VEHICLE XINGS OF ACTIVE RWY. POSSIBLE RWY INCURSION.

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SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER; AIR TFC; NWS; ARPT RESCUE; AIRWAYS FACILITY; VISITORS; EMPLOYEES; AND ANYONE WITH BUSINESS AT THESE FACILITIES MUST BE 'SHUTTLED' OR ESCORTED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY. THIS IS A LEVEL 4 ARPT AND AT TIMES EXTREMELY BUSY. THE SHUTTLE VAN CROSSES THE RWY HUNDREDS OF TIMES EACH AND EVERY DAY. DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TXWYS AND RWYS; GND CTL WORKS MORE VEHICLES THAN AIRPLANES DURING THE DAY. WE (AIR TFC CTLRS WORKING GND CTL) HAVE HAD MANY PROBS WITH SOME OF THE SHUTTLE VAN DRIVERS. 1 DRIVER READ BACK XING AFTER BEING INSTRUCTED TO 'HOLD SHORT.' ARPT AUTH HAS NOT REMOVED THIS VAN DRIVER EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM CTLRS THAT HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE RULES. (HE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THEIRS IN THE OFFICE AND DRIVES THE VAN EVERY WKDAY MORNING FOR ABOUT 2 HRS.) ARPT AUTH ALSO HAS HIRED PEOPLE TO DRIVE THIS VAN THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN AROUND AN ARPT; MUCH LESS RWYS; TXWYS; AND ACFT. THEIR TRAINING IS EXTREMELY SHORT AND INCOMPLETE. I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS SIT MUST BE CONTINUED THAT ONLY ARPT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTERS BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE SHUTTLE VAN. THEY HAVE HAD A LOT MORE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE; THEY KNOW WHAT TO LISTEN FOR; WHAT TO LOOK FOR; AND ALL OF THE RULES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THIS PROB OF RWY XINGS BY ARPT VEHICLES HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTN OF TWR MGMNT WITH NO ACTION. RPTR STATED THERE ARE ALTERNATE RTES THAT CAN BE USED THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE VEHICLE RWY XINGS.