Bus Operators’ Body Weight Changes During Their First 2 Years of Work
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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002347
Abstract: Objective: To empirically assess retrospective reports of weight changes during bus operators’ first years on the job, and to investigate experienced and desired training topics for new operators. Methods: Bus operators (n = 261) completed an online… read more here.
Keywords: first years; bus; operators reported; training ... See more keywords
Primary Prevention of Weight Gain Among New Bus Operators
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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002699
Abstract: An observed 12-month intervention effect (-6.71lb) from a pilot of an enhanced onboarding intervention to prevent new bus operator weight gain was at a level associated with reduced risk for developing chronic health conditions. Results… read more here.
Keywords: bus operators; bus; new bus; weight gain ... See more keywords
Punctuated and Prolonged: A Workers' Inquiry into Infrastructural Failures in Bus Transit
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DOI: 10.1145/3710914
Abstract: In North America, bus operators are essential but undervalued public servants — the ''human infrastructure'' of public transit. Transit workers face a range of largely invisible health and safety issues that have worsened in recent… read more here.
Keywords: punctuated prolonged; transit; workers inquiry; prolonged workers ... See more keywords
Mechanism Design for an Incentive Subsidy Scheme for Bus Transport
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DOI: 10.3390/su11061740
Abstract: Large public transport subsidies necessitated by operating deficits have become a heavy financial burden on some local governments. However, the present subsidy scheme lacks incentives to encourage bus operators to reduce deficits to lessen subsidies.… read more here.
Keywords: bus operators; incentive subsidy; bus; subsidy scheme ... See more keywords