News and Updates

Center Participates in American Apprenticeship National Grantee Conference

Posted January 2017

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a conference January 9-11, 2017, in Washington, D.C. for more than 46 American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) grantees to discuss the successes and challenges that they are facing in their AAI grant initiatives.

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Rail Car Courseware Updated

Posted January 2017

Based on feedback from courseware pilots and SME peer reviews, our ISD team has updated Participant Guides, PowerPoints and quizzes for APS and Batteries courses 104 and 204 and HVAC course 106. All existing PowerPoints were revamped to accommodate on-screen display of instructor notes for the presenter.

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Weekly Update for January 5, 2017

Posted January 2017

This week’s update includes stories on MTA Chairman/CEO Tom Prendergast announced he will retire from public service in early 2017, APTA report finds public transit users save $9,712 and MTA to reconsider Bus overhaul.

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Weekly Update for December 22, 2016

Posted December 2016

This week’s update includes stories on U.S. DOT unveils progress on seven cities game changing projects, how most Americans support public transit investment and TSA proposes security training for rail and bus workers.

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The Transportation Learning Center Wishes You a Happy New Year - with a 2017 Calendar

Posted December 2016

All of us at the Transportation Learning Center wish you a productive and fulfilling 2017. We look forward to working with all of our familiar colleagues and partners this coming year – and hope to gain a few new ones as well. As a token of our appreciation, we’re providing a link to our printable 2017 calendar. We’ve even taken the liberty of highlighting the dates for our 2017 Making Connections Conference in September; we hope to see you there!

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