News and Updates
Attending APTA’s Annual Meeting?
Posted September 2013
On Tuesday October 1, 2013 from 10:30am -12pm the Center’s Executive Director, Brian Turner, will join other industry leaders on a panel about creating dynamic & innovative training & development initiatives for transit’s future workforce.
Read more...Americans for Transit The Center See Strong Career Pathways as the Key to Increasing Transit Support
Posted September 2013
Since the start of the great recession, transit workers, riders, and the industry as whole have faced financial distress and political attacks. Layoffs, route abandonments, fare increases and service cuts in nearly every city across the country face riders who rely on the systems every day as well as the transit workers who keep these systems running.
Read more...Center Seeks Qualified Consultants to Assist in Building Local Labor-Management Partnerships
Posted August 2013
The Transportation Learning Center is releasing a Request for Qualifications today for consultants to assist in building and sustaining local and regional labor-management partnerships in the transit industry to improve training for front-line workers. The Center seeks people who can assist in developing jointly owned data that partnerships can use for decision-making.
Read more...Weekly Update for August 22, 2013
Posted August 2013
This week’s update includes stories on how much public transit is worth to a city, why jobs go unfilled during high unemployment, and the unfinished march.
Read more...Weekly Update for August 15, 2013
Posted August 2013
This week’s update includes stories on Transportation Secretary Foxx talks about tight budgets and efficient spending, SEPTA’s new transit police hit the streets, and how 40 years of union-busting failed America.
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