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On Wednesday, September 17 just over 30 invited and engaged participants from a diverse group of stakeholder organizations and federal agencies came together for the transportation Learning Center's "Making Connections" Career Pathways and Career Ladders Roundtable Conference. Using a format that included short kick-off comments and extensive interaction throughout the day, attendees addressed significant issues, asked questions and shared information around the following topics:
* Creating and Building on Career Ladders and Pathways in Transit: An
Examination of Need, Opportunities and Frameworks * Outreach and Engagement: Effective Practices and Stakeholder Buy-In * Mentoring for Pathways and Ladders * The Critical Role of the Apprenticeship and Rigorous Career Ladder
Training * Education Programs as Partners and Stakeholders in the Pathways
and Ladders System * Stakeholder Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges
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NYCT Pilots Course 250: Principles of Troubleshooting as Part of Transit Elevator/ Escalator Training Consortium
 Last week, New York City Transit piloted Course 250: Principles of Troubleshooting. This course was developed by the Transit Elevator Escalator Training Consortium to introduce general concepts of troubleshooting such as a systematic approach to identifying the causes of problems, troubleshooting strategies, tips and pitfalls. Participants then apply what they learned to real world examples of failures on transit elevators and escalators. There will be some minor edits made to improve this course as a result of the pilot training, but overall this course was very well received by participants. Also, despite the fact that participants had an average of over eight years of experience in transit elevator/escalator maintenance, pre- and post-test scores showed a knowledge gain of 70 percent.
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City Lab - September 22, 2014
Every transit advocate knows this timeless Onion headline: "98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others." But the underlying truth that makes this line so funny also makes it a little concerning: enthusiasm for public transportation far, far outweighs the actual use of it. Last week, for instance, the American Public Transportation Association reported that 74 percent of people support more mass transit spending. But only 5 percent of commuters travel by mass transit. This support, in other words, is largely for others.
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Railway Age
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast announced Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 that he has appointed Carmen Bianco as president of MTA New York City Transit. Bianco is the seventh person to serve as president since the title was created in 1980. He has served as acting president since April, and previously served as senior vice president of the Department of Subways, overseeing the entire subway system since 2010.
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The Washington Post, September 24, 2014
Richard Sarles, whose tenure as head of the nation's second-busiest subway system began in the aftermath of the fatal 2009 Red Line crash that killed nine people, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as chief executive. Sarles stunned many of Metro's board members with his decision, saying simply that it was time to go. "I'm about to hit 70," he said. "Time is getting precious to me. I really want to enjoy my family. I want to do some things that I really haven't had the time or opportunity to do."
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Salon - September 17, 2013
While hybrid drive trains have led to significant fuel economy gains for cars, it's not necessarily the same equation for a city bus. A typical bus gets only between four and six miles per gallon. About half of that fuel is never used to put the bus in motion. Instead, that energy is gobbled up powering other equipment, namely systems to cool the engine and keep a window-lined interior the size of a small studio apartment at a comfortable temperature.
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The Washington Post - September 22, 2014
Atlanta and Barcelona are roughly equal in population, but they are not equal in size. The two metropolitan areas, which each contain around 5 million people, look about like this from a bird's eye view:
And, as you can see in the graphic from the World Resources Institute, carbon emissions from public and private transportation combined are dramatically different, counted in tons of carbon dioxide per person. These two characteristics - the literal footprint of a city and the carbon footprint of its transportation - are intimately linked. The more spread-out an urban area, the more likely its residents are to run even the most routine errands by car, producing vehicle emissions. The more compact it is, the less distance residents need to travel every day, and the easier - and cheaper - it is to build public transit.
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CBS - September 18, 2013
Plans to make over San Francisco's Van Ness Avenue with a bus rapid transit project were approved Tuesday afternoon, a transportation agency spokesman said. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors unanimously approved the project that is estimated to cost about $125 million and be completed by spring 2018, spokesman Paul Rose said.
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Chicago Tribune - September 16, 2013
Almost every day somebody climbs or falls onto the CTA tracks, which has led to seven deaths so far in 2013 and more than 50 fatalities in recent years, according to an analysis the transit agency is set to release Monday as part of a redoubled rail-safety campaign. The deaths stem from both bad decisions and simple mistakes, such as going after a dropped electronic device, standing too close to platform edges, intoxication and horsing around in the shadow of powerful trains and the electrified third rail, the analysis found.
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The Long Island Rail Road has launched a grisly new ad campaign in an effort to reduce the number of deaths and injuries at railroad crossings. "It only takes a fraction of a second to make a very bad decision," the 15-second ad says. "Your life is worth the wait." The ad shows a computer-generated video of a car driving around a downed crossing gate before it is crushed by a train. The ad ends with an image from a train vs. car incident. The occupants of the vehicle were killed and the train engineer escaped before the damaged cab caught fire, the LIRR said.
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TWU Local 100, which represents bus and subway workers in New York City, had enough support among Citi Bike's 200 employees that the program's operator, NYC Bike Share, voluntarily agreed to recognize the union's representation of its labor force. An agreement was signed on Tuesday. The union for bus and subway workers in New York City has secured the right to represent employees of the Citi Bike program, the Daily News has learned.
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The case for investing in children from the start is compelling. But it is not always well understood by the public, nor is it a priority for policymakers. Another group that rarely prioritizes investment in young children is the business community. Yet all of these groups have a strong interest in ensuring the robust education, health, and well-being of young children. Businesses need not make such investments just because they are moral or the right thing to do, but because they are in fact critical to supplying a skilled workforce of the future-something very much in business's self-interest.
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