All hourly bus routes (Columbia/Territorial, Fort Custer/VA, and SW Capital) will continue to operate every hour, except for the VA Express, which will only run at 5:45 a.m.BCT fixed-route (bus) service will operate Monday-Friday, 5:15 a.m.-6:45 p.m., but there will be no service from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.In order to maintain service throughout our fixed-route service area, the following additional adjustments to BCT’s fixed-route service schedule, affecting route frequency and/or vehicle type, will be in place, as of Monday, Aug. Of those agencies, 71 percent have had to make similar service cuts or delay service increases because of this driver shortage. Nationwide, 92 percent of transit agencies report having difficulty hiring drivers, with bus drivers being the most difficult to fill. It is important to note that this isn’t a problem unique to BCT. 7.ĭespite ongoing efforts to hire new CDL drivers, BCT is currently facing the most significant shortage of drivers that the agency has experienced in its history – drivers must have a Commercial Driver’s License to operate our large buses. BCT to make additional adjustments to fixed-route service as of August 7īattle Creek Transit will make additional adjustments to its fixed-route (bus) service, in response to continued driver shortages, starting this coming Monday, Aug.
