This study examines the impact of a bus driver attendance incentive program implemented in a rural Mississippi school district with the aim of improving bus driver attendance rates. There is a shortage of bus drivers across Mississippi which has made bus driver attendance paramount. Bus driver absenteeism causes disruptions in student transportation services and affects overall school operations. To address this problem, a rural Mississippi school district introduced a bus driver attendance incentive program that provided financial incentives for bus drivers who maintained perfect attendance rates each month. The research methodology involved collecting and analyzing attendance data for bus drivers over a period of 2 academic years: 1 year prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic and before the implementation of the incentive program and the other 1 year after the introduction of the incentive plan. Although the findings did not reveal a significant positive impact on bus driver attendance between the 2 years in the study, the data did show a number of drivers benefited from the incentive program.

xiv, 104 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Student safety on school property continues to be a priority for educators. Pediatric research reveals that student injuries sustained while riding the school bus may be more than three times the number actually reported by transportation departments. These studies further indicate that a major factor contributing to injuries is inappropriate student behavior while riding a school bus. This dissertation involved the creation of a behavior management program for students who ride the school bus. The behavior management program (Bus PBS) was derived from the established and well researched school-based universal prevention, Positive Behavior Support (PBS). The core features of the Bus PBS program included, (1) active support and involvement by the School Administrator and the Transportation Director, (2) school-wide expectations reworded for use on the school bus, (3) students received direct instruction regarding behavioral expectations on the school bus, (4) drivers received a 1.5 hour training in the classroom and 3 days of on-board coaching during the intervention phase, and (5) drivers were encouraged to greet students by name as they entered the bus, provide formal rewards to recognize correct student behavior, and deliver a continuum of clear consequences for student problem behavior. The study was conducted with three typical school buses in a moderate-sized West Coast city. The research question under consideration asked if the presence of Bus PBS was functionally related to student behavior on the school bus. Using a single subject multiple baseline design across three buses, direct observation data were collected on (a) fidelity of bus driver implementation of the program and (b) student problem behavior. Results indicated that bus drivers were able to implement the intervention with moderate to high fidelity, and implementation of Bus PBS was functionally related to improved student behavior. Student problem behavior on the school bus during the Bus PBS program was 37% lower than baseline levels. Discussion is provided about the clinical and research implications of the results. / Advisers: Horner, Robert H., Merrell, Kenneth W.

Este trabalho apresenta um estudo a respeito dos acidentes de trânsito envolvendo o transporte público urbano por ônibus e objetiva, principalmente, a relação dos acidentes versus comportamento dos condutores. Os dados utilizados, a partir do estudo de caso realizado na cidade de Ribeirão Preto-SP, têm duas origens: dados da operação do sistema (quantidade de horas operadas, quilometragem e frota) e dados gerados pelo monitoramento por câmeras. Este último tem como principais variáveis o comportamento dos condutores durante a condução dos veículos. Através de índices de exposição, utilizando as variáveis da operação do sistema, juntamente com os acidentes por linha, foi possível identificar quais as linhas com piores indicadores, ou seja, quais linhas merecem maior atenção na criação de intervenções ou campanhas para redução do número de acidentes. Foram tratados aproximadamente 72 mil dados e a partir dos dados extraídos e processados estatisticamente para obtenção das variáveis mais significativas com relação aos acidentes. A variável com maior peso foi a utilização de telefones celulares durante a condução e que tem alta utilização nos horários de pico, da ordem de 53% dos eventos ocorrem em horários de maior movimento de passageiros e de tráfego intenso. O tempo de utilização do celular durante a condução do ônibus é majoritariamente maior que 5 minutos, ou seja, 33% dos eventos mostram que os condutores utilizam o telefone celular por mais de 5 minutos. Criou-se uma taxonomia do comportamento dos condutores, baseando-se, principalmente, no banco de dados e tem como função instituir uma base teórica dos comportamentos, ajudando a descrevê-los e entendê-los. É dessa maneira que a segunda variável foi discutida. O avanço do sinal amarelo, com nível de significância alta, não representa em sua totalidade um comportamento decidido (decisões conscientes do condutor), mas algumas vezes comportamento involuntário (falhas e lapsos). Essa distinção de comportamento decidido ou involuntário é complexa, mas sabemos que decisões conscientes são mais frequentes. Este trabalho identificou quais as linhas que necessitam de intervenções e quais os problemas com o comportamento dos condutores, direcionando o operador do sistema de transporte às campanhas necessárias para redução dos acidentes, ou mesmo possibilitando outras empresas a replicarem as análises para a sua realidade operacional. / This work presents a study about the traffic accidents involving urban public transport by bus and objective, especially the relation of accidents versus driver behavior. The data used from the case study in the city of Ribeirão Preto, have two sources: System operation data (number of operated hours, mileage and fleet) and data generated by the monitoring camera system. The latter\'s main variables driver behavior while driving the vehicle. Through levels of exposure, using the system operating variables, along with accidents per line, it was possible to identify lines with worse indicators, or which lines deserve close attention in setting up operations or campaigns to reduce the number of accidents. Approximately 72,000 data were treated and statistically processed to obtain the most significant variables in relation to accidents. The most significant variable was the use of mobile phones while driving and which has high utilization during peak hours, the order of 53% of events occur when there is a large number of passengers and traffic jam. The utilization of the cellphone while driving the bus is overwhelmingly greater than 5 minutes, i.e., 33% of the events showed that drivers use the mobile phone for more than 5 minutes. Has been created drivers behavior taxonomy, based mainly in the database and with aim to establish a theoretical basis of bus drivers behavior, helping to describe and understand them. This is how the second significant variable was discussed. The advance of the yellow sign is not totally a decided behavior (conscious decisions of the driver), but sometimes involuntary behavior (failures and lapses). This decided or involuntary behavior distinction is complex, but we know that conscious decisions are more frequent. This work identified which lines needed intervention and what are the problems with the behavior of drivers, orienting the operator of the transportation system to needed campaigns to reduce accidents, or even allowing other companies to replicate the analysis to their operational reality.

The purpose of this study was first to determine the satisfaction level of bus drivers pertaining to school building administration, transportation department, and student behaviors, and second to identify the common behavior management strategies used by bus driver in a particular school system in east Tennessee. I also compared the common behavior management strategies used by school bus drivers who are also employed by the school system in some position in addition to this vocation with school bus drivers who are not employed by the school system other than driving the school bus. I also compared behavior management strategies in the following categories: age, years of experience, and gender. For this quantitative element of the study, I requested bus drivers who met the criteria complete an anonymous survey. The survey had 20 items that focus on the bus drivers' satisfaction in areas of school building administration, transportation department, and student behavior. Bus drivers responded to each item by selecting responses on a 5-point scale from extremely dissatisfied to extremely satisfied, with neutral being the middle point. A single sample t-test was conducted and the results showed bus drivers were satisfied to a significant extent with school building administration and transportation department, while bus drivers were neither satisfied or dissatisfied with student behavior. Bus drivers also ranked their top five behavior management strategies. Results were categorized by age, years of experience, gender, and whether they were employed by the school system in another position. The overall top five behavior management strategies by bus drivers were 1) Assigning a student to a particular seat, 2) Reporting students to school building administration, 3) Moving a student to a particular seat during the bus route, 4) Use of video surveillance, and 5) Discussing a student's behavior with a parent or guardian. I also interviewed 10 school building administrators in the same school system for their perspective on student behavior management strategies recommended for bus drivers to use on school buses and also their perspective on the impact student behavior on a school bus has on a student at school. Responses were also solicited from school building administrators of their perspective of driver management practices that seem most and least conducive to managing and preventing behaviors on buses. I recorded the responses given to these questions and listed the responses along with any additional comments from administrators. Most of the responses correspond with the responses bus drivers gave in their interviews. Half of the administrators stated school buses should be operated like a classroom with rules and consequences.

