News and Updates

This week’s update includes stories on

Posted February 2019

This week’s update includes stories on what cities are getting wrong about public transportation, SEPTA bids farewell to locomotives, and APTA urges President, Congress to open U.S. DOT.

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Interested in Train the Trainer?

Posted January 2019

New resources are available on our website to assist you in scheduling a Train the Trainer course! This 5-day, highly interactive training course is designed to give expert front line workers the skills to be effective and confident trainers but is also very beneficial to seasoned trainers. Center staff will come to your location and teach up to ten participants at a time so that you don’t have to worry about travel logistics and costs. Click the link to find out more about the course and get a quote:
http://www.transportcenter.org/solutions_services/detail_view/train-the-trainer

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Center Leads Maintenance Training Session at ATU Workshop

Posted January 2019

The Center’s Xinge Wang and John Schiavone provided a maintenance training session to technicians of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) at the December 9-14 Maintenance Training Workshop held at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center.

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Frontline Transit Workforce Training Needs Panel

Posted January 2019

In December, the National Transit Institute (NTI) and the Transportation Learning Center worked together to convene a two-day gathering of more than two dozen labor and management representatives from transit to discuss frontline workforce training needs.

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Board of Directors Member Stephanie Wiggins Named CEO of Metrolink

Posted December 2018

Stephanie Wiggins has been named the CEO of Metrolink. Wiggins comes from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) where she served as deputy chief executive officer.

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