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Resources and Best Practices for Zero Emission Fleet Workforce Transition Released by Transit Workforce Center
Posted March 2022
In conjunction with the Low or No Emission and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Programs FY2022 Notice of Funding announcement on Monday by Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Transit Workforce Center (TWC) released the “Resources and Best Practices for a Zero Emission-Workforce Fleet Transition Plan” in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration.
Read more...Traction Power Consortium to Meet in Philadelphia
Posted March 2022
Launched at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the national Traction Power Training Consortium will have its first in-person event in Philadelphia’s Center City, April 26-29, 2022.
Read more...TWC Presentation at FTA National Safety Standards Committee
Posted February 2022
Last week, ITLC Executive Director Jack Clark attended a meeting of the FTA National Safety Standards Committee, convened on behalf of FTA by the Center for Urban Transit Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida.
Read more...Remembering Harold “Sonny” Hall, Transport Workers Union (TWU) International President Emeritus
Posted February 2022
Sonny Hall, a powerful leader in transportation labor and in labor-management partnerships, passed away last month in his home town of New York City.
Read more...New Report Calls for Investing in Transit Workers to Bolster Transit Service
Posted February 2022
A new report released Feb. 4, Transit Equity Day, by the Alliance for a Just Society, the Labor Network for Sustainability and TransitCenter builds a case that a healthy transit industry that serves communities is tied to robust investments into the transit workforce.
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