Muni’s driver shortage nixes Prop G savings

Muni’s plan to hire 95  part-time drivers to save cash under Prop G hasn’t worked out as planned. The current operator attrition rate at 12 per month, and Muni hasn’t been able to hire new drivers fast enough with the current students  in the 8 week training course.   TWU-250A’s president Eric Williams says  a smeared reputation by SFMTA management and the media has made getting new operators difficult. Converting part-time drivers to full time has saved the agency money, $1.05m compared to running overtime drivers at $1.8m.