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Este trabalho apresenta um estudo a respeito dos acidentes de trânsito envolvendo o transporte público urbano por ônibus e objetiva, principalmente, a relação dos acidentes versus comportamento dos condutores. Os dados utilizados, a partir do estudo de caso realizado na cidade de Ribeirão Preto-SP, têm duas origens: dados da operação do sistema (quantidade de horas operadas, quilometragem e frota) e dados gerados pelo monitoramento por câmeras. Este último tem como principais variáveis o comportamento dos condutores durante a condução dos veículos. Através de índices de exposição, utilizando as variáveis da operação do sistema, juntamente com os acidentes por linha, foi possível identificar quais as linhas com piores indicadores, ou seja, quais linhas merecem maior atenção na criação de intervenções ou campanhas para redução do número de acidentes. Foram tratados aproximadamente 72 mil dados e a partir dos dados extraídos e processados estatisticamente para obtenção das variáveis mais significativas com relação aos acidentes. A variável com maior peso foi a utilização de telefones celulares durante a condução e que tem alta utilização nos horários de pico, da ordem de 53% dos eventos ocorrem em horários de maior movimento de passageiros e de tráfego intenso. O tempo de utilização do celular durante a condução do ônibus é majoritariamente maior que 5 minutos, ou seja, 33% dos eventos mostram que os condutores utilizam o telefone celular por mais de 5 minutos. Criou-se uma taxonomia do comportamento dos condutores, baseando-se, principalmente, no banco de dados e tem como função instituir uma base teórica dos comportamentos, ajudando a descrevê-los e entendê-los. É dessa maneira que a segunda variável foi discutida. O avanço do sinal amarelo, com nível de significância alta, não representa em sua totalidade um comportamento decidido (decisões conscientes do condutor), mas algumas vezes comportamento involuntário (falhas e lapsos). Essa distinção de comportamento decidido ou involuntário é complexa, mas sabemos que decisões conscientes são mais frequentes. Este trabalho identificou quais as linhas que necessitam de intervenções e quais os problemas com o comportamento dos condutores, direcionando o operador do sistema de transporte às campanhas necessárias para redução dos acidentes, ou mesmo possibilitando outras empresas a replicarem as análises para a sua realidade operacional. / This work presents a study about the traffic accidents involving urban public transport by bus and objective, especially the relation of accidents versus driver behavior. The data used from the case study in the city of Ribeirão Preto, have two sources: System operation data (number of operated hours, mileage and fleet) and data generated by the monitoring camera system. The latter\'s main variables driver behavior while driving the vehicle. Through levels of exposure, using the system operating variables, along with accidents per line, it was possible to identify lines with worse indicators, or which lines deserve close attention in setting up operations or campaigns to reduce the number of accidents. Approximately 72,000 data were treated and statistically processed to obtain the most significant variables in relation to accidents. The most significant variable was the use of mobile phones while driving and which has high utilization during peak hours, the order of 53% of events occur when there is a large number of passengers and traffic jam. The utilization of the cellphone while driving the bus is overwhelmingly greater than 5 minutes, i.e., 33% of the events showed that drivers use the mobile phone for more than 5 minutes. Has been created drivers behavior taxonomy, based mainly in the database and with aim to establish a theoretical basis of bus drivers behavior, helping to describe and understand them. This is how the second significant variable was discussed. The advance of the yellow sign is not totally a decided behavior (conscious decisions of the driver), but sometimes involuntary behavior (failures and lapses). This decided or involuntary behavior distinction is complex, but we know that conscious decisions are more frequent. This work identified which lines needed intervention and what are the problems with the behavior of drivers, orienting the operator of the transportation system to needed campaigns to reduce accidents, or even allowing other companies to replicate the analysis to their operational reality.

