Building Professional Capacity in ITS: Guidelines on Developing the Future Professional

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Professional personnel
  • Education and training
  • professional capacity building
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-OP-99-018;DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-99-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  In this report, guidelines and recommendations are presented for developing the future transportation professional. A set of competency skills were developed as a result of a series of interviews with current transportation professionals. The competency requirements were in the areas of: information, sensing, computer technologies, systems, telecommunications, electrical engineering and institutional issues. Recommendations are presented according to three sections: characteristics of future professionals engaged in operations and management; recommendations to a range of educational institutions and audiences; and, recommendations for those involved in the federal Professional Capacity Building Program.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4352/dot_4352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 111.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:78781611e3bcb975247052c99b26d805c584dc4a93748a44ae4c3565ccb5e2f87ac265abb55d4f9e37dd397b200bff098fa33bbea15b87422691e068319ed355