Bus driver retires after 50 years behind the wheel [Video]

After spending 50 years behind the wheel of an Ottawa bus, Jerome Watters has one piece of advice for making the most out of the job.

“You have to be a people person,” he said. “In order to enjoy this job, you have to enjoy people. And I’ve had a lot of really interesting people over the years.”

Watters started driving in 1974, and has had so many passengers that some who he picked up as students are now his peers, driving buses for OC Transpo.

Now entering his well-earned retirement, Watters is reflecting on the changes that the city — and its buses — have gone through over the decades.