News and Updates
Expanding Apprenticeship Opportunities for Public Transportation
Posted March 2015
Apprenticeship has emerged over the past year as a promising approach to quality training for America’s frontline workforce, particularly in public transportation. The Obama administration in 2014 made expanding apprenticeship training a national goal.
Read more...Center Delivers Train-the-Trainer Course at SEPTA
Posted March 2015
Last week, eight current and future maintenance trainers at SEPTA went through the Center developed Train-the-Trainer course. Although this course was developed as part of the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium, participants were from various departments including signals, traction power, rail vehicle and elevator/escalator maintenance.
Read more...Weekly Update for February 26, 2015
Posted February 2015
This week’s update includes stories on safety series installment IV: Local Safety Practices that Work, MBTA restores full rail transit service, and DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx completed his four-day, five state bus tour at Washington, D.C.‘s Union Station.
Read more...Weekly Update for February 19, 2015
Posted February 2015
This week’s update includes stories on Transportation Learning Center Safety Series, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx talks tough on PTC and is it time for someone who rides NJ Transit trains or buses to join the board of directors?
Read more...WMATA Pilots Course 209: Escalator Specific-Electrical Systems as Part of Transit EL/ES Consortium
Posted February 2015
On January 23, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority piloted Course 209: Escalator Specific - Electrical Systems. This course was developed by the Transit Elevator Escalator Training Consortium to provide participants with a basic knowledge of the electrical power distribution systems within a modern escalator. After a presentation and class discussion using Consortium materials, participants applied information from the course to real world examples of failures on transit escalators using an escalator simulator to troubleshoot faults and a LabVolt trainer to troubleshoot a variable frequency drive.
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