Administration of Highway and Transportation Agencies. Roadmap to Addressing State DOT Workforce Planning and Development Needs

State departments of transportation (DOTs) are striving to maintain staffing levels and worker skillsets, as high turnover rates deplete the transportation industry of the skills and knowledge required to meet the public’s needs. To address these challenges, state DOTs need to expand their workforce to anticipate the workforce needs of the future. State DOTs are exploring the science of workforce management to determine how to best support the changing workforce. The levels of workforce planning knowledge and access to effective workforce strategies vary across the state DOTs. A state DOT community of practice has emerged to develop tangible resources that state DOTs can put into practice. This community has also highlighted the challenges state DOTs face in allocating the needed resources to effectively address workforce issues while concurrently addressing the needs of the traveling public with a changing workforce. Research is needed to identify and address the needs of state DOT leadership for current workforce challenges and prepare them for future workforce needs. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to develop a guide for state DOTs and other transportation agencies to identify priority workforce needs, address current workforce challenges, and anticipate the needs of an evolving and diminishing workforce.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5810
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-24(153)

• 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:

  Jared, David

• Start Date: 20260401
• Expected Completion Date: 20280331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Personnel retention; Recruiting; State departments of transportation; Workforce development
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01931763
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-24(153)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 23 2024 6:29PM