This dissertation deals with the protocol and procedures related to students’ safety and discipline while on a school bus as experienced by school bus drivers’ and school administrators’ experiences as a guide for changes to the existing programs. The following was the overarching research question that guided the study: How do school bus drivers and school administrators describe their reflective experiences related to bus driver training and protocol and procedures associated with student safety and discipline? A qualitative research design was selected for the study. A case study approach was used to collect and analyze data for the study. Participants for the study included 30 bus drivers and 4 school administrators from 2 school districts. To collect data for the study, interviews were conducted through the use of focus groups. The analysis of the data for the study yielded emergent themes in response to the secondary research questions. The emergent themes include ongoing professional development, addition of cameras and seat belts, bus monitors, creation of a handbook for school bus drivers and riders, and seating charts. Recommendations are presented for policy and protocol changes.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T12:19:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SandroMangueiraBezerra.pdf: 2947638 bytes, checksum: 3b1e876b4d353807d4e15146f8ea2f51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-11-28 / (Introduction) The aim of this work is to analize the influences of the ambiental conditions (noise, temperature and ilumination) and the organization of work about the health of the drivers of urban micro-bus of a collective transport company in the city of Campina Grande PB. (Theoretical Reference) The knowledge in Ergonomics and Anthropometry were deepened as well as its relation with the work place, the office of the bus driver and the micro-bus driver, the sitting position and its consequences for the health and the influences of the thermophisics conditions and of the work organization in the activities of the micro-bus drivers. (Methodological Procedures) Twelve micro-bus drivers of this company were evaluated. Comments general and systematic of the activity had been effected, had been applied questionnaires with closed and opened questions, beyond measurements: of the ambient, antropométrics factors of the individuals and the ranks of work. (Results and Discussion) At the end of this study the results indicated that 75% of the interviewees did not used to make physical exercises, 58% were over the average weight, of which 16% presented fatness type I and 83,4% presented complaints of aches after the work, in which 50% of these aches were located in the vertebral spine. The levels of noise found were less than 85 dB, however, it could be noticed the occurrence of peaks of noise, with an average duration of 1 second, the order of 95 dB, when the vehicle was stopped and the public was passing through the ratchet-brace of passangers control, these peaks affect the concentration of the driver and can unchain problems of psychic nature, of the type: irritation, reduction of the dexterity, among others. About the work organization, the main complaints of the drivers were about the daily division of the work timetable (called) and the pression to accomplish the timetables. (Conclusions) The work conditions of the micro-bus drivers researched in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba state, affect the health of these workers, with emphasis on the stress levels, that increases because of the accomplishment of the time limit of route timetable, of the traffic problems . / (Introdução) Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as influências das condições termofísicas (ruído, temperatura e iluminação) e da organização do trabalho sobre a saúde dos motoristas de micro-ônibus urbanos de uma empresa de transporte coletivo na cidade de Campina Grande-PB. (Referencial Teórico) O embasamento teórico para o desenvolvimento do trabalho envolveu os temas Ergonomia, Antropometria e sua relação com o posto de trabalho, a profissão de motorista de ônibus e micro-ônibus, a posição sentada e suas conseqüências para a saúde e as influências das condições termofísicas e da organização do trabalho nas atividades dos motoristas de microônibus. (Procedimentos Metodológicos) Foram avaliados 12 motoristas de micro-ônibus desta empresa. Realizaram-se observações geral e sistemática da atividade, foram aplicados questionários com questões fechadas e abertas, além de medições: dos fatores ambientais, antropométricas dos indivíduos e dos postos de trabalho. (Resultados e Discussão) Os principais resultados indicaram que 75% dos entrevistados não praticavam atividade física, 58% estavam acima do peso normal, dos quais 16% apresentavam obesidade tipo I e 83,4% apresentavam queixas de dores após o trabalho, sendo 50 % dessas dores localizadas na coluna vertebral. Os níveis de ruídos encontrados foram inferiores a 85 dB, no entanto, percebeu-se a ocorrência de picos de ruídos, de duração média de 1 segundo, da ordem de 95 dB, quando o veículo estava parado e o público passava pela catraca de controle de passageiros, estes picos afetam a concentração do motorista e podem desencadear problemas de natureza psíquica, do tipo: irritação, redução da destreza, entre outros. Quanto à organização do trabalho, as principais queixas dos motoristas foram com relação à divisão diária do horário de trabalho (chamada de pegada ) e à pressão por cumprimento de horários. (Conclusões) Pode-se concluir que as condições e organização do trabalho dos motoristas de micro-ônibus, pesquisados na cidade de Campina Grande, estado da Paraíba, agravam em parte a saúde destes trabalhadores, com destaque para a questão do nível de estresse, o qual se acentua em função da exigência no cumprimento dos prazos de horário de percurso e dos problemas do trânsito.

