News and Updates

ITLC Attends APTA’s Workforce Conference

Posted September 2024

Last month, Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard, Technical Assistance and Outreach Associate Alashia Bryant, Executive Director Jack Clark, Senior Policy Analyst Karitsa Holdzkom, and Senior Instructional Designer Kristen Ribaudo attended and hosted an exhibit table at the American Public Transit Association’s Workforce Summit in Washington, D.C.

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ITLC’s Traction Power Training Consortium Meets in Cleveland

Posted September 2024

ITLC’s Traction Power Training Consortium held its latest in-person meeting last month in collaboration with host agency Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) at GCRTA’s Rail Training Facility to discuss rigging practices for traction power.

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TWC Research Team Deliver Presentations at TRB Conference

Posted August 2024

Last month, Research Associates Michaela Boneva and Shayna Gleason and Researcher Douglas Nevins delivered a poster presentation at Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity in Baltimore. The presentation “Public Transportation Workforce Demographics: Exploring National Datasets” provided an overview of several national data sources to understand equity issues in the transit workforce.

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ITLC Participates in SWTA Conference

Posted August 2024

Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard and Executive Director Jack Clark attended the South West Transit Association’s (SWTA) annual Summer University Conference, July 29-30, in Fort Worth, Texas

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Electric School Bus Familiarization: Part Two

Posted August 2024

Last week, ITLC, in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, hosted part two of a four-part webinar series offering electric school bus (ESB) technicians the fundamentals of ESB technology

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