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FTA Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center<\/h2>\n

Published on: <\/strong>August 3, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

FTA today announced the award of a cooperative agreement totaling $5 million to the International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC)<\/a> to support the first Transit Workforce Center (TWC). Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, ITLC will serve as FTA\u2019s first ever national technical assistance center to help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain a diverse workforce needed now and in the future.<\/p>\n

FTA established the TWC to conduct workforce development technical assistance activities for transit agencies with a strong focus on frontline transit worker skill development. The International Transportation Learning Center will forge collaborative partnerships between transit agency management and labor organizations, and create new programs including apprenticeships. The TWC will help address the national transit worker shortage and improve diversity and equity in the transit industry workforce.<\/p>\n

The TWC also will help transit agencies develop workforce development programs as they transition to new, climate-friendly technologies, such as low and no emission vehicles; electrification of fleets; transit automation; real-time smart systems; and new service models.<\/p>\n

Links:
\nTransit Workforce Center (TWC)<\/a>
\nPress release<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new center will help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain a diverse workforce.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFTA Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center - Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FTA Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center - Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This new center will help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain a diverse workforce.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-04T03:31:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-04T03:36:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rae Farley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rae Farley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rae Farley\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/#\/schema\/person\/89c541d2bf5fe780f2a5dffc0d0d791d\"},\"headline\":\"FTA Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-04T03:31:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-04T03:36:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-5-million-award-to-launch-new-national-transit-workforce-center\/\",\"name\":\"FTA Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center - 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