Transportation Workers

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 There are many people who work in transportation in Chicago. You see some of them when you
take a bus. But there are many who work in offices. They are part of the transportation system.
The bus driver has to use a lot of skills. The driver needs to know how to drive, of course. But
the driver also needs to know how to make decisions. What if there is a snowstorm and the road is icy?
What if there is a problem on the bus? The bus driver has to figure out how to keep the bus on time and
the passengers safe. They need to communicate with passengers. They take classes on how to drive and
how to communicate.
      There are people who work at a center that runs all the buses. They are managers. They use
computers that tell them where all the buses are. They communicate with the drivers. A driver can tell
them about a problem. They can tell a driver about traffic. Sometimes there will be a change in a route.
For example, there could be a fire on a street where the bus is supposed to go. The driver will have to
change the route.
     There are workers who manage the trains, too. Chicago has many trains that take thousands of
people to work and back home every day. Those commuters need to be able to count on the trains to run
on time. The managers have maps that show where all the trains are. Some are under the ground, but
the managers can see where they are on the maps. They can tell when there is a problem on a train.
     When there is a problem with a bus, the driver can solve it more easily than a train conductor.
The bus driver can turn on another street. The train can’t do that, of course, so there will be a delay
while they fix the problem. Sometimes the problem is a big one, like a fire on the train tracks. Then
people have to get off the trains. The transportation managers send buses to take them where they are
going.
     So some people who work in transportation are planners. And they all are problem solvers.

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