Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry— A Systems Approach
Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry— A Systems Approach

Author: Candace Blair Cronin

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0309283515

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[This is] "a guidebook that addresses contemporary issues in workforce development, retention, and attraction, and public transportation image management. [It] is separated into modules that may be used independently or together [...]. Information across the modules is in the form of example successful programs, state-of-the-art initiatives, industry effective practices, and directions to implement and measure those practices. The results of this research may be used by human resource professionals and transportation policy makers in implementing more effective human resource business-planning processes"--Foreword.

Guidebook for Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Transit Managers for Fixed-route Bus and Paratransit Systems
Guidebook for Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Transit Managers for Fixed-route Bus and Paratransit Systems

Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 030915491X

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 139: Guidebook for Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Transit Managers for Fixed-Route Bus and Paratransit Systems explores resources for fixed-route bus, general public demand response, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit systems resources to assist in the recruitment, development, and retention of managers. The Guidebook is accompanied by CRP-CD-77, which provides Model Job Descriptions for 32 broad job titles that indicate the structure and content for job descriptions for manager jobs. The CD-ROM is also available for download from TRB's website as an ISO image. A separate report presenting the research methodology, the results of a literature review, and the results from focus groups held with 15 other non-transit public and private sector organizations used in production of TRCP Report 139 is available online.

Practical Resources for Recruiting Minorities for Chief Executive Officers at Public Transportation Agencies
Practical Resources for Recruiting Minorities for Chief Executive Officers at Public Transportation Agencies

Author:

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0309213592

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 148: Practical Resources for Recruiting Minorities for Chief Executive Officers at Public Transportation Agencies provides strategies to recruit minorities for chief executive officer (CEO) positions and offers resources to assist governing boards of public transportation agencies in the recruitment of minority CEOs. The report also assesses the transit industry's recruitment processes for CEOs and provides a case for diversity that documents the benefits of minorities in public transportation leadership positions. The report also describes strategies for retaining CEOs at public transportation agencies.

Employee Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas
Employee Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas

Author: KFH Group

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0309117461

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TRB¿s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 127, Employee Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas explores salary and benefit characteristics of transit systems in rural and small urban areas. An interactive computer tool, produced as part of this project, is available online and is designed to allow transit managers to quickly and easily obtain compensation and benefit data from comparable transit systems.

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Author: Edward Weiner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-02-28

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0313002231

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The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past 50 years illustrates the changing relationship between federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to the concern for sustainable development and pollution emissions. Focusing on major national events, the book discusses the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The book offers an in-depth look at the most significant event in transportation planning—the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. Creating a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding, this act was crucial in the spread of urban transporation. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. It further illustrates how broader concerns for global climate change and sustainable development have braided the purview of transportation planning.