MN: Metro Transit Cuts Bus Service to Improve Reliability Amid Driver Shortage

    Aug. 1, 2018
    By canceling 67 trips across 40 routes for the foreseeable future — about 1 percent of the agency’s daily operations — Metro Transit can staff the rest of its other runs and dramatically reduce the number of missed trips.

    Source Star Tribune

    Metro Transit officials facing a worsening driver shortage abruptly cut bus service Tuesday in a move to stabilize service across the Twin Cities — for now.

    By canceling 67 trips across 40 routes for the foreseeable future — about 1 percent of the agency’s daily operations — Metro Transit can staff the rest of its other runs and dramatically reduce the number of missed trips, said spokesman Howie Padilla.

    The agency has operated 99 percent of its runs, he said, but fallen short of its goal of 100 percent.

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