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Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry— A Systems Approach

Author : Candace Blair Cronin

Publisher : Transportation Research Board

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 13,75 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Local transit

ISBN : 0309283515

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Book Description

[This is] "a guidebook that addresses contemporary issues in workforce development, retention, and attraction, and public transportation image management. [It] is separated into modules that may be used independently or together [...]. Information across the modules is in the form of example successful programs, state-of-the-art initiatives, industry effective practices, and directions to implement and measure those practices. The results of this research may be used by human resource professionals and transportation policy makers in implementing more effective human resource business-planning processes"--Foreword.





Global Approaches to Sustainability Through Learning and Education

Author : Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb M.A. Musleh

Publisher : IGI Global

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 40,63 MB

Release : 2019-08-30

Category : Education

ISBN : 1799800644

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Unequal distribution of wealth, poverty, pollution, and gender inequality are just a few of the problems we face and struggle to eliminate. Sustainable development offers a long-term holistic solution to these problems through meeting the needs of the current generation without endangering the capability of future generations in meeting their own needs. Sustainable education or education for sustainability is a transformative learning paradigm that prepares learners and provides them with knowledge, ethical awareness, skills, values, and attitudes to achieve sustainable goals. Global Approaches to Sustainability Through Learning and Education is a comprehensive academic publication that facilitates a greater understanding of sustainable development and fosters a culture of sustainability through learning and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as ethics, game-based learning, and knowledge management, this book is ideal for teachers, environmentalists, higher education faculty, activists, curriculum developers, academicians, researchers, professionals, administrators, and policymakers.



Empowering the New Mobility Workforce

Author : Tyler Reeb

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 440 pages

File Size : 32,98 MB

Release : 2019-06-20

Category : Law

ISBN : 0128162961

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Empowering the New Mobility Workforce: Educating, Training, and Inspiring Future Transportation Professionals enlists a multidisciplinary roster of subject matter specialists who identify the priorities and strategies for cultivating a skilled workforce for the rapidly changing transportation landscape. Transportation employers will need to hire 4.6 million workers—1.2 times the current transportation workforce—in the next decade. The book explores how leaders in education, industry and government can work together to create an ecosystem that facilitates learning and upskilling for emerging and incumbent transportation workers. Readers will learn how to conduct labor market analyses and develop competency models to adapt their workforce. This book will empower readers to establish ongoing communities of practice that cultivate sustainable career pathways that respond to ever-evolving socioeconomic trends and transformational technologies. Provides a comprehensive assessment of the new technologies and consumer attitudes driving change in personal vehicle, mass transit, active transportation, and goods movement, both domestically and internationally Identifies the career pathways, experiential learning models, and types of curriculum needed to prepare emerging professionals to develop and operate transportation systems of the future Emphasizes, through case studies, innovative practices emerging in public- and private-sector transportation organizations Draws on key work conducted in the United States and around the world, acknowledging the increasing interconnectedness of transportation systems between countries, economies and social networks that transcend national boundaries



Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth

Author : Smirnova, Olga V.

Publisher : IGI Global

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 22,49 MB

Release : 2019-02-22

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1522573976

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Long-term economic growth and increasing vehicle congestion is creating a greater demand for efficient and safe transportation. The high cost of maintaining and fixing pre-existing infrastructure is leading the industry to realize that sustainable long-term transportation planning is needed to keep pace with the growing economy. Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth examines contemporary transportation issues through the lens of various modes of transportation while also focusing on the importance of sustainability, urban planning, and funding. The book covers the topics of sustainability and climate change, public management and planning, financing of transportation infrastructure, and revenue and spending issues facing modern transportation infrastructure. It is ideally designed for engineers, planners, government officials, transportation specialists, legislators, researchers, academicians, students, and industry professionals seeking current research on sustainable transport systems.



