Significant shifts in the types of transit buses being procured (e.g., from traditional buses to alternative fuel/low- and no-emission buses)require new and different types of frontline worker training. Responding to requests from the public transit industry, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) hosted a peer exchange to share knowledge about bus maintenance worker training and to discuss best practices for developing the next generation of highly-skilled bus technicians. This report presents a summary of the exchange and provides recommendations from industry representatives.
This report describes Task A of the contract to "Develop the Groundwork and Prepare the Backup Information Necessarv for the Establishment of a Bus TR...
Pure electric buses (EBs) offer an alternative fuel for the nation’s transit bus systems. To evaluate EBs in a transit setting, this project investi...
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