For public agencies, attracting qualified, technically competent, culturally sensitive, and motivated planning staff can be challenging in a competitive landscape.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 980: Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the Transportation Workforce: Transportation Planners presents an assessment of current and emerging forces that are shaping transportation planning practice and the transportation planning workforce.
Supplemental to the report are downloadable tools (one for employees and one for employers), an implementation memo, a Quick Reference Guide, and a Summary.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the Transportation Workforce: Transportation Planners. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26429.
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