The Center Will Deliver its Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp at the NTI Transit Trainers Workshop this March in Nashville
Continuing from the last NTI's well-received workshop on Transit Training Bootcamp, this workshop helps transit trainers with insights into the principles of adult learning and presents techniques on how to deliver good training. This workshop introduces methods for technical experts to successfully transfer skills and knowledge to others. The three hour Bootcamp will be presented by Amri Joyner on the afternoon of Sunday, March 26th. This workshop introduces the fundamentals of training delivery, including:
Needs and challenges facing transit trainers
The role of the transit trainer
Characteristics of quality instruction
Effective instructional design techniques
Preparing for training
For more information on our Train the Trainer courses, please contact Julie Deibel-Pundt. For information on the NTI Transit Trainers Workshop, visit their site.
Do you know a high school student who will be a junior or senior in the fall of 2017? If so, invite them to join fellow students from across North America this summer in Washington, DC to learn how public transportation shapes communities, advances education and promotes a sustainable environment. With this all-expenses paid opportunity, the selected students will:
Experience five days in the nation's capital
Meet lawmakers and congressional leaders
Discover the wide range of exciting career paths within the public transit industry
Learn how public transportation is helping shape a brighter future
When Nuria Fernandez was growing up in Panama, water was a big part of her world. In addition to living by the water, she spent a couple summers interning at one of the canal locks of the Panama Canal, a feat of engineering that her great-grandfather had helped to construct. "But for some reason I've always been in surface [transportation]," she says. "I've never thought of pursuing a career in the maritime field."
President Trump's nominee for Transportation secretary easily won confirmation on Tuesday, even amid fallout from the administration's temporary ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations. In a 93-6 vote, the Senate endorsed Elaine Chao to lead the Transportation Department, where she is expected to be a crucial ally in helping Trump move a massive infrastructure package through Congress.
For two weeks, the city of Las Vegas tested the viability of a driverless shuttle bus downtown. Next, city officials are set to meet with public transportation company Keolis North America about whether a driverless bus could become permanent. The program began Jan. 10 with a news conference featuring proclamations from Mayor Carolyn Goodman and speeches by other city officials and executive staffers from Navya, the French company that builds the 15-person electric shuttles.
Gondolas in Boulder? The college town is far from a ski slope but is considering using gondolas for public transportation. The Daily Camera reports that Boulder business leaders are starting to talk about joining Telluride; Portland, Ore.; and even Hong Kong, all of which use gondolas to provide transportation without building new roads.
As people become accustomed to the communities in which they live, they become increasingly able to adjust and adapt to their location's transportation patterns. They learn which routes to take to avoid rush hour and come to know which forms of public transportation are most efficient. Most of us can reasonably assume that we can continue to count on these familiar patterns as we plan our work commutes and weekend plans.
After raising $100 million last year, the second largest 2016 financing round by an Israeli company, it was only a matter of time before transportation-on-demand company Via set up shop overseas outside the US. Via, which provides shared transportation services, has launched its services in Paris, after succeeding in New York, Chicago, and Washington. The Israeli company will offer its services in the French capital in cooperation with Keolis, a global public transportation operator, under the Plus brand.
The Colombian government has allocated Pesos 15 trillion ($US 5.1bn) towards urban transport projects in the capital Bogota, with a significant chunk of the funding destined for the city's first metro line.
The Regional Transportation District of Denver's (RTD) R Line light-rail route will open for service Feb. 24, the agency announced yesterday. The line includes 10.5 miles of new track from the Nine Mile Station to the Peoria Station in Aurora, Colo. R Line trains will operate on existing track from the Lincoln Station in Lone Tree, Colo. to the Nine Mile Station.
The route will travel along the west side of Interstate 5 between stations. Representatives say the alignment is intended to integrate with future transit-related developments expected near the stations.
A university study is now proving what non-stop construction has long suggested-that DART light rail stations are delivering a big economic impact along with commuters. And while the wait for service has at times seemed long, experts say it's been worth the wait because light rail brings economic company.
Transit agencies across the state are facing an unclear funding future based on Gov. John Kasich's executive budget released today. While the Governor found replacement funding for a sales and use tax on Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) that provided funding to all transit agencies in the state, the proposed alternative will only completely cover the money the state will lose, not the funds transit agencies will lose.
When Metro proposed permanent cuts in service, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act requires they investigate whether the changes will put an unequal burden on minorities. The study did conclude that reduction in late night service and fare increases would affect low-income riders and minorities disproportionately. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says that the legal justification for proceeding is that there is simply no other choice.
Veronique Hakim has been named interim executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. She'll serve in that role while a seven-person committee conducts a nationwide search for a permanent chair and chief executive officer, according to a press release issued by Cuomo's office. She temporarily succeeds Thomas Prendergast, who today retires as MTA's chairman and CEO.
HARTFORD, CT - Proponents of legislation requiring seat belts on Connecticut school buses are trying again to get the measure passed this year. It isn't a new idea - it's been raised in past years, but cost concerns have stopped it from ever reaching the governor's desk for his signature.
The City-County Council is deciding on a proposal to expand mass transit in Indianapolis. Marion County voters approved a tax hike in November to improve services. Now, the council has to sign off on the increase. It was a packed house at Monday night's meeting, where IndyGo presented its plan to use the funds. The referendum would raise $56 million a year for IndyGo.
All of the projects would require at least $137.5 billion in funding. The list includes 11 inland waterway projects comprising 9% of the budget, three rail projects accounting for 18% of the total costs and four port projects requiring 4% of the funding.
The land near transit stations is a valuable commodity. Hundreds or thousands of people travel to and through these places each day, and decisions about what to do with this land have implications for local economies, transit ridership, residents' access to opportunity, and overall quality of life for everyone in a community.
All cities are connected, both literally and figuratively, through transportation. Whether it's by car, bike, bus, rail, or our own two feet, urban dwellers share the common problem of navigating quickly and easily, and cities share the burden of putting systems in place to make that possible. And now, in an era of Trump, when federal transportation funding might be drastically cut, they also may need to be even more creative, and independent, in funding and figuring out how to make getting there less painful. Luckily, cities are increasingly making the rights investments, and as these 10 demonstrate, finding new ways to move forward.
Apprenticeships are making a comeback thanks in part to bipartisan support among lawmakers. In the last two years, Washington has allocated $265 million to spur programs. President Obama's secretary of labor, Thomas E. Perez, a strong proponent, attempted to rebrand apprenticeships to appeal to educators and parents. During his tenure, the department established a partnership between registered community colleges and sponsors that allowed on-the-job-training to count as academic credit toward a degree.
Elaine Chao is unlikely to receive much resistance tomorrow during a Senate vote on her confirmation as secretary of transportation. The longtime Washington, D.C., insider - Chao was labor secretary under George W. Bush and deputy transportation secretary under George H.W. Bush - is among the least controversial of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees.
