LTD Celebrates Transit Employees on Tuesday, March 18
Lane Transit District is asking for the public’s help to show bus operators how much they’re appreciated.
Celebrated globally, March 18 is Transit Employee Appreciation Day. Community members are encouraged to give LTD bus operators a “thumbs up” or sign a banner on March 18 to show support for the work operators do every day. LTD has banners to sign at both Customer Service Centers in Eugene and Springfield.
“We continue to hire and train bus operators as part of our extensive recruitment campaign, but this is a great moment to pause and tell our existing operators how grateful we are for their continued dedication. We are so appreciative of the work they do,” said Jameson Auten, LTD’s Chief Executive Officer.
LTD has 192 bus operators, with another class of trainees starting this month. They travel 30 neighborhood (fixed) routes and two EmX routes seven days per week that span LTD’s nearly 500 square miles. Operators pick up and deliver passengers from 1,300 active bus stops, that include nine neighborhood stations, 60 EmX platforms, 200 neighborhood bus shelters, and two primary hub stations. Annually, they drive LTD’s 30 electric, 58 hybrid, and 25 renewable diesel fuel buses with passenger boardings reaching close to six million.
Information about jobs at LTD is available online.