The Center for Transportation e-Learning
Transportation/trucking/railroad - Littleton, Colorado, United States
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The Center for Transportation e-Learning (CTeL) provides accessible, scalable and sustainable online learning that meets the diverse training needs of transportation workers. We use proven e-Learning technology and practices to provide high-quality, low-cost training solutions to transportation workers at small or remote agencies that might not be able to participate in face-to-face training.CTeL was the vision of Ron Baumgart and Gary Hegland, long-time small urban and rural transit operators. Their agency, River Cities Public Transit in South Dakota, needed effective and affordable training. Like most of its peers, River Cities wasn't large enough to justify a full-time trainer. Their needs were different from other businesses in their area. Small rural transit agencies have unique compliance requirements as a result of getting government. Also, they are operationally complex. They must manage a complicated system of routes and services, maintain a fleet, manage capital equipment, and deliver outstanding customer service.All of which require new hire and ongoing training.Ron's and Gary