Go ahead and apply, it is a thankless, underpaid job. Next time you ride the bus, think of all the responsibilities these drivers have. Think about the pay. Next time you ride the bus, thank your driver. They deserve it.  Lane Transit District is now accepting applications for the position of Bus Operator Lane Transit District is one of the most successful and highly regarded public transit systems in the nation; has received numerous national, state, and local awards for service to the community; and, for transit districts its size, is consistently ranked among the nation's leaders in the successful implementation of Bus Rapid Transit, bus ridership, and service efficiency. LTD is committed to the values of working together, taking initiative, being professional, and practicing safety. If you are interested in joining us as we endeavor to provide and improve services to all our diverse communities in ways that are sensitive and responsive to cultural differences, including accessibility for persons with disabilities, we urge you to apply for this position. | |
This position is responsible for providing excellent service to LTD’s customers. | |
The essential functions of this position include: · Safely operating any assigned transit coach, or other vehicle, on a designated route while maintaining an accurate time schedule · Providing information about Lane Transit District’s services, bus schedules, and routes · Following State and Federal motor vehicle regulations and Lane Transit District policies and procedures · Monitoring and collecting fares and checking passes · Announcing designated stops in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Lane Transit District’s procedures · Communicating with other Lane Transit District employees regarding accidents, equipment or operational problems, situations involving customers or the general public, or any other situation requiring attention or assistance · Interacting with customers and the general public in a courteous and professional manner | |
Qualification requirements for this position include the ability to: · Obtain and maintain a valid Oregon Commercial Driver’s License, including passenger and air brake endorsements, and a valid DOT medical card · Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public and other Lane Transit District employees · Learn Lane Transit District’s routes and schedules, including learning the general geographic layout of the service area · Meet the position performance standards · Provide a five-year driving history and record acceptable to the District’s insurance carrier | |
Physical Demands for this position include the ability to: · Sit and operate a bus for long periods with few breaks · Turn side-to-side and reach overhead with a push/pull force of 40 pounds · Lift up to 30 pounds · Bend, squat, kneel to secure wheelchairs and complete pre-trip inspections of vehicles Compensation for this position starts at $16.32 per hour, with a top wage of $21.72, and includesan excellent benefits package. | |
HOW TO APPLY: Applicant’s Authorization to Release Information (pdf) Voluntary Applicant Data Record (pdf) Application Bulletin (pdf) | |
Lane Transit District is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment |
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Friday, August 26, 2011
If you think being an LTD bus driver is so easy then go ahead and apply.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
LTD Board President Provides EmX Update.
Board President Provides EmX Update
EmX Improves the Transportation SystemEmX is a highly effective transportation system. The first EmX line on Franklin Boulevard exceeded 20-year ridership projections in its first year of operation. Today EmX carries more than twice the number of customer boardings compared to the route 11 service that it replaced. The opening of the Gateway EmX Extension in early 2011 has attracted new riders and has even increased ridership along the original Franklin line. The region’s current transportation plan calls for a 61-mile network of EmX routes. As EmX routes are added, the entire transportation system becomes more effective in attracting additional transit riders, improving travel time for automobiles, improving air quality, reducing green house gas emissions, and reducing dependence on fossil fuel. Transit districts from all over the world have come to LTD to study the highly innovative EmX system in place here in our community.
LTD understands that some business and property owners have concerns about moving forward with the West Eugene EmX Extension at this time. Some businesses are struggling, others don’t see value in this investment, and many are concerned about construction impacts. Lane Transit District understands these concerns and continues to work on ways to minimize or eliminate negative impacts while moving forward with a project that provides tremendous benefits to the entire community.
Many public outreach efforts, including more than 300 business and property owner meetings, have been completed during the past few years. These meetings have helped craft the current configuration of the route and the plans for a successful partnership for working with the West Eugene community. The process of meeting one-on-one with residents, property owners, and business owners along the selected route is on-going. These meetings will provide additional opportunities to view the early designs and modify designs to minimize impacts further. LTD is committed to working with each property owner to make sure that this is the best route for West Eugene while serving the needs of the entire region.
LTD and construction contractor Wildish Construction have worked together on the first two EmX lines and have learned a great deal from the construction of each route. With the West Eugene route, we would use these lessons learned to make this an even smoother process for local residents and businesses. Construction techniques, such as night work and maintenance of access for customers and deliveries during construction, would be employed to maintain full business operations during construction. These options have been very successful in the past, but we want to continue to work with businesses to get their input on what to include in a construction plan that addresses any and all concerns. LTD knows the importance of maintaining and improving the health of businesses in order for our community to be successful. Construction of an EmX line in West Eugene must be done in a way that ensures the short-term health of businesses while creating an environment for long-term business expansion.
