It provides information, including Internet website addresses, on federal transportation programs designed to improve safety, provide mobility through improvements to the transportation infrastructure, and strengthen proven strategies to safeguard public health and the environment in rural communities and towns. The Appendix in this document provides a listing of rural program contacts by States, DOT Regional Offices, DOT Headquarters, and other sources. Preparing Tomorrow's Transportation Workforce Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Number 200, January-February 1999, 63pp. This issue of TR News highlights the partnerships and innovative programs that have been developed among educational institutions, private sector transportation entities, and public transit agencies to prepare tomorrow's transportation workforce. The articles in this issue look at the education and training programs provided to young people, and the opportunities offered to adults to broaden their education and training in transportation.
Emphasis is placed on developing student skills in the sciences and mathematics.
Overall this edition of TR News discusses the programs and partnerships that offer young people as well as adults opportunities to gain the knowledge and higher skill levels demanded by employers today and into the future. First Edition, TCRP Web Document 6 Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Transport Consulting Limited. It is intended to be a fundamental reference document for public transit practitioners and policy makers. The manual contains background, statistics, and graphics providing orientation to the various types of public transportation, and it introduces a new framework for measuring transit availability and quality of service from the passenger point of view.