News and Updates
Weekly Update for January 9, 2014
Posted January 2014
This week’s update includes stories on top transportation challenges in 2014, why more people might be willing to leave their vehicles at home and ride the bus, and MTA Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut plans to step down.
Read more...TWU Workers Ready to Train and Mentor for the Future
Posted December 2013
“TWU Workers Ready to Train and Mentor for the Future” proclaims Local 100 of the Transport Workers in New York City. A new PowerPoint from the Local urges more and better training for current Local 100 members while also opening up opportunities for training and apprenticeship for members of the community, particularly young people.
Read more...Signals Training Consortium Forges Ahead on Training Program
Posted December 2013
The Signals Training Consortium held its second full meeting last week, December 4-6, in Cleveland. The consortium brings together 20 public transportation agencies and their unions from across the country to create a standardized training program for signal maintainers.
Read more...Apprenticeship Emerging as Quality Solution to U.S. Skills Shortages
Posted December 2013
Leaders of US industries and national policy makers are increasingly embracing modern apprenticeship as the most effective solution to urgent challenges facing the US workforce: On the one hand, employers such as transit agencies can’t find enough young workers with technical skills, leading to vacancies and hiring of retirees from other careers.
Read more...Center Developing Equipment Specific Escalator Inspection and Maintenance Course for BART
Posted November 2013
This week, Transportation Learning Center Instructional Designers are meeting with transit elevator subject matter experts at BART to develop an inspection and maintenance course for the escalators specific to their authority.
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