News and Updates

TWC Webinars

Posted December 2023

Over the past few weeks, Transit Workforce Center (TWC) has hosted three webinars featuring staff members and guests from agencies and unions nationwide presenting on various topics in transit, sharing helpful resources, supporting transit industry-related programs, and engaging with industry stakeholders.

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Signals Consortium Hosted by DART in Dallas, TX

Posted December 2023

The International Transportation Learning Center’s (ITLC) National Signals Maintenance Training Consortium convened in Dallas, Texas last month, hosted by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Amalgamated Transit Union’s (ATU) Local 1338. Signals Consortium member agencies include BART, Capitol Metro, CATS, DART, GCRTA, LACMTA, Maryland MTA, Metra, Metro Transit, NFTA, PATCO, SacRT, SEPTA, Sound Transit, and VTA.

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ITLC Participates in Future Fuels Roundtable

Posted November 2023

On October 6, ITLC Program Manager James Hall and World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Senior Manager of eMobility Strategy and Manufacturing Engagement Stephanie Ly attended the National Council for Workforce Education’s (NCWE) Future Fuels Roundtable in Baltimore.

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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.

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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.

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