News and Updates

Weekly Update for September 19, 2014

Posted September 2014

This week’s update includes stores on Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium gearing back up, MBTA pilots Signals Consortium course and the House is proposing a 40 percent funding cut for Amtrak construction.

Center Director Brian Turner Named to US DOL Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

Posted September 2014

In recognition of the Transportation Learning Center’s work in developing frontline workforce apprenticeships, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez has invited the Center’s executive director, Brian J. Turner, to serve on his Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA).

Transit Summer Youth Programs Provide Career Pathways Experience in Boston and Philadelphia

Posted September 2014

This summer, high school students gained valuable experience through summer youth programs with the transit systems in Boston and Philadelphia.  SEPTA and TWU Local 234 completed their 7th annual summer program, while Boston initiated its first.

Weekly Update for August 28, 2014

Posted September 2014

This week’s update includes stores on the growing transit and affordable housing in Denver, why the San Diego Trolley ridership is up by 10 million and how people in Beijing can pay for public transit in recycling.

Career Pathways/Career Ladders Round Table Conference - September 17, 2014 in Silver Spring Maryland

Posted September 2014

The Transportation Learning Center’s planning for the September 17 Career Pathways/Career Ladders Roundtable Conference is entering its final stages, and the meeting is almost filled to capacity.  Instead of the usual conference format of panel presentations and questions to the panel, the Roundtable Conference will offer sessions focusing on the following topics:

• Creating and Building on Career Ladders and Pathways in Transit:  An Examination of Need, Opportunities and Frameworks
• Outreach and Engagement: Effective Practices and Stakeholder Buy-In
• Mentoring for Pathways and Ladders
• The Critical Role of Apprenticeship and Rigorous Career Ladder Training
• Education Programs as Stakeholders in the Pathways and Ladders System
• Stakeholder Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges