CA: New North County Transportation Situation

The North County Transit District has announced a new firm, MV Transportation, will operate and maintain its regular bus routes, paratransit, and special transportation services. The contact includes the hiring, training, and employment of bus drivers.

This may come as good news to many North County bus riders and the 300 drivers for the district’s Breeze, Lift, and Flex buses, who’ve become weary of the current operational firm, First Transit. It was in 2010 that the transit district first privatized its buses and drivers by awarding an operational contract to First Transit.

Following the privatization, bus riders and drivers claimed new hires would not be trained properly, fares would go up, and the for-profit company would lower drivers’ wages.

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