In a recent Register Guard Guest Editorial, Brian Weaver asserts that the West Eugene EmX Extension project will reduce vehicle capacity by 25 percent along sections of 6th and 7th Avenues. Mr. Weaver’s assertion is based on 27-year old data. Preliminary data, gathered from current information and projections of future conditions, shows that capacity for auto traffic will increase, and the amount of time it takes an auto to travel the corridor will improve as a result of EmX. This analysis is being refined as part of the required federal process and will be available for public review later this fall. The bottom line is that one of the purposes of EmX is to improve vehicle movement—starting on the day that it is built. EmX development has always been about improving the entire transportation system, which is why professional traffic engineers and analysts work on detailed assessments of system effects. These effects are then reviewed and approved by city and state traffic engineers and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) who are ultimately responsible for the safe and efficient operation of our transportation network.
Mr. Weaver states that LTD should consider impacts to adjacent neighborhoods. EmX development considers these impacts carefully, and a review of population and jobs adjacent to the proposed EmX line are a prime reason that the Eugene City Council, the LTD Board, and the Metropolitan Policy Committee selected the 6th/7th/11th route. Nearby residents will be connected to fast, frequent, and reliable transit service through the envisioned EmX. Employees will have better connections to and from work, and businesses will be able to attract new customers from throughout the region. In addition, the EmX route selected by the community was refined specifically to avoid causing traffic to be diverted into adjacent residential neighborhoods.
In the coming months, LTD will complete three key steps in the development of EmX in West Eugene. First, the West Eugene EmX project must compete with transportation projects from around the United States for federal funding. LTD is preparing a grant application that will be submitted in September 2011. Second, an environmental analysis will be completed and submitted to the Federal Transit Administration for review. Following the FTA review, a public review will occur in late 2011. Third, the LTD Board and Eugene City Council, after analyzing the data currently being collected including an analysis of operating costs, will again hold a vote on the project.
Exciting things are happening in our community. New retail opportunities, like the opening of Cabela’s, have popped up around existing EmX corridors. Three significant projects are underway in downtown Eugene, plus the addition of the new hotel at 5th Street Public Market, all around the hub of LTD’s downtown transit station. Having just completed the Matthew Knight Arena, the University is working on a new residence hall and a new science building. PeaceHealth is moving forward with the reconstruction of Sacred Heart Hospital-University District, creating even more opportunities for employees and visitors to fully utilize both EmX and other LTD bus service.
To prepare for present and future growth, an enhanced transportation system is critical. The goal of a West Eugene EmX Extension line would be to make these destinations more easily accessible to people throughout Eugene-Springfield, while simultaneously making businesses and residences in West Eugene more easily accessible by more people. Taking one step at a time, we will meet the needs of today while ensuring that our children and grandchildren will be able to enjoy our community for generations to come.
Mike Eyster
Mike Eyster is the President of the Lane Transit District Board of Directors
From: ltd.org
Monday, August 15, 2011
Our Money Our Transit Offers $1000 Reward to catch sign Vandal.
(Please see video to the right-->)
Our Money Our Transit Offers $1000 Reward to catch sign Vandal
Saturday, August 13, 2011
OMOT claims that LTD can’t provide the data to back up their claims.
Published with permission from Stop The Green Dragon/OMOT.
From: Erin
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:25 AM
To: VOBORA Andy; REES Cosette; KORTGE Dean
Subject: Please provide research referenced
Andy-
You stated:
"the plan moves EmX and right turning vehicles out of traffic flow for the most part.... research shows that would help traffic run more efficiently."
LTD has been referencing this research for a long time, and now I think I would like to see it.
Could you please provide the research citation that shows this? and keep in mind, the existing conditions on 6th/7th. There currently are NO buses that stop in traffic. So technically you will not be "moving" EmX out of traffic because it was never there. I would like the research that shows "re-assigning" a lane that currently does not contain bus stops will improve traffic.
Thanks-
Erin
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From: VOBORA Andy
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:32 AM
To: 'Erin'; REES Cosette; KORTGE Dean; EVANS John
Subject: RE: Please provide research referenced
The research referred to was the initial DKS studies that you have. The traffic analysis is being updated as part of the analysis of the LPA and will be available in the near future.
John – Will the traffic analysis be available when the small starts application goes to FTA?
