There is a 70% shortage of city bus drivers in Mykolaiv, 105 more employees are needed

Leased buses for Mykolaiv, May 2019, archival photo of NikVesti

Due to the lack of drivers in Mykolaiv, they cannot put a sufficient number of buses on the routes. Currently, only 30% of employees are employed.

This was announced by the city mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych on August 1 during his live broadcast on social networks, NikVesti writes.

«The total number of buses in Mykolaiv today is about 60 units. Of which we are planning to use about 50 for transportation, and we are leaving another 10 for reserve. But today, 45 bus drivers are officially employed in Mykolaiv. We need about 150 drivers to produce 50 vehicles. That is, today there is a need for 105 more drivers. Therefore, we invite you to study, to work and to get official employment. Of course, we can reserve half of the staff,» he said.

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Lack of drivers in Mykolaiv

We will remind that in November 2023, Norway handed over passenger buses to Mykolaiv, each of which can accommodate almost 100 people. It was planned that buses would run to the Korabelnyi district, but the city had difficulties putting new buses into operation due to an insufficient number of drivers.

The problem with the lack of drivers also arose in neighboring Odessa. There are not enough people there to work on the buses donated by the sister city of Regensburg. Of the required 18 drivers, there are only seven.

Later, Oleh Kuksa, Deputy Head of the Department of Transport Complex, Communications and Telecommunications of the Mykolaiv City Council, stated that for 2022-2024, the number of public transport in Mykolaiv has decreased from 700 to 387. And the lack of drivers is the main problem for the efficient operation of public transport in Mykolaiv.

Residents of remote areas of Mykolaiv also complained about the problem with public transport in remote areas of the city. Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych replied that men do not want to work as drivers because of mobilization.

In May, the mayor also announced that two fewer buses will run on the routes due to the mobilization.

At the same time, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, said that women began to master new professions to meet the existing demand for critical infrastructure facilities and utility companies.