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According to Center research, 126 Percent of today's transit workforce
will have to be hired and trained in the next 10 years. 90 percent of these employees will be frontline workers. In an effort to address this impending skill shortage, the Center and its partners (listed below) are currently working on development of a set of "transit core competencies curriculum" or TC3:
TC3 Partner Organizations:
- Capital Metro
- GCRTA/ATU 268
- IAMAW
- MARTA
- MBTA/IBEW 103
- Metro North
- Mile High Youth Corps
- SamTrans/ATU 1574
- SEPTA/TWU 234
- TWU 100
- WMATA
The transit core competencies curriculum is meant to expand the pipeline of qualified applicants for transit maintenance careers by developing and enhancing pre-employment programs, outlining a series of viable career pathways and expanding education engagement and career opportunities for communities served by public transportation.
On Friday January 22, the Center held a kick off webinar where partner organizations discussed the content and scope of these curricula as well as the process on how to develop a quality product that will be meet the project goals.
For more information on this effort, contact Project Manager Pat Greenfield.
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International Transportation News
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International Railway Journal - January 27, 2016
Despite the expansion of the number of private rail operators in Europe, state funding still makes up 88% of rolling stock procurement. This is the finding of the second part of a study published on January 27 by Roland Berger for the Rail Working Group, a Swiss not-for-profit organization focused on adopting the Luxembourg Rail Prototcol.
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) anticipates rolling out its positive train control (PTC) system in February. The agency intended to meet the federal government's original Dec. 31, 2015, deadline for implementing the technology, but the three-year extension passed by Congress late last year "effectively resets the clock on [SEPTA's] deadline for the final phases of the project," SEPTA said in a January PTC update on its website.
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They are the overlooked brigade of New York City's transit workers - bus drivers, cleaners, station clerks and mechanics - who have stepped out of the shadows to perform acts of valor. Now, they will be honored. On Tuesday, a panel of judges selected 10 winners of the Daily News Hometown Heroes in Transit awards, culled from 20 nominations and dozens of submissions. The winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony in February.
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Each grainy video depicts a similar pattern: A light-rail train passes through a nondescript landscape in northwestern Oregon until it reaches a grade crossing, where a pedestrian comes chillingly close to getting struck. Released in November last year, this "close call" footage from years past was one component of a major safety push from the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) after a week of serious crossing collisions involving its transit vehicles.
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Overall crime across the CTA dropped by 25 percent in 2015, officials announced Wednesday. In 2014, the Chicago Transit Authority reported 4,691 criminal incidents on buses, trains, rail stations, parking garages and rail platforms. In 2015, that number dropped to 3,512. Crime on the transit system has dropped nearly 50 percent over the last four years, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at a press conference during the Wednesday morning commute at the Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station.
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With the number of accidents involving Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority buses and pedestrians in the last eighteen months, officials at RIPTA have launched a new video on safety that was posted on YouTube on Monday which will be played at Providence schools beginning this week. After many serious accidents involving its own buses, at least three that were fatal in the last 18 months, RIPTA wanted to take a proactive approach to safety education, according to Barbara Polichetti, a spokesperson for RIPTA. The hope is that a video will help keep passengers better informed and ultimately prevent any additional accidents.
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The workforce development system is the backbone of job training in the U.S. It provides millions of jobseekers and workers the opportunity to learn new skills and obtain new and better jobs. The system also serves a critical role in our nation's labor market, bringing together workers and businesses to ensure that workers can find good jobs and that employers can find the skilled workers they need to keep business thriving. Essential to the workforce development system is its accessibility to everyone - equal and free of discrimination. To ensure the system meets this important requirement, the U.S. Department of Labor's Civil Rights Center has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to provide important updates to the existing nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. These regulations have not changed substantially since 1999.
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Building Transportation Infrastructure
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Railway Age - January 27, 2016
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board on Jan. 27, 2016 approved the final major contract for the East Side Access project, which will build and finish four platforms and eight tracks for the new Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) terminal some 100 feet below Grand Central Terminal. Under another contract awarded last month, a tunnel approach will be built and a bridge rebuilt in Sunnyside, Queens. The total value of both contracts is nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars.
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Sound Transit's University Link light-rail extension will open to passenger service on March 19, six months ahead of schedule and more than $150 million under budget. "With fast, frequent trains bypassing some of the region's worst traffic, thousands of people will now be able to get to work, school and appointments on time, every time," said Sound Transit Board Chair and King County Executive Dow Constantine.
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Albuquerque Business First - January 12, 2016
Two new reports say Albuquerque Rapid Transit will improve access to jobs and residences and spur upwards of $3 billion in new property development near the transit corridor. Business owners and concerned citizens have been vocal in their opposition to the city's plans for a new rapid transit system along the Central Avenue corridor, claiming that construction during its implementation could put struggling stores out of business and criticizing the city's planning of the project as "piecemeal" and uninformed.
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