News and Updates

Rail Car Consortium Holds Virtual Mid-Year Meeting with LMS Preview

Posted August 2021

The National Rail Car Training Consortium held its mid-year virtual consortium webinar on Thursday, July 29. The Center’s Deputy Director, Xinge Wang and Instructional Designer, Kristen Ribaudo shared Phase III updates on recruitment, courseware development and editing, eLearning, and future meetings.

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Transportation Learning Center is Awarded $5 Million to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center

Posted August 2021

The Transportation Learning Center is excited to announce that it has been awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to serve as the first ever Transit Workforce Center (TWC) to help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain the diverse workforce needed now and in the future.

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Traction Power Training Consortium Full Group Meeting

Posted July 2021

For a group that has never met in person, the camaraderie is real.

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Center Gets Input from Coach Operator Apprenticeship Committee for TCRP Study

Posted July 2021

On July 8, the Center held a virtual Transit Coach Operator Apprenticeship Committee meeting. Labor and management from agencies all over the country connect with each other through the committee around the common goal of implementing a registered apprenticeship for new coach operators.

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Center Welcomes New Board Members

Posted July 2021

The Center is pleased to announce four newly elected members to the Board of Directors: Sam Desue, Jr., General Manager of TriMet; Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute; Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO; and Jeff Rosenberg, Director of Government Affairs at Amalgamated Transit Union. Click here to read their full bios.

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