https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/29/bay-area-transit-looks-to-woo-new-bus-operators-amid-national-driver-shortage/

Bus driving has never been an easy job to recruit for. There are long hours sitting down, dealing with unruly passengers, all while steering an over 20,000-pound vehicle through city streets – and that was all before the pandemic brought in mask mandates that drivers are often tasked with enforcing.

“You got to be very street smart and you got to be compassionate,” said Burgandy Barboza, who is among a new class of Valley Transit Authority bus drivers taking to the roads in the coming days.