![]() ![]() “We did not want to lay off any of our personnel,” Mazza said this week. The company set up tents and held training classes outdoors, keeping numbers small, she said.īecause it was able to maintain training and staffing levels, Keolis was able to retain all their positions for Foothill Transit in Pomona. Long Beach Transit suspends water taxi service, shortens bus schedule amid coronavirus pandemic.No coronavirus cases reported by LA Metro as ridership dips 60%.Metrolink CEO Stephanie Wiggins to become head of LA Metro.LA Metro CEO Phillip Washington to step down in May.Free rides help Southern California bus agencies combat coronavirus.Unlike Metro and Long Beach, Keolis continued holding bus training, practicing social distancing and abiding by safety protocols, said Erika Mazza, the company’s regional vice president of operations. Instead, some were transferred into other temporary positions. In the Pomona yard, Keolis, an international corporation, hires personnel and runs operations.įoothill Transit’s Pomona operations only reduced service by 5%, so no drivers were laid off. The agency has two yards run by separate contractors. In the San Gabriel Valley and western San Bernardino County, Foothill Transit runs local and express bus service. “It looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel with people getting vaccinated (for COVID-19).” Holding steady “We are thrilled to be able to bring operators back,” Ramos said. In anticipation of a gradual ramp up in service, the agency has rehired 51 drivers, she said, and it plans on recalling another 55 bus operators into service by January 2022. In San Bernardino County, Omnitrans laid off 153 bus operators last year due to a 60% drop in ridership and reduced service, spokesperson Nicole Ramos said earlier this month. ![]()
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