TRANSIT OPERATIONS PLANNING: EXISTING TRAINING COURSES

This is the first interim report of the study entitled Development and Testing of a Training Course in Basic Transit Operations Planning. The purpose of the study is to develop a training course in applying transit operations planning skills and techniques. The authors believe that this document will be useful to transit systems in the design of their training programs. This interim report reviews and presents existing training materials available from transit operators, federal and state agencies, and universities and professional organizations. The purpose of this review is to identify available training courses and reference materials, and to examine the specific subject areas addressed by each. This review of training materials will be used in the development of a transit operations training course in subsequent tasks. The text of this report is accompanied by a series of appendices that contain profiles of the identified training courses. For each course, the following is provided: the sponsor; the name, address, and phone number of a contact person; the author(s); training objectives; course description and topic outline; and availability. Appendix A contains transit operator sponsored programs; Appendix B contains federal and state agency sponsored programs; Appendix C contains university sponsored programs; and Appendix D contains technical society and organization sponsored training programs.