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Join the NNTW Regional Transportation Workforce Centers on this 4-part webinar journey that explores how to achieve effective student career engagement and priority workforce development during the pandemic and the long road to recovery ahead. Download a flyer of the complete series here. October 7th, 2020: 11am – 12pm Mountain Engaging Multidisciplinary Student Talent to Meet […] Read More

Rural communities provide food, energy, resources and much more to keep America running.  In 2016, attendees at the National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America helped define the future for “Moving Rural America” by articulating the key transportation safety issues facing rural areas, culminating in a call to action of “On the Road to […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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. […] Read More

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, […] Read More

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 […] Read More