Our bus Depot Is rather small. We have a fleet of over 100 buses. the depot consists of: 4 bus bays (1 with a pit), office, small lounge (1 big table, coffee maker, candy machine, fridge, microwave,and cupboards), 1 bathroom, and our parts room. The depot's decor is from the 70's!! and desperatly has to be modernized!
Jordan.
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