CONGRATULATIONS! Routes 125/128 driver Penny Scott chosen co-winner of Metro Operator of the Year

At right is Penny Scott, a Routes 125/128 bus driver who is one of three Metro drivers honored today as Operators of the Year. This was the first three-way tie since Metro started presenting the award in 1979. From the announcement:

Penny drives Route 125 between Downtown Seattle and West Seattle and Route 128 from West Seattle to White Center and Tukwila. She was hired as a part-time transit operator in July 1995 and went full-time in March 2001. She has earned a 22-year Safe-Driving Award and received several commendations. She was named Operator of the Month in October 2017. Penny was born and raised in Seattle, and graduated from Garfield High School in 1991. Penny is known around the base as โ€œThe Five-Star Generalโ€ … because of the safety pins she proudly displays on her Metro jacket. Penny has two grown sons, Johnathan and Dorian. In her spare time, Penny enjoys traveling and spending time with her friends.

Read about her two co-Operators of the Year, Ricardo Diaz and Robert Leyse (who drive non-WS routes), in the full announcement here. Metro says all three got the news “at a surprise ceremony today at Atlantic-Central Base.”

8 Replies to "CONGRATULATIONS! Routes 125/128 driver Penny Scott chosen co-winner of Metro Operator of the Year"

  • kumalavula September 19, 2018 (6:47 pm)

    nice to know weโ€™re in such good hands!congrats to penny :)

  • NW September 19, 2018 (7:55 pm)

    Congratulations Penny and thank you for your service. 

  • Shawn September 19, 2018 (8:03 pm)

    Great job! And an impressive tenure with Metro. Thanks for putting up with all of us riders! :-)

  • mapgrl September 19, 2018 (9:42 pm)

    Congratulations and thank you!

  • KD September 19, 2018 (11:05 pm)

    Penny is a much loved coworker at Metro and I am glad to see her get the award and accolades. You all donโ€™t even KNOW the humor she brings to us at the work site and she is always entertaining. I am glad her passengers enjoy her just as much. Congratulations Penny! ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿšƒ

  • Marcia Brown September 20, 2018 (10:59 am)

    PENNY!! I’m so happy for you!! Go girl!! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 

    • PENNY SCOTT September 21, 2018 (3:21 am)

      Thank you Marcia!!๐Ÿ˜‚

  • PENNY SCOTT September 21, 2018 (3:19 am)

    Thank you everybody for the kind words. 

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