Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the Transportation Workforce: Transportation Planners
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.
This Summary Last Modified On: 12/6/2021