Impacts of Connected Vehicles and Automated Vehicles on State and Local Transportation Agencies--Task-Order Support. Preparing the Transportation Workforce for the Deployment of Emerging Technology

New transportation technologies are creating connective networks that merge the physical and digital worlds of transportation. The pace at which these technologies are evolving is creating workforce challenges for the transportation industry seeking to deploy, operate, and maintain these technologies. These include but are not limited to the technologies related to the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles, mobility-at-a-service, and new mobility devices. Technological advancements in transportation require appropriate expertise to plan and deploy during all phases of the transportation infrastructure and service delivery process. While transportation agencies are increasingly sophisticated in the deployment of information technology (IT) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS), the pace of change and the complexity of new mobility systems require novel expertise to the industry that challenges the capability of today’s transportation workforce. While some transportation agencies are fairly advanced in their workforce capabilities, others find themselves with limited expertise and seeking to build internal competencies to respond adequately to market trends. While considerable research has been completed on workforce challenges and development in transportation, targeted research is needed to build the workforce capacity to develop, operate, and maintain new transportation technologies. The objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive, practical guide for transportation agency recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of a workforce proficient in developing and deploying complex transportation technology and systems. The guide should address short-term and long-term strategies for workforce development, including consideration of how and when to outsource in addition to or in place of building capacity internally.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4676

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-102(20)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Weeks, Jennifer

• Performing Organizations:

  Kimley-Horn and Associates, Incorporated

  12660 Coit Road, Suite 300
  Dallas, TX  United States  75251-
• Principal Investigators:

  Johnson, Britton

• Start Date: 20231025
• Expected Completion Date: 20251024
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Connected vehicles; Deployment; Personnel development; Technological innovations; Training; Training programs; Workforce
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01693008
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-102(20)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 18 2019 8:52PM