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CITT Executive Director Thomas O’Brien served as a panelist during the webinar titled “Advanced Technologies and the Impact on Transportation Industries: a Workforce Conversation.” Taking place on December 18, 2017, the webinar addressed the rise of transformational technologies in the transportation industry and the increasingly challenging demands these technologies have on public and private sector […]

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Members of the National Network for the Transportation Workforce (NNTW) team led a Transportation Research Board panel discussion on January 10, 2017 to share how career pathway demonstration programs can unite industry and academic leaders to prepare the next generation of transportation professionals. The panel, titled “Transportation Career Pathways,” was sponsored by the TRB Standing […]

The SouthWest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) has added more than 60 new entries to its Resource Center page. This page is a unique feature on the updated SWTWC website, which serves as a compendium of information for industry professionals and individuals seeking education and training programs in the transportation industry. Each entry in the website’s compendium represents an […]

Leadership from the Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) and Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) addressed the value of transportation career pathway research and programmatic development during the opening lunch session at the International Urban Freight Conference (I-NUF) sponsored by the METRANS Transportation Center on October 18. But high school student Angelique Terrazas, from the […]

CITT’s Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) team recently announced its year-four initiatives. These initiatives were developed as a result of an analysis of the transportation labor market in the SWTWC’s eight-state region. SWTWC is a FHWA-designated center of excellence in transportation workforce development and one of five centers constituting the NNTW. Visualizing the Transportation Workforce […]

SWTWC has launched a new data resource that utilizes geospatial information technology to offer a visual representation of its occupational data analysis and projections. This resource helps users access and analyze state-level data for critical transportation occupations in the Southwest region.

The Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) has teamed up with Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) to create and offer a pilot transportation planning curriculum to demonstrate how students can use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an entry to transportation planning career pathways where none formally existed. This pilot is being funded through a grant […]

METRANS Associate Director and Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) Director Tom O’Brien and SWTWC Associate Director Tyler Reeb recently visited the tribal colleges of the Tohono O’Odham Nation, in South Central Arizona. Their visit included meetings with tribal college faculty and students to get a clearer understanding of transportation and training needs in the vastly rural region. […]

The Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) congratulates its esteemed steering committee member Kristin Decas for being selected as the 2017 Top Port Director of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). Decas currently serves as the CEO and Director for the Port of Hueneme. Prior to working at the Port of Hueneme, […]

SWTWC Associate Director Tyler Reeb recently sat down with Mat Kaplan to record a podcast in which they discussed workforce development. Reeb noted that it is crucial that students and workers acclimate themselves to new technologies, but they need to “go old school before going high-tech.” Though millennials are tech savvy, they lack many of […]

The Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) sent two of its own research assistants, Sean Reseigh and Benjamin Olson, to SCAG’s 53rd Regional Conference and General Assembly as finalists for an Esri Story Map Competition. “It was such a valuable experience to be able to attend the SCAG General Assembly and witness the sharing […]

As seen in the video above, the Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC) and the National Association of State Directors for Career and Technical Education (NASDCTE) successfully co-sponsored a webinar titled: Innovative Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Partnerships Webinar on February 24, 2016. The webinar featured teachers, administrators, and industry partners who provided insights and best practices from […]

The Southwest Transportation Workforce Center (SWTWC), housed at CITT, hosted a webinar on September 7, 2017, titled, “Cultivating Talent: Bridging the Gap between Classrooms and Workplaces.” SWTWC conducted the webinar in partnership with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Education and Training. CITT Director of Research and SWTWC Associate Director Tyler Reeb moderated […]