The design of public transport system must take into account different dimensions to solve two main problems of optimization: the vehicles scheduling and driver scheduling. In our work, we focused on bus driver scheduling. Its objective is to minimize the number of drivers in accordance with social and environmental constraints. By its combinatorial nature, bus driver scheduling is considered a complex task in the design process of network transport. We have proposed an approach based on hyper-heuristics whose main advantage lies in their ability to adapt to different problems. We are particularly interested in a cooperative approach, which is able to take into account changes in the resolution process. We have extended the functionality and improved performance of the traditional framework of hyper- heuristics by proposing a pattern based on an organizational model. The proposed algorithm consists of a combination of several phases and several levels. The metaphor of the coalition is used to make cooperate several hyper-heuristics. The coalition is intended to favor diversified solutions and expand search capacity with decentralized control where each hyper-heuristic has certain autonomy. It is thus possible to consider different ways of cooperation between the hyper-heuristics: sharing solutions, learning by mimetism or carrying out different competitive search strategies. The experiment was carried out both on real-world instances and benchmarks. It gave good results on both quality of solution and execution time

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ladijaneSS_DISSERT.pdf: 662890 bytes, checksum: 746c0dcadac824624ca940b5d80873a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-29 / The problem dealt with in this study concerns the analysis of bus drivers' working situation. It stemmed from the need to identify the difficulties faced by these professionals in accomplishing the results expected by the company. A case study was carried out in a public transportation company in the city of Natal. Records and observations made in the workplace, alongside perfomance indicators, such as absenteeism tax, staff turnover and traffic accidents, revealed problems in their activity. It was made clear that, in the company being studied, absenteeism was related to health problems, particularly psychiatric and musculoskeletal disorders, and that although the indicators of traffic accidents and staff turnover have declined over the years, they are still elevated. The interviews involved 50 of the 124 drivers who worked directly in the service, and contained questions covering eleven factors related to the drivers' work. They indicated a gap between the prescribed work and the work actually done, in that there were a series of embarassing or stressful situations involving traffic, itinerary length, road conditions, vehicle maintenance, physical environment (bus terminus), job post and supervision policies. On the other hand, factors such as enjoying driving, the work itself and being with workmates positively influenced the drivers' working conditions. In the propositions of the administration and human resources subsystems, some alternatives were found in order to remodel this activity / O problema tratado neste estudo est? relacionado ? an?lise da situa??o de trabalho do motorista de ?nibus. Teve origem na necessidade de identificar as dificuldades do motorista em cumprir as tarefas para alcan?ar os resultados determinados pela empresa. Foi feito um estudo de caso em uma empresa de transporte coletivo urbano da cidade de Natal. Registros e observa??es feitas no ambiente de trabalho e indicadores de desempenho do servi?o como ?ndices de absente?smo, rotatividade de pessoal e acidentes de tr?nsito foram estimados e apontaram para problemas na atividade. Ficou caracterizado que o absente?smo na empresa pesquisada est? ligado a problemas de sa?de com predom?nio de doen?as psiqui?tricas e patologias m?sculo-esquel?ticas, que o n?mero de acidentes de tr?nsito e o ?ndice de rotatividade, embora venham caindo em rela??o aos anos anteriores, s?o elevados. As entrevistas realizadas com 50 dos 124 motoristas que trabalham diretamente na opera??o do servi?o contendo perguntas sobre 11 fatores relacionados ao trabalho do motorista mostraram que os fatores tr?nsito, o tempo de viagem, condi??es da via, a manuten??o do ve?culo, ambiente f?sico (terminal de linha), posto de trabalho e supervis?o exercida constituem-se em constrangimentos para a atividade do motorista diferenciando o trabalho prescrito do trabalho real. Por outro lado, fatores como gostar de dirigir, o trabalho em si e os colegas de trabalho influenciam positivamente na situa??o de trabalho do motorista. Nas proposi??es dos subsistemas de administra??o de recursos humanos foram encontradas alternativas para o redimensionamento desta atividade