Sustainable Mass Transit

Author : Thomas Abdallah

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 25,8 MB

Release : 2023-05-25

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 0443152721

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Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation, Second Edition highlights the many sustainability solutions and alternatives to fossil fuel usage including renewable energy and efficiency in mass transit, as well as the conservation of materials, water, and air and the overall health of communities. This new edition will update the reader on developments in the field since 2017 and advancements in sustainability solutions. It explores how Environmental Management System frameworks improve environmental performance in the operations, maintenance, design, rehabilitation, and expansion of a mass transportation system. The book covers the numerous types of mass transit systems, looking closely at all their key functions, including operations, maintenance, development, design, building, and retrofitting. It explores the mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, including green infrastructure, materials conservation, ecological conservation, and more. It covers energy, greenhouse gas emissions, toxic pollution and other significant environmental impacts, recycling, and more. It also examines organizational best practices and environmental regulatory constraints and life cycle assessments, describing which sustainable elements can be added while rehabilitating or expanding a mass transportation infrastructure or ancillary facility. The book concludes with a look at forthcoming sustainable initiatives that will enhance mass transit systems. Contains case studies from around the world, including several new case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia Thoroughly updated with four new chapters on The Sustainable Mass Transit Revolution, Relevance of Mass Transit, Environmental Professionals in Transportation, and Reimagining Sustainable Mass Transit Includes a new companion website with assessment questions for educators, image files and video presentations Shows how teams from different fields, entities, agencies and cities can work together to solve complex sustainability challenges



Creating a Sustainable Transportation Workforce: Identifying Skills, Abilities and Knowledge for Future Transportation Workforce

Author : Sandhya Gopalakrishnan

Publisher :

Page : 150 pages

File Size : 17,25 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Labor supply

ISBN :

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"The recruitment and retention of a transportation workforce capable of adapting to the requirements of emerging sustainable technologies is an important concern for engineering managers in transportation. Although there is an increasing demand for transportation professionals to fill positions stemming from retirement or created by innovations in sustainable transportation systems, the supply is decreasing. The objective of this research was to fill the gap between the supply and demand of skilled workforce by presenting a life-cycle framework for recruiting and retaining the transportation workforce as part of succession planning efforts funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Education Development Pilot Program (TEDPP). The framework identifies the knowledge, skills, and abilities vital for the future transportation workforce and addresses recruitment, retention, and training strategies as succession planning tools. This research used across-sectional questionnaire to capture the trends and opinions of current transportation professionals on succession planning efforts across the United States. The challenge lay in framing the right kind of questions in order to acquire data that will accurately help accomplish the objectives and in creating a sustainable framework that considers changes in demographics and technologies. The framework lays a foundation for developing a national workforce development strategy in the transportation industry. The results can be used by engineering managers to create a strategic workforce plan based on organizational sustainability and geared toward the management of innovative transportation solutions"--abstract, leaf iii.



Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa

Author : Ransford A. Acheampong

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 394 pages

File Size : 23,50 MB

Release : 2022-11-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3031173279

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Book Description

This book provides a collection of insightful conceptual and empirical works that situate transport and mobility challenges in the unique context of individual countries and cities while highlighting commonalities across the African continent. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book covers important themes in transport and mobility including the links between urbanization, urban structure, and accessibility; transport equity and poverty, non-motorized transport, public transport, and the challenges and opportunities of new and emerging transport technologies, and ICT-mediated mobility solutions. Each chapter engages with the normative imperatives that are critical to improving the transport and mobility situations of African urban areas now and in the future.



Creating Sustainable Work Systems

Author : Jan Forslin

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 12,6 MB

Release : 2005-07-05

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1134450141

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Book Description

Considers how the balance between intensive and sustainable work can be achieved by looking at existing possibilities and emerging solutions exploring some alternatives to intensive work systems.



Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies

Author : Perez-Uribe, Rafael Ignacio

Publisher : IGI Global

Page : 589 pages

File Size : 27,12 MB

Release : 2020-11-20

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1799849104

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Book Description

International businesses struggle to be competitive and influential at the global market level. With the new ideas in the management and leadership disciplines, hard skills are losing or are believed to be losing their strategic relevance while soft skills are praised and highly sought after. The Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies, a pivotal reference source, provides vital research on international business management strategies and applications within internal organizations that allow companies to strategically position themselves for increased success in the global economy. While highlighting topics such as organizational culture, internal communication, and generational workforce, this publication explores leadership disciplines as well as the methods of handling multicultural organizations. This book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, executives, managers, business professionals, human resource officials, researchers, academicians, and students.