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Register for the Center's Conference: Making Connections
The Center is excited to hold possibly the most affordable conference in the DC area - with early bird conference registration starting at $70 per person. After February 14 the price will increase to $95. Hotel rooms in downtown Silver Spring are only $119/night.
Register here or call 301.565.4713
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Stay up to date with the our Weekly Update that provides information about transit issues from new transportation infrastructure to the green jobs movement. Receiving our Weekly Update is also a great way to stay informed on what the Center is working on now.
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Transit economics
March 10, 2010: Slashing service and raising fares are tempting during a budget crisis, but that approach ignores public transportation's real benefits for taxpayers. Despite some modest help from the federal stimulus plan, times are tough for public transportation. Across the country, agencies are seeing ridership and government funding drop even as they reduce services and raise fares to keep their budgets balanced.
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In first meeting, new Washington Metro chairman stresses safety
March 10, 2010: Citing a series of deadly crashes, the new chairman of Metro's board of directors emphasized Thursday the need to move passengers safely across the region. "Above everything else, we must provide safe service, and in the past year we have had accidents which have shocked and saddened all of us," said Peter Benjamin, who represents Montgomery County and Maryland on the board, at his first meeting as chairman.
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Programs
Transit Training Career Ladder PartnershipsFunded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration and working with local transit agencies and their unions throughout…
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Working with labor and management representatives, the Center develops national standards for workforce training in five key areas of transit.
Faced with an industry-wide skills shortage, local leaders in public transportation increasingly turn to apprenticeship programs to address their training…
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Publications
International and Domestic Comparisons: Building Capacity for Transit Training - Updated Edition“Building Capacity for Transit Training: International and Domestic Comparisons” outlines the Center’s initial findings on how other countries and industries…
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You can’t know how well you’re doing until you find ways to measure outcomes. The Center followed through on this…
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The partnerships profiled here range from long-established training systems such as that between Chicago Transit Authority and International Brotherhood of…
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