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TWC Research Team Deliver Presentations at TRB Conference

Posted August 2024

Last month, Research Associates Michaela Boneva and Shayna Gleason and Researcher Douglas Nevins delivered a poster presentation at Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity in Baltimore. The presentation “Public Transportation Workforce Demographics: Exploring National Datasets” provided an overview of several national data sources to understand equity issues in the transit workforce.

 

On day two of the conference, Shayna and Easterseals' National Director for Transportation & Mobility and Assistant Vice President of Education & Youth Transition Dr. Judy Shanley participated in a panel presentation titled “Creating Equity in the Transportation Workforce: Career Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities.” The panel presentation focused on the value of individuals with disabilities in the transit workforce, highlighted strategies for enhancing their inclusion in the workforce, and provided examples of agencies currently working to recruit and retain workers with disabilities.