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Transit Workforce Development: Improved Strategic Planning Practices Could Enhance FTA Efforts

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 14, 2019
Release Date March 14, 2019
Report No. GAO-19-290
Summary:

The nation's transit agencies are having a hard time finding the qualified workers and managers needed to keep buses, trains, and ferries moving.

We examined the outlook for the transit workforce. We found:

Current federal projections of future workforce needs either don’t include or aren’t specific to the transit workforce

The Federal Transit Administration's strategic planning could be more effective in assisting transit agencies with workforce issues

We made 3 recommendations, including that FTA consider whether more specific workforce projections would be worthwhile and develop a strategy to address future workforce needs.

 

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