Empowering the New Mobility Workforce

Part 1: Demographic Shifts 1. How demographics are changing our vision of transportation systems 2. Recruiting underrepresented populations to the transportation workforce 3. Passing the torch from Baby Boomers to Millennials and future generations 4. Why language acquisition is essential in preparing Millennial workers for transportation careers 5. Why K-12 is critical to recruiting the next generation of transportation professionals 6. Middle-skill transportation jobs to rebuild the middle classPart 2: Transformational Technology 7. Why technology is changing the skills and competencies for the future 8. Why old-school skills are just as critical as high-tech skills 9. Using technology to teach technological skills and competencies 10. Geospatial information systems technologies 11. Connected vehicles and connected corridors 12. Critical telecommunications and information-technology skill setsPart 3: Talent Pipelines and Career Pathways 13. How career pathways are constructed and understood 14. When to develop a pipeline, pathway, or career ladder 15. Employer-driven transportation workforce development models 16. Workplace learningPart 4: The Changing Role of Transportation Agencies 17. State DOTs 18. MPOs 19. Civic Markets for Smart Cities 20. Balancing urban and rural services 21. Transportation consultantsPart 5: Transportation Networks for the Mobility Revolution 22. New Collar Jobs and skills-driven training and curriculum 23. Linking transportation research, workforce, education, and employer communities 24. Online micro credentialing for displaced and incumbent workers 25. Virtual networks for career choices 26. Exemplary innovators in building the next-generation mobility workforce 27. Partnership tools as critical engines for change