National Transportation Career Day among APTA's initiatives for developing public transportation's future workforce

Introduction
Why is workforce development an APTA priority?
What happened on National Transportation Career Day?
What else is APTA doing to get its career message out?
What might the younger generation�s growing interest in high-speed rail mean for U.S. transportation in the future?
How can public transit agencies or private businesses get involved in career day activities?

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Pam Boswell
VP of program
management and
education, APTA

Within the next five to ten years, more than 50 percent of transit industry workers are expected to retire. The American Public Transportation Association has made filling those shoes one of its top priorities. Pamela Boswell, APTA's vice president of program management and educational services, recently talked with Progressive Railroading about the association's first National Transportation Career Day for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as other ways APTA is trying to raise younger generations' awareness of career opportunities in public transit.