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A boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'
Emma Echols, 68, gets $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver, worrying she can…
Noah Sheidlower
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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure
Taxi drivers provided alternate transport for boycotters, lowering their fares to match bus fares.
Yoonji Han
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A single mom in Ohio moved from a shelter to an apartment after switching from Lyft and Uber driving to being a full-time bus driver
Jayla, a single mom, switched from being an Uber and Lyft driver to a school bus driver for stabili…
Noah Sheidlower
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I thought I'd have to get my driver's license to move out of NYC until I visited this car-free neighborhood in Arizona
Business Insider's reporter can't drive and dreaded learning to move out of NYC. Then, she toured C…
Joey Hadden
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A Gen Xer gave up gig work with Amazon to become a full-time bus driver. He's nearly doubled his hourly income and loves the benefits.
A former Amazon Flex driver said he's making thousands of dollars more as a bus driver in the Seatt…
Noah Sheidlower
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I converted a double-decker bus into a mobile hostel with my twin and best friend. Four years later, our business is thriving.
Three friends converted a double-decker bus into a tiny house on wheels. Four years later they trav…
Saskia van Leeuwen
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The US bus driver shortage is 'throwing transit systems into crisis' as big cities struggle to find public transportation hires
Transit workers skew more than 10 years older than the average US worker, at 52.7 and 42.2 years ol…
Bethany Biron
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A Michigan 7th grader pulled off the heroic act of stopping a school bus carrying around 66 students after his bus driver lost consciousness at the wheel
The student, Dillon Reeves, told his parents that he knew what to do because he observed his bus dr…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Azmi Haroun
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8-month pregnant driver who saved students from a burning school bus said her 'mommy instincts kicked in really fast'
Imunek Williams told NBC affiliate TMJ4 News she sprang into action when she smelled smoke on the b…
Chloe Pantazi
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A couple converted a $10,000 school bus into their dream home. Now they're exploring the US while working full-time.
The couple turned a school bus into an apartment to travel the US and have driven over 7,000 miles …
Pooja Shah
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An Ohio school bus driver who went viral on TikTok for cursing at rowdy students says she 'won't take it back.'
Jackie Miller said she got angry when she thought a student on the bus sprayed perfume, which she s…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 7th grader who saved his school bus after the driver passed out was the only one not distracted by his phone, report says
While his fellow school mates were on their phones, Dillon Reeves was alert enough to notice the bu…
Sophia Ankel
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I've had a lifelong fear of driving. At 35, I'm determined to get over it and get my driver's license.
Fear of driving kept me from learning and getting my license when I was younger. But I'm determined…
Caroline Chirichella
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National Guard troops are New Mexico's newest substitute teachers. Here are 4 different ways the Guard has been deployed to ease labor shortages
National Guard Specialist Austin Alt holds open the classroom door as the next class arrives while …
Hannah Towey
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America's bus-driver 'shortage' isn't new: It's due to years of underfunding, and it's putting kids at risk.
Underfunding schools hasn't only led to a "shortage" of US bus drivers. It also means some kids are…
Stephen Owens
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I've been a school-bus driver for 28 years. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I love it.
"I've always liked my job," bus driver Pearl Cline told Insider. "Every day I get the kids to schoo…
Sarah Jackson
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I'm a school-bus driver. I love my job, but nationwide driver shortages mean I've never been more exhausted.
"There are many people who think, 'Oh, they just drive a bus,' California bus driver Ms. Andie said…
Guadalupe Gonzalez
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Pennsylvania, short of bus drivers, will mail 375,000 people with commercial-vehicle licenses to ask them to plug the gaps
Pennsylvania will mail details about qualifying as a bus driver to every commercial license holders…
Kate Duffy
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Massachusetts bus driver faces multiple charges after police say she was driving drunk while transporting a busload of students
Police concluded that Bethann Sweeney, 53, a Hingham school bus driver was under the influence afte…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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As well as 24-hour robotaxis, San Francisco now has a driverless bus service too
The Beep EV bus will run on a loop on Treasure Island and can carry 10 passengers. It doesn't have …