PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA is rushing to hire more drivers amid a significant shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Marshall Fields says he’s had it with SEPTA bus delays, which are now increasing, according to many riders.
The transportation authority is rushing to hire more drivers amid a significant shortage. "Say you got to go to work, this bus is supposed to come at 5:30.
He go come quarter to 6, 6 o’clock and you late for work," he said.SEPTA officials say they are down 83 operators for their busses and trolleys.
Scott Sauer, who is the assistant general manager of operations, says they went into an immediate hiring freeze and are now trying to recover. RELATED HEADLINES:"For the four or five months of the pandemic, we weren’t hiring or.