Glossary
Shuttle Driver Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential shuttle driver terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key shuttle driver vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in shuttle driver training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ADA
- Disability rights law.
- Charter
- Private trip.
- Curb-to-curb
- Pickup at the curb.
- Defensive driving
- Anticipating hazards.
- Dispatch
- Assigns trips.
- Door-to-door
- Help from the door.
- Hours of service
- Limits on driving time.
- Loop route
- Repeating route.
- Manifest
- Rider list.
- No-show
- Rider who doesn’t appear.
- Paratransit
- Transport for people with disabilities.
- Passenger endorsement
- CDL add-on for passengers.
- Pre-trip inspection
- Vehicle check before driving.
- Route
- Planned path.
- Wheelchair lift
- Raises wheelchairs.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Shuttle Driver practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Shuttle Driver training.
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