Florida Bus Maintenance Staffing Practices

(Center Identification Number: 77924)   This research report focuses on the staffing practices of the bus maintenance departments of Florida transit agencies. The availability of an adequate transit bus fleet is a key element for a transit agency’s ability to provide high quality, reliable, and safe bus transit service. Critical resources needed to keep a transit bus fleet available for revenue service include a functional maintenance department structure, proper staffing plans, and an adequate level of maintenance staffs. The objective of this project was to help Florida’s transit agencies identify the optimal organizational structures and staffing plans and adequate staffing levels for their bus fleet maintenance programs and to identify associated critical factors. Florida transit agency bus maintenance units’ organizational structures and staffing practices are detailed. Download the final report.  For more information, contact Jay Goodwill at jaygoodwill@cutr.usf.edu or Deborah Sapper at sapper@cutr.usf.edu.