The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce

This report provides an analysis of the possible impacts of automation on the public transportation workforce. The report examines five possible transit automation use cases on five transit jobs and estimates the effects of automation on different job tasks. This report will provide public transit agencies with a reference on the possible impacts of automation on their transit workforce and suggested guiding principles and strategies that could help prepare them for these impacts. The report was developed for public transit systems of all sizes and their stakeholders, including policymakers, transit board members, and elected officials, who are seeking better understanding of the possible effects of automation on transit and the transit workforce. The results presented in this report provide the transit industry with discussion points on planning for those potential automation effects on the workforce.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 143p
  • Serial:

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01850545
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 9780309686853
  • Report/Paper Numbers: TCRP Project J-11/Task 34
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jun 28 2022 3:47PM