News and Updates

This week’s update includes stories on

Posted August 2020

This weeks update include stories and/or webinars on emergency discussion to save public transit, 21 places of the future:  where the future of work will happen next and 5 COVID-19 lessons to make public transportation better.

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This week’s update includes stories on

Posted August 2020

This week’s update includes stories on will you ride a train after COVID-19, Cleveland RTA ridership starting to rebound from pandemic lows and face masks are required on SEPTA, so why are most riders not complying?

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Center Urges Action from Senate on Effects of COVID-19 Crisis

Posted July 2020

The Center has signed onto a letter of support from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights urging the Senate to enact strong, sweeping legislation to address the health, economic, and institutional consequences of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Center Collaborates with Iyai+ to Deliver Online CTA Summer Youth Program

Posted July 2020

On July 14, Center Executive Director Jack Clark teamed up with Jamaine Gibson, the Amalgamated Transit Union’s (ATU) International’s Workforce Development Coordinator, to introduce twenty-five students from the Chicago Public Schools to opportunities for frontline careers in public transportation, including opportunities to work in areas related to new technology and electrification.

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Center Holds Successful First BEB Familiarization Webinar

Posted July 2020

On June 25 th , the Center held a 2-hour webinar designed to help technicians become familiar with Battery Electric Buses.

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