Andy Vobora
Director of Service Planning, Accessibility, and Marketing
Lane Transit District
541-682-6181 (office)
541-501-9398 (cell)
andy.vobora@ltd.org
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From: Erin
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:37 AM
To: VOBORA Andy
Cc: REES Cosette; KORTGE Dean; EVANS John
Subject: Re: Please provide research referenced-
as far as i know, this report focused on current conditions and projections for 2031, not the day after you take the lane away. Is this the only research you have? i typically think of "research shows" as existing information out there to compare to.
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM, EVANS John <john.evans> wrote:</john.evans>
Andy and Erin- to be more precise, your statement should have said “all previous project analysis (see current AA report) and preliminary indications from current analysis still underway indicates…”
The full analysis of the project, including all traffic analysis will be available in its entirety for OMOT’s (and the public’s) review and comment when it is completed, reviewed and published later this year. ODOT and the City of Eugene transportation engineers have been participants in the design and refinement of the project from the beginning. We are currently working through a typical process of review and coordination with ODOT which will be followed by additional detailed technical review by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Following these reviews by the agencies responsible for verifying the validity of the analyses, FTA will direct LTD to publish the full project analysis as part of the Environmental Assessment which will be available for full review and comment by the public.
John Evans, AICP
Senior Project Manager
Lane Transit District
PO Box 7070
Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: 541-682-6146
Cell: 541-913-6430
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From: Erin
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:33 AM
To: EVANS John
Cc: VOBORA Andy; KORTGE Dean; REES Cosette; Matt Cooper
Subject: Re: Please provide research referenced
So the only research is your own analysis, which isnt even completed?
I think if you are going to make public claims that you are basing this on research, you should have something in hand that supports your theory, and not tell me to wait until a tentative report is released in a few months (and with the history of LTD and the FTA, release dates seem to be delayed more than not).
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM, VOBORA Andy <andy.vobora> wrote:</andy.vobora>
The research has been done and continues to be done by qualified professionals. The updates will be ready when the engineers complete their work and the process, as John explained, allows the distribution of the information.
Andy Vobora
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From: Erin
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:50 AM
To: VOBORA Andy
Cc: EVANS John; KORTGE Dean; REES Cosette; Matt Cooper
Subject: Re: Please provide research referenced
ok, then, can you please provide the research that shows "re-assigning" a lane that currently does not contain bus stops will improve traffic at the time it is implemented? because this is what you seem to be claiming.....
maybe you can provide the page number on that DKS report that shows this?
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:52 AM, EVANS John <john.evans> wrote:</john.evans>
Erin- please see my response below that states’ “ all previous project research and…”. We were attempting to be responsive to your group’s request for detailed final information while the formal federal analysis is ongoing. Please refer to the AA report for information about the previous alternatives. For the LPA design-specific effects, I can understand the desire to have all possible information immediately available upon request but we have to ask for your understanding of the current stage of the project (analyzing the LPA) and how we are following the project’s requirements for the analysis to be developed, reviewed and released for public comment.
John Evans, AICP
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From: Erin
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 1:16 PM
To: EVANS John
Cc: VOBORA Andy; KORTGE Dean; REES Cosette; Matt Cooper; sonny.p.chickering@odot.state.or.us
Subject: Re: Please provide research referenced
So- your corrected statement is "all previous project analysis (see current AA report) and preliminary indications from current analysis still underway indicates it would help traffic run more efficiently".
Considering the AA doesn't include year of implementation, you have nothing to support your claims besides the upcoming analysis results? that is a pretty simple question that you seem to be sidestepping. Either that, or all your claims of "help" only exist in 2031.
Here is a report that talks about "re-assigning" a lane, and how it is not the preferred method in the US. and this is based on a system with buses stopping in traffic, which we dont have. This report show a few reasons EmX in Eugene is a flawed plan.
www.itdp.org/documents/20110526ITDP_USBRT_Report-HR.pdf
and your statement " I can understand the desire to have all possible information immediately available..." is a little misleading. i just wanted information you are currently basing statements on, that would assume you have it in hand.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The EmX Bus....It's Empty!
The EmX Bus....It's Empty! (A repost from the LCCRG blog)
Last week, LCCRG spent a few hours on a Friday morning checking out the new Gateway/River Bend EmX line to see how well our $43 million dollar investment is working out. We filmed some footage of the morning commute during what is typically known as "rush hour" and continued up to about noon. Here is the video for your enjoyment, it's only a minute or so long, and has a fun musical score!
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