News and Updates
New MTI Study Suggests Transit Benefits Substantially Greater than Costs
Posted July 2015
Just how much do investments in public transportation return? The July 2015 Mineta Transportation Institute report, “The Benefits of Transit in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Benefit-Cost Studies” attempts to answer this question quantitatively through a review of literature on benefits-costs (b-c) estimates of existing U.S. transit systems.
Read more...Spotlight on Frontline Workforce - Students at APTA Youth Summit Explore Transit Frontline Careers
Posted July 2015
Last week, 50 brilliant high school students across the country came together in Washington DC for the 4th Biennial APTA Youth Summit, to explore how public transportation can build better communities and a healthy environment.
Read more...Center Executive Director Lead Presenter on the Workforce Development Panel - APTA’s Rail Conference
Posted July 2015
On Tuesday June 23, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Center Executive Director Jack Clark led the presentation by the Workforce Development panel at the APTA Rail Conference. Jack presented data on the overall challenge the industry faces in recruiting and training 126 percent of the current workforce over the next ten years and proposed a national structure of comprehensive training and apprenticeship to address the need. The panel also included presentations from Metro North, WMATA, LACMTA and EDSI.
Read more...Weekly Update for June 25, 2015
Posted June 2015
This week’s update includes stories on bipartisan coalition of senators introduced a six-year bill that would boost overall spending on U.S. roads and bridges, students learn that it’s cool to ride the bus, Senate confirms Neffenger as new Transportation Security Chief and MBTA kicks off $12.7 million project to replace aging third, rail switch heaters.
Read more...Linking National Bus Maintenance Training Committee Work with Transit Apprenticeship Initiative
Posted June 2015
At the National Bus Maintenance Training Committee meeting in St. Paul, MN on June 10, Center Executive Director Jack Clark offered a presentation on establishing a national system of bus maintenance apprenticeship as a potential future direction for the committee.
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