Laid off from Transdev.

What Transdev layoffs have meant for employees

If your depot's contract is moving, a Transdev layoff notice marks the end of Transdev as your employer, and the job itself may carry on under someone else. The Everett letter, the Rochester letter and the South Daytona letter each said the company had learned its contract would end and that the facility would close that day, and each said it expected the new operator to "hire most if not all of the workers." That expectation was Transdev's, and the hiring belonged to whoever took over. Fargo's switch shows how long the in-between can run, with Transdev staff told in late July, city applications opening October 3, unsuccessful applicants told November 21 and city employment starting December 22, The Forum reported. If another job offer comes up in that stretch, Transdev's separation date and the incoming employer's hiring decision run on separate clocks, so an offer elsewhere can be weighed against both dates.

In these notices, a closure marked Transdev leaving a site. California typed the 2026 Antioch and Visalia notices as permanent closures, and the Everett, Rochester and South Daytona letters each said the facility would close permanently. Community Transit planned to run Everett's commuter buses itself, Volusia County had approved RATP Dev to run Votran, and in Rochester Transdev's letter expected a new operator to hire most of the workers. The Antioch and Visalia notices are both dated late April, earlier than Keolis's May 13 release, which pledged a smooth transition for Tri Delta Transit's existing workforce, and earlier than the May 18 agenda in TCRTA’s board packet, in which agency staff recommended Via.

When an agency takes the buses back, the job can return on different terms. Fargo's transit director wrote that without Transdev the city wouldn't be subject to union restrictions, which she said would allow more flexible scheduling, and the city trimmed its full-time openings after budget cuts forced a service reduction, the Forum reported. Matbus also said some of the drop among Transdev's drivers came from retirements and departures that had nothing to do with the switch. Community Transit said running the service itself would cost somewhat more but give it a fully integrated operation, and it offered Transdev's coach cleaners, a job the agency contracts out, a place at the front of the line for coach operator jobs if they met the requirements and took the training, The Herald reported. For anyone weighing an agency job against a Transdev union contract, Fargo is a case on record where the new employer said union restrictions wouldn't apply.

Long tenure didn't protect these contracts. Community Transit had contracted out its commuter buses since the 1980s, Fargo had used a contractor for its drivers since 1997 and Transdev since at least 2006, and First Transit's partnership with Tri Delta Transit went back to 1986, a 2016 release Mass Transit carried said. In Everett and Fargo the call to end the arrangement was the agency's, and each chose to run the buses itself.

In the audited filings, the filer name wasn't always Transdev's. The company's 2025 notices in Florida and Idaho came from local companies called Transit Management of Volusia County, of Ada County and of Canyon County. Those names belong in any tally of Transdev's notices, as do First Transit's and older filings under Veolia Transportation, a renamed predecessor in Transdev's North American business. In Everett, Community Transit said in July 2026 that its separate DART paratransit contract with Transdev wasn't ending, the Herald reported, so the notice there covered the commuter work and not the paratransit service.

If the next employer doesn't hire you, our pages on filing in California, Washington and Minnesota cover the states where Transdev's 2026 notices on record went.

A sourced history of Transdev layoffs

• July 2026, City of Rochester contract set to end

  Transdev's City of Rochester contract was due to end around August 31, closing its facility on East River Road NE and affecting about 84 employees, its July 1 letter to Minnesota said.

• June 2026, Community Transit to run commuter buses itself

  Transdev's Community Transit contract was due to end August 29, closing its Kasch Park Road facility in Everett for about 108 workers, its notice to Washington said, as Community Transit prepared to run the commuter and express buses itself, The Herald reported.

• May 2026, Woodland closure notice

  A closure notice from Transdev Services covered 84 jobs at 352 Industrial Way in Woodland, dated May 26 and effective July 31, California’s WARN report shows.

• April 2026, Visalia closure ahead of Tulare County contract end

  Transdev filed a closure notice for 126 jobs in Visalia effective June 30, California’s report shows, the day its Tulare County Regional Transit Agency agreement was set to expire. Transdev scored last of five bidders and staff recommended Via, TCRTA’s May 18 board packet shows.

• April 2026, First Transit closure notice in Antioch

  First Transit filed a closure notice for 194 jobs at 801 Wilbur Avenue in Antioch, to take effect June 30, in California’s report. First Transit ran Tri Delta Transit's buses in Antioch under a contract Mass Transit reported in 2016, and Keolis's May 13 release set its takeover of Tri Delta for July 1.

• October 2025, Redwood City closure notice

  Transdev Services' notice for 77 jobs at 934 Brewster Avenue in Redwood City, dated October 30, was typed a permanent closure effective December 31 in California’s WARN report.

• October 2025, Fargo notice before Matbus drivers move

  A Transdev filing in North Dakota listed 112 jobs in Fargo on October 21. Fargo had voted to let its Matbus driver contract with Transdev expire December 31 and put its drivers on the city payroll from December 22, The Forum reported.

• July 2025, Boise and Caldwell notices

  Transit Management of Ada County and Transit Management of Canyon County, two Transdev management companies, filed Idaho notices dated July 31 for 111 jobs in Boise and 28 in Caldwell, with layoffs from September 30.

• June 2025, Volusia County contract to pass to RATP Dev

  Transit Management of Volusia County, a Transdev company, said its Volusia County contract would end around August 15, closing its South Daytona facility for about 267 employees, its June 13 letter said. Volusia County said RATP Dev was onboarding existing Votran employees, in a notice River to Sea TPO posted.

• March 2025, California layoff notice from Transdev Services

  Transdev Services, Inc. filed a California layoff notice dated March 31 for 48 jobs, with layoffs from May 31.

What to do if you're laid off from Transdev

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Transdev's biggest hubs: California, Texas, Maryland, Washington. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Transdev's hub states run: California, Texas, Maryland, Washington, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.