News and Updates

This week’s update includes stories on how Reading on New York’s Subway Just Got Easier,

Posted June 2017

This week’s update includes stories on how Reading on New York’s Subway Just Got Easier, Metro Has Zero Electric Buses Now and Can Trump’s “Apprentice” Model Fix Infrastructure and Create Jobs?

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Safety and Training were Major Topics in Panel Discussion

Posted June 2017

The 2017 APTA Rail Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, featured a unique workshop: Employees Are Our Greatest Asset: From the Shop Floor.

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Center Discusses Apprenticeship Initiative at ATU Black Caucus Meeting

Posted June 2017

Center Project Manager Tia Brown presented at the Amalgamated Transit Union Black Caucus on Friday May 26. During this presentation, she highlighted the American Apprenticeship Initiative project the Center is currently working on.

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Center to Deliver Second Workshop at APTA Rail Conference

Posted June 2017

This workshop will engage participants in a lively discussion of key factors that are important for effective labor-management collaboration.

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Center and CWIT to Deliver ‘Career Pathways for Women in Transit’ Workshop at APTA Rail Conference

Posted June 2017

Building on the success at a similar workshop delivered at the APTA Bus and Paratransit Conference, the Transportation Learning Center is inviting Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) to engage rail agency representatives in an interactive learning session on Building Equity for Women in Public Transportation Occupations.

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