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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

BATHROOM BREAKS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY

It also can lead to serious health problems and even life-threatening, preventable diseases, including urinary tract infections and bladder cancer.
But maintaining an impossible schedule seems to trump all other concerns at most transit agencies.
A bus driver in Mississauga, Ontario, was suspended for five days last month for taking time to use the bathroom while on duty. Another in Portland, Oregon, was brutally stabbed while using a portable toilet installed as a makeshift driver bathroom facility.

Time for TARTA to address bus drivers’ bathroom breaks - Toledo Blade

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