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

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. The guide should address the full spectrum of milestones involved in human resource development at a transportation agency, such as: (1) Creating position descriptions; (2) Developing and implementing training programs; and (3) Developing staff recruitment and retention programs that respond to technology  deployment needs. The guide should include one or more decision frameworks for integrating needed capabilities into a transportation agency’s workforce, useful for addressing current workforce challenges as well as for building capacity into the future as technology evolves.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4676
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• 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

• Start Date: 20220614
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• 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