Resource Center

The Transit Workforce Center is pleased to host a curated collection of publications and other materials to assist stakeholders engaged in transit workforce development. The Resource Center includes case studies, training materials, research reports, and other materials of interest, including publications produced by federal government agencies, transit organizations, and independent research entities. Resources may be filtered by topic, resource type, and transit mode. This TWC blog post explains how to use the Resource Center.

We are continuing to update the Resource Center regularly. Please contact us via the Request Help menu option if you would like assistance using the Resource Center or are looking for resources on a particular topic. We also welcome suggestions of topics or specific resources to add.

Content in external resources linked from the Resource Center is solely the responsibility of the resource authors and does not necessarily reflect the perspectives of or endorsement by the Transit Workforce Center.

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Launching TC3: Foundational Skills for Today’s Transit Workforce

The Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3) is a set of freely available course materials developed by transit organization subject matter experts from across the country. This webinar provides an overview of the full TC3 program, including its structure and key topic areas such as electrical, mechanical, computers, math, and industry awareness. It also explores how agencies can use the materials for onboarding, upskilling, and career pathway development.

Transit Workforce Center

June 2026

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Whether you’re looking to strengthen your curriculum, support new hires, or create more consistent skill development across your workforce, this webinar provides practical insights into how TC3 can support your agency.

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ATTAIN Bus Operator Mentorship and Apprenticeship May Webinar

Panelists from Star Transit (TX), WeGo and ATU Local 1235 (TN), and NJ TRANSIT and ATU Local 819 each described their recent success in starting a bus operator mentorship program. These agencies offered unique perspectives and insights due to the relative size of their workforce and the different scales at which they operate. This webinar showed examples of programs with both represented and non-represented workers. TWC team members facilitated a panel discussion and an audience Q&A.

Transit Workforce Center

May 2026

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Building an Effective Transit Workforce

This report from the Urban Institute examines current conditions in the transit workforce and estimates how the workforce might change in the near future. The report compares transit jobs to those in similar industries in an effort to understand how agencies can make transit jobs more appealing. The report includes recommendations for transit agencies, including ways to show potential job candidates the benefits of a career in transit.

Urban Institute

April 2026

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Working Together for Safer Transit: The Role of Joint Labor-Management Safety Committees

Under the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) regulation, U.S. transit agencies and their frontline unions have formed safety committees comprised of equal numbers of labor and management representatives. This TWC brief explores strategies for effective labor-management collaboration on safety and opportunities for frontline worker training and upskilling facilitated by the joint committee structure.

Transit Workforce Center

April 2026

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FTA Safety Bulletin 26-01: Transit Worker Fatigue

FTA published Safety Bulletin 26-01: Transit Worker Fatigue with recommendations to transit agencies on how they can improve safety for workers and the public.

Federal Transit Administration

April 2026

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FTA published Safety Bulletin 26-01: Transit Worker Fatigue with recommendations to transit agencies on how they can improve safety for workers and the public.

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ATTAIN Bus Maintenance Apprenticeship Webinar – March 26, 2026

This webinar features panelists from Miami-Dade Transit/Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 291 and High Valley Transit (UT), who share their recent success in launching bus maintenance apprenticeship programs. You’ll also hear from the State Director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Utah Office of Apprenticeship, offering insights into how local offices support the apprenticeship registration process.

Transit Workforce Center

March 2026

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Building Pro-Worker AI

This report describes a framework which divides technological change into five categories depending on their impacts on labor. The paper defines pro-worker technologies as those that make human skills and expertise more valuable by expanding worker capabilities. The authors suggest several policy directions that could help make AI and other technologies beneficial as a collaborative tool for workers.

The Hamilton Project

February 2026

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National RTAP Webinar: Learn About TACL – Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library

In this webinar, learn how to use and navigate the Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library (TACL), a resource library containing various reports, webinars, technical briefs, training, and toolkits to help states and localities coordinate federally funded transportation programs and share resources across agencies to improve transportation in rural areas and to targeted populations. In this session, TWC presents on a featured TACL resource, the college partnerships case study.

National Rural Transit Assistance Program

February 2026

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