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2010

In the Beginning…

Getting Ready for EXPO

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Highlights• avego Thinking Outside the Bus begins at 9am in Room 104B with @

JobTransInfo @avego @workforcedev and lunch keynote with @FTA_DOT #ctaaexpo

• Concern: "tried and true" methods do not attract the dollars that "new and innovative" methods do. #vanpooling #commuting #transit #ctaaexpo

• Bryan Rogers, Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network: "Everybody is being forced to reinvent." #joblinks #commuting #ctaaexpo #transit

• Where will the jobs be? BLS: Registered nurses, home health aids, food/beverage servers, office clerks. Can we get them to work?

• FTA's Doug Birnie gives a plug for the Joblinks Transportation Solutions curriculum. www.ctaa.org/joblinks #onestop #transit

• cwsjd99 #ctaaexpo #transit regional is the new norm in workforce development

More highlights….• "They are not going to come to you and say, 'We need more bus service.' Go to

them." @HOTWorkforce #joblinks #ctaaexpo #workforce• workforcedev LMI data may show workforce is available. But is it mobile? Your local

transit agency is a key partner #ctaaexpo #transit• workforcedev Hey #wkdev: transit agencies around the US are having trouble

connecting with you. Do you work with your local transit agency? #ctaaexpo• Yes! You can filter On the Map data by income level to help with JARC planning.

#ctaaexpo #joblinks #census• "You cannot substitute local data for local knowledge; they work together." Matthew

Graham #census #joblinks #ctaaexpo• vebah And now: Starting and Growing Vanpool Programs from VPSI's @cwsjd99

#ctaaexpo• Chris Simmons: "Vanpooling is not a competitor to fixed route." #ctaaexpo #joblinks

And more highlights…• With today's complicated work schedules, transit agencies have to be

more flexible than ever before #transit #ctaaexpo #wkdev• workforcedev Vanpool use surged with 2008 gas price rise; those riders

stayed on the vans when gas prices dropped #ctaaexpo #joblinks #wkdev• Don Chartock: "Vanpools are not a philosophy; vanpools are a tool."

#joblinks #ctaaexpo• workforcedev WA State has nation's largest vanpool fleet #ctaaexpo

#transit #joblinks #wkdev Low cost for riders & transit agencies• "Our interagency collaboration has gone beyond transportation." Jana

Hunkler Brule #ctaaexpo #joblinks #coordination• Just say no to "because we've always done it that way." ~Jana Brule at

#ctaaexpo http://twitpic.com/1r00dt• workforcedev Just learned a gr8 new #carpool term: slugging

http://wikipedia.com/wiki/slugging #ctaaexpo #wkdev #transit #joblinks

Even more highlights…• @FTA_DOT's Peter Rogoff recognizes Joblinks, National Resource Center

and Institute for Transportation Coordination during keynote speech!• Rogoff mentions job access as a key administration priority. #ctaaexpo

#transit #joblinks• CTAAEXPO O'Sullivan: "There was no Guaranteed Ride Home program on

#Lost." #joblinks #ctaaexpo #NotPennysBoat• Dirks on innovation: "All of a sudden you go from 'Transit's out there.' to

'You're doing what?!'" Be creative. #ctaaexpo #wkfrcdev• Deb Smith talks about empl trans challenges in communities with "more

deer than people" in Idaho. #joblinks #ctaaexpo #transit• Deb Smith: Join your local Chamber of Commerce! The dues are low and the

benefits of membership are huge! #joblinks #ctaaexpo #wkfrcdev• USDOL CTAA launches Transportation Toolkit website for businesses.

Transportation helps makes getting to good jobs possible. http://tiny.cc/8eqmu

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