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A chart titled "MBTA bus driver hiring trends since 2023" with 5 columns representing five dates since Jan. 2023. Each column is split into a tan section representing "active headcount" and a smaller red section representing "inactive or vacant positions." The leftmost column for August 24, 2023 shows 1,450 active drivers, 166 inactive drivers, and 307 vacant positions. The rightmost column for June 24, 2025 shows 1,659 active drivers, and 165 vacant positions. Among the columns in between, the tan segments for "active headcount" grow slowly, to 1,452 in Dec. 2023, to 1,505 in May 2024, to 1,571 in Oct. 2024, while the gray bars for "vacant positions" correspondingly shrink by similar amounts.

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The T’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Easing, But Increasing Traffic Is Delaying Benefits

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

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It’s Official: Boston, MBTA Announce Three Free Bus Routes for Mattapan and Dorchester

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