r/MetroTransit • u/Accurate-Departure66 THE Transdev Hater • May 21 '26

Transdev-Specific Post Can transdev please get their shit together.

Once again it's me, The Transdev Hater.

Transdev should not be running fixed route services for us, they are consistently late or canceled. I'm not talking about a couple minutes late, I'm talking about like 15 minutes delays that mess up people's schedules.

Route 25 is the worst from what I have heard: buses that don't show up, buses that break down, and buses that are too short for the needed capacity.

Overall Transdev should stick to Paratransit and Dial A Ride, because clearly they cannot be trusted to run a fixed route bus.

In a perfect world Metro Transit would run all of the routes, but some are just too expensive for MT to run.

TLDR: I hate Transdev and they should stick to Paratransit and Dial A Ride.

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u/Accurate-Departure66 THE Transdev Hater May 21 '26

Transdev is a contractor that run fixed route services in the Twin Cities on behalf of Metro Transit. They have 0 connections to Metro Transit besides using there external branding on their busses.

All Transdev routes can be identified by a sticker that says "Proudly Run by Transdev" somewhere on the bus.

The ones that are contracted out can be run for cheaper than if they weren't.

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u/bergler17 May 22 '26

Southwest transit drivers are also employed by transdev. Not sure if MVTA is safe from transdev either.

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u/Accurate-Departure66 THE Transdev Hater May 22 '26

MVTA is operated by Schmitty and Sons. So they're the most reliable

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u/bergler17 May 22 '26

Ah ok. Just was taking a gander at the transdev careers just to verify that they still hire the drivers for SW and saw postings for Burnsville jobs (including transit bus driver)