The Fresno State Transportation Challenge
The Fresno State Transportation Challenge uses an action civics approach to support K-12 students in developing transportation-related projects that have a positive impact on the community. In 2020 the goal was to expand, refine, and create structures to sustain the implementation of the Transportation Challenge across subsequent years. As a result of the COVID pandemic, the process and goals of the project were adapted. The project was extended into April 2021 and was entirely conducted through remote participation. The focus was on two high schools. The expansion into the high school age bracket was successful and the experience with these two projects will allow for easier expansion in additional high schools in the future. One high school focused on the topic of active mobility, specifically biking, and addressed the challenge of how to get more students to bike to school. The other high school combined the transportation challenge with an economic vitalization project. The students were asked to also develop a modern transportation concept. Both projects exposed high school students to the topic of transportation and expanded awareness of transportation careers. Students also developed important competencies in the domains of problem solving, collaboration, communication, and leadership.
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Corporate Authors:
Mineta Transportation Institute
College of Business
San José State University
San Jose, CA United States 95192-0219State of California
Trustees of the California State University
Long Beach, CA United StatesCalifornia Department of Transportation
Sacramento, CA United States 95819Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Wandeler, Christian
- Hart, Steve
- Publication Date: 2022-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 25p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Education; High school students; Transportation careers
- Geographic Terms: Fresno (California)
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01834894
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 21–31, CA-MTI-2009
- Contract Numbers: ZSB12017-SJAUX
- Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 31 2022 9:43AM