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Rural Transit Workforce Development and Succession Planning

项目名称：	Rural Transit Workforce Development and Succession Planning
摘要：	For nearly two decades, succession planning and recruiting, developing, and retaining transit managers has been the subject of research studies by the Transit Cooperative Research Program and related efforts by the Federal Transit Administration. Some of these studies have focused on rural and small urban areas and have included case studies of related transit systems. Despite the aging of upper management in the rural transit industry, little has been done to prepare local systems for the inevitable departure of many baby boomer managers. It should also be noted that many rural transit systems began as adjuncts to local senior meal programs and eventually became conjunctive elderly and handicapped transit programs. This symbiotic relationship still exists today, often with the same managers who were onboard at the time of creation. These managers have decades of experience and are responsible for not only transit operations, but also for functions such as operating local senior centers and running local senior meals programs. Related organizational structures are commonly flat and managers dedicate only a small percentage of their time to transit activities. Current workforce shortages need to be considered as well. For example, the lack of qualified drivers in numerous rural areas has made providing high quality and timely transit service difficult to near impossible. These workforce labor shortages must be addressed or transit service in many rural areas may cease to exist in its present form.
状态：	Active
资金：	94816
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility
项目负责人：	Kack, David
执行机构：	Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility
主要研究人员：	Peterson, Del
开始时间：	20220601
预计完成日期：	20221231
主题领域：	Administration and Management；Public Transportation