News and Updates

Center Staff Promotes Transit Coach Operator Apprenticeship w/Santa Clara VTA & ATU Local 265

Posted May 2017

Center Program Manager Tia Brown participated in the Paying It Forward session at the APTA conference alongside Diana Hermone and Jamaine Gibson of the Joint Workforce Investment of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).

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Center Pilots Transit Core Competencies Curriculum with Students from Denver’s Mile High Youth Corps

Posted May 2017

Transportation Learning Center has completed its first full pilot of the six modules that have been developed for the Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3).

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Registration Now Open for Making Connections 2017 Conference - October 26, 2017, Silver Spring, MD

Posted May 2017

Join industry leaders, experts, and partners to exchange ideas, share successes and learn about emerging best practices for public transportation and transportation workforce development.

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Center Staff Tours Colorado Rail and Track Test Facilities

Posted May 2017

On Monday April 24th while in Colorado for the National Rail Car Consortium Conference, Center staff pulled on steel-toed boots and spent a day touring the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in Pueblo.

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National Rail Car Consortium Meeting Hosted by Denver RTD

Posted May 2017

The National Rail Car Consortium (the Consortium) held its third in-person meeting this past week in Denver, Colorado. With Valley Transit Authority recently joining the Consortium as the newest member, labor and management Subject Mater Experts (SMEs) from sixteen rail transit locations worked on developing and validating the next round of Consortium courseware.

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