Empowering the New Mobility Workforce

Tyler, D. Reeb, Ph.D. Director of Research and Workforce Development at the Center for International Trade & Transportation Tyler Reeb leads research teams who address challenges and opportunities related to the new mobility workforce, transformational technology, institutional change, organizational management, and transportation systems management operations (TSM&O). He draws from industry benchmarking, labor market analysis, future scenario planning, systems thinking, enterprise resource planning, and GIS tools to produce research-driven reports, articles/white papers, books, and multimedia products that promote innovation and civic partnerships between leaders in business, government, and education. He serves on the METRANS Executive Committee and directs research, education, and community engagement efforts across the consortium's affiliated centers of excellence, such as The Center for International Trade and Transportation, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, MetroFreight, Southwest Transportation Workforce Center, and Pacific Southwest University Transportation Center. Tyler was the lead author for a successful $1.5 million FHWA grant application to fund deployment of the National Transportation Career Pathway Initiative. He is a member of two National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine standing committees focused on Transportation Education & Training and Native American Transportation Issues. As a journalist, he has covered topics ranging from telecommunications and aerospace technologies to politics and urban planning to arts and culture. He researched communications technologies at the FCC’s International Bureau and covered surveillance and civil rights issues related to the passage of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act. He actively promotes civic engagement through his research, writing, and advocacy. It was in that spirit that he co-founded the ReThinking Greater Long Beach conference series, which convened concerned citizens, scholars, and journalists to generate innovative solutions to some of the most pressing concerns facing south Los Angeles County.

Part 1: Demographic Shifts 1. How demographics are changing our vision of transportation systems 2. Recruiting underrepresented populations to the transportation workforce 3. Passing the torch from Baby Boomers to Millennials and future generations 4. Why language acquisition is essential in preparing Millennial workers for transportation careers 5. Why K-12 is critical to recruiting the next generation of transportation professionals 6. Middle-skill transportation jobs to rebuild the middle class

Part 2: Transformational Technology 7. Why technology is changing the skills and competencies for the future 8. Why old-school skills are just as critical as high-tech skills 9. Using technology to teach technological skills and competencies 10. Geospatial information systems technologies 11. Connected vehicles and connected corridors 12. Critical telecommunications and information-technology skill sets

Part 3: Talent Pipelines and Career Pathways 13. How career pathways are constructed and understood 14. When to develop a pipeline, pathway, or career ladder 15. Employer-driven transportation workforce development models 16. Workplace learning

Part 4: The Changing Role of Transportation Agencies 17. State DOTs 18. MPOs 19. Civic Markets for Smart Cities 20. Balancing urban and rural services 21. Transportation consultants

Part 5: Transportation Networks for the Mobility Revolution 22. New Collar Jobs and skills-driven training and curriculum 23. Linking transportation research, workforce, education, and employer communities 24. Online micro credentialing for displaced and incumbent workers 25. Virtual networks for career choices 26. Exemplary innovators in building the next-generation mobility workforce 27. Partnership tools as critical engines for change