News and Updates
ITLC Presents at APTA’s TRANSform Conference
Posted November 2023
Last month, ITLC’s Deputy Director Xinge Wang, Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard, Program Manager for Technical Training James Hall, Senior Policy Analyst Karitsa Holdzkom, Researcher Douglas Nevins, and Communications Manager David Stephen traveled to Orlando for the 2023 American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) TRANSform Conference.
Read more...TCRP Research Project Grant Awarded to ITLC
Posted November 2023
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has selected ITLC as the project team leader for Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project J-11/Task 46, Zero-Emission Vehicles: New Tech, New Skills, New Jobs.
Read more...ITLC’s Executive Director Delivers Keynote Address at Metro Transit’s Graduation Ceremony
Posted November 2023
As the keynote address speaker at Metro Transit’s (Minneapolis/St. Paul) October 26 bus operator apprenticeship graduation ceremony, ITLC Executive Director Jack Clark delivered words of praise to the thirty graduates, calling them “skilled professionals” who serve the critical role of “holding the community together, building community.” Jack echoed Metro Transit’s General Manager Lesley Kandaras’ comment to the graduates that the operators are indispensable as the agency’s ambassadors and its public face.
Read more...TWC Releases BEB Familiarization Course
Posted November 2023
In its latest contribution to support the industry’s critical workforce transition, Transit Workforce Center (TWC) has released its comprehensive Battery Electric Bus Familiarization Course designed to equip transit workers with baseline knowledge of electric vehicle fundamentals, safety practices, and charging technologies.
Read more...Strengthening the ITLC Team
Posted November 2023
ITLC is excited to announce the addition of Maurice Beard as Senior Workforce Development Advisor, marking another step in the organization’s ongoing journey to support the advancement of workforce development in public transportation.
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