News and Updates
Transportation Learning Center is Awarded $5 Million to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center
Posted August 2021
The Transportation Learning Center is excited to announce that it has been awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to serve as the first ever Transit Workforce Center (TWC) to help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain the diverse workforce needed now and in the future.
Read more...Traction Power Training Consortium Full Group Meeting
Posted July 2021
For a group that has never met in person, the camaraderie is real.
Read more...Center Gets Input from Coach Operator Apprenticeship Committee for TCRP Study
Posted July 2021
On July 8, the Center held a virtual Transit Coach Operator Apprenticeship Committee meeting. Labor and management from agencies all over the country connect with each other through the committee around the common goal of implementing a registered apprenticeship for new coach operators.
Read more...Center Welcomes New Board Members
Posted July 2021
The Center is pleased to announce four newly elected members to the Board of Directors: Sam Desue, Jr., General Manager of TriMet; Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute; Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO; and Jeff Rosenberg, Director of Government Affairs at Amalgamated Transit Union. Click here to read their full bios.
Read more...Cost Reimbursement for Registered Transit Apprenticeships
Posted July 2021
Good training requires significant investment and can be hard to prioritize when budgets are tight and there are so many other competing concerns.
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