Building professional capacity in ITS : an assessment of ITS training and education needs : the CVO perspective

Details

• Creators:
  Luna-Long, M.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Specialized training
  • Education
  • Professional personnel
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • model deployment
  • electronic credentials
  • electronic screening
  • telecommunications systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-OP-99-033;DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-99-7
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  This report focuses on assessing the training and education needs of transportation professionals involved in Intelligent Transportation Systems/Commercial Vehicle Operations (ITS/CVO). After an introduction to the program, the author defines the professional capacity building blocks program and its three components, including: ITS roles, competencies and delivery methods. The next section presents staffing charts for four ITS/CVO educational areas. These include: safety information exchange, electronic credentialing electronic screening, and motor carrier operations. The report contains a summary of the findings and a discussion regarding the efficacy of ITS/CVO program in terms of meeting the needs of the ITS/CVO professionals. It identifies gaps in education and training. The report concludes with recommendation for strengthening the training programs. The report also suggests that more in-depth needs assessments to refine the roles, competencies, & preferred delivery methods that were originally identified in the report.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4316/dot_4316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 200.40 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7ec587538cb7e5b3873654d4c9d0b93323e2b5c1f89f8e5ea5d6f656b2dea817652c8d24b1f60528628a74059bdb7894d062c6a8fcdf66ee29683d18988272cb