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65 C H A P T E R 7 This chapter presents the results of the study, including both the quantitative estimates and qualitative descriptions of the workforce effects of transit service automation. As previously discussed, the research team estimated the workforce effects for five different transit automation use cases using a workforce effect calculator, which was built for this study.
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66 The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce 7.1 Summary of Use Case Workforce Effects Table 19 displays, for each use case, the total estimated effects of transit vehicle automation on the five directly affected operations jobs under the partial adoption and full adoption scenarios. Each table in this chapter displays the workforce effect calculator's four outputs (defined in Section 6.3)
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Results: Transit Automation Workforce Effects 67 adoption) to 71,870 (full adoption)
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68 The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce or feeder services, which make up a relatively small portion of all fixed-route bus service. Even under a full adoption of the remote operations model (where all fixed-route circulator or feeder services are replaced by remotely operated low-speed automated shuttles)
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Results: Transit Automation Workforce Effects 69 patterns in the results were very similar to other use cases. Operator jobs would likely not be displaced with the in-person operations model; however, operators would become attendants.
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70 The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce Operational Model and Demand-Response Position Current Jobsa Partial Adoption Full Adoption Jobs Gained (Lost) b % Change in Jobsc Remaining Affected Jobsd Unaffected Jobse Jobs Gained (Lost)
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Results: Transit Automation Workforce Effects 71 With the remote operations model, the results suggested a potential reduction in operator jobs of between 32,000 and 90,000 for partial and full adoption, respectively. Mechanics jobs could potentially increase by between 3,200 and 9,200 for partial and full adoption, respectively.
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72 The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce • Maintenance trainer: A maintenance trainer's main job is to train both new and current bus mechanics and technicians (referred to as mechanics)
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Results: Transit Automation Workforce Effects 73 of the planner-scheduler job will be impacted by automated transit services, but the impacts vary with the use case and with the operational model. With in-person operations, a planner- scheduler's job likely would not experience significant change.
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74 The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on the Public Transportation Workforce and security teams (many transit agencies do not have their own police force) or may increase their use of contracted security services.
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Results: Transit Automation Workforce Effects 75 larger multicity, statewide, or multistate automation cooperatives (e.g., the Automated Bus Consortium) , the cost-benefit calculus could shift, enabling smaller agencies to implement automated transit services.
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