More than 160 RTC bus rides canceled today due to driver shortage Share More than 160 trips on RTC buses were canceled today because of bus drivers allegedly calling in sick. The cancelations followed a weekend during which 10% of bus drivers called in sick, impacting nearly 100 rides. Mike Ake with Keolis Transit North America, Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission’s bus contractor, said the routes most impacted were the Virginia and Lincoln lines, traveling from downtown Reno to Meadowood Mall and downtown Reno to Sparks. “Overall on the weekend, we operate 875 trips a day, and we missed 98,” Ake said. Ake said the sick call-ins are a “very high number. We [normally] have a couple of drivers call off sick every day.”