ITLC’s New Research Staff Member – Doug Nevins |
|
Doug Nevins joins the ITLC with experience in research, public policy, and education program management. After attending Brandeis University, Doug worked as an admissions counselor at Emerson College and at Brandeis, focusing on international student recruitment and programming. Through working in higher education, he became interested in career pathways, adult education, and education policy. Doug recently completed a dual MPP/MBA degree program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, during which he interned with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development and the Institute for Higher Education Policy, engaging in research exploring the impact of the pandemic on training program participants and students.
Doug is excited to join the team deploying the new Transit Workforce Center. He looks forward to supporting efforts to expand proven workforce development models including labor-management partnerships and apprenticeship, with a focus on frontline workers in public transit – a sector that is crucial to addressing climate change and making communities more accessible and livable.
A Massachusetts native, Doug is looking forward to relocating to the DC area from Boston. As a fan of new and classic movies, he is excited to check out the AFI Silver Theater in downtown Silver Spring, and also hopes to explore the region's restaurants, breweries, and music venues on the Metro.
|
|
Mass Transit – March 10, 2022
New data shows the number of zero-emission truck and bus models on the market now or in the near future will grow nearly 26 percent from 2020 until the end of 2022 (from 433 models to 544 models) in key global markets. This new data was unveiled during an online event by CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program and campaign, featuring manufacturers Scania and BYD, as well as global fleet DHL.
|
|
DCist – March 10, 2022
Metro’s board gave preliminary approval Thursday for its budget that includes several fare discounts and increased train service — if the 7000-series trains are back on the tracks by the time the $2.2 billion budget goes into effect. The board voted 8-0 and will have a final formal vote on March 24th. The budget and service levels will be in effect from July 1 until June 2023. Metro riders will see cheaper late-night fares and passes in an effort to woo back riders.
The Washington Post – March 14, 2022
“This is part of our legacy as a city, to truly invest in the ways that our futures are interconnected,” Wu said in an interview. “If we are serious about climate justice and racial equity and mobility, then removing barriers to public transportation … would be a major step forward.”
Next City – March 11, 2022
RTD has been experimenting with ways to provide better service. The agency established a free food delivery service in March 2020, to help customers avoid the challenges of grocery shopping with social distancing protocols. To date, the program has provided over 2,000 deliveries. By reducing the number of round-trip rides to take people to the store, the program also saves Access-a-Ride resources and staff time. RTD also launched a pilot program with Uber and Metro Taxi last November — branded Access On Demand — to offer up to four subsidized trips per day. What began with one ZIP code in Southeast Denver quickly scaled up to seven and then to the full metro area as of January 1, 2022.
|
|
Mass Transit – March 11, 2022
On Thursday, March 10, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a brief, three sentence statement that extended the requirement to wear face masks on public transportation and in transportation hubs through April 18, 2022. The previous requirement was set to expire on March 18. This is the fourth extension since the rule first went into effect on Feb. 1, 2021. In the next month, both TSA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) explain CDC will work with government agencies “to help inform a revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in the public transportation corridor. This revised framework will be based on the COVID-19 community case levels, risk of new variants, national data and the latest science.”
|
|
CAFWD - March 15, 2022
Beverly Scott identified the need to increase and train a new workforce in critical infrastructure sectors, especially as these sectors continue to experience large-scale retirements with Baby Boomers, but she notes that these jobs are not for everyone. She explained that while everyone will not go into a career in infrastructure, it is important to be aware of how these industries impact daily life and community outcomes. She encourages young people to build what she refers to as “their civic muscle,” and be active participants in the development of their communities even if they do not choose careers in infrastructure.
U.S. Department of Labor – March 15, 2022
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, already existent vulnerabilities worsened its impact on women’s employment. The nature of this national public health crisis forced widespread shutdowns in industries such as in leisure and hospitality and childcare; left students to learn at home remotely; and created stark lines between essential work and remote work. For the first time since data began being collected in 1948, women lost more jobs than men during the depths of the COVID-19-related economic crisis. More women also left the labor force entirely during the pandemic and at its worst point in April 2020, women’s labor force participation was the lowest it had been since 1985.1 Women also experienced a greater decline in work hours than men. While some women had jobs that allowed for telework during the pandemic, many also had to care for their children and supervise remote learning. Other groups of women became unemployed when nonessential businesses shut down or laid off workers. Women in essential jobs, such as those in grocery stores and hospitals, continued to work in-person and at personal risk while also struggling to manage new caregiving challenges.
|
|
Climate and Community – February, 2022
The transportation sector currently emits more carbon pollution than any other sector in the US economy. The automobiles we drive, the trucks, trains, and ships that deliver our goods, the airline flights we take, and other transportation activities account for about 28 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions. The passage of President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is replete with new funding for state and local highway expansion, and seems likely to further exacerbate the sector’s emissions. More than 120 years after electric vehicles briefly achieved popularity in the 1900s, petroleum products still power over 91 percent of today’s transportation system. Americans collectively drive more than three trillion vehicle miles per year, most of those as a single driver in an automobile. Life in the United States is organized around personal automobiles powered by petroleum. For a Green New Deal in transportation to be possible, that has to change. A climate-safe future requires a swift and just decarbonization of the transportation sector, a major expansion of public and active transportation, and the parallel decarbonization of the electricity sector.
|
|
FTA - March 22, 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT
FTA will be hosting webinars to discuss the requirements of the funding opportunity and how to apply. Potential applicants are welcome to attend any of the webinars.
United for Infrastructure – April 14, 12:00 pm ET
On April 14th, United for Infrastructure is hosting an event focused on ways utilities, transit authorities, and local governments can accelerate the electrification of everything in our economy.
|
|
International Transportation Learning Center
301.565.4713
|
|
See what's happening on our social sites: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
