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emphasizing the skills necessary for a career in public transportation. Additionally, TTI
recognized the success of other formal academic transportation training programs, such as
the Transportation Planning Certificate within the LAUP department. This Transportation
Planning Certificate was part of UTCM Project 08-21-10 Developing an Interdisciplinary
Certificate Program in Transportation Planning.
TTI researchers found that a Transit Management Certificate program could provide the
leadership training needed for the current generation of public transportation managers in
rural and small urban areas in Texas, and provide needed academic preparation to attract
career professionals into the industry in the future. A certificate program will also foster
lasting partnerships between the participating departments, schools, and with Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the public transportation industry in Texas.
Currently, there are few efforts in the United States to offer a transit-related certificate.
The section below describes the current efforts.
National Certificate Programs
Historically, certificate programs emphasizing public transportation have not been offered.
This section of the report provides information on three programs currently offered or
being developed. The programs are offered in Ohio, California, and Massachusetts.
Ohio Department of Transportation
The Ohio Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a Transportation Certificate
Program, in partnership with Wright State University and Kent State University-Stark
Campus. The program consists of professional development one weekend each semester
for individuals already employed in the transit industry. Also, the program offers a
three-course curriculum in public transit and social services transportation management,
developed in cooperation with Wright State University and sponsored by Ohio DOT, and
includes an overview of transit funding and operations, as well as social services
transportation funding and operations. The certificate is geared toward public and private
non-profit passenger transportation industry.
The program consists of college courses with practical assignments, such as ride the
Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority and write observations as they relate to specific
topics like customer service and ease of access. Additionally, the course will include guest
speakers from the transit industry and social service transportation agencies, and both
mid-term and final exams.
Students at Wright State University and Kent State University-Stark Campus have access to
the certificate program. One course is offered every semester. In addition, Ohio DOT
recently began a one-hour credit course at Wright State University on weekends (two
consecutive Saturdays) for individuals already employed in passenger transit. The plan is
to offer the weekend course each semester. Instructors work for the university and have
extensive experience in the public transit and social services transportation profession.
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Cherrington, Linda; Sandidge, Matt & Joh, Ken. Transit Management Certificate Program, report, July 2012; College Station, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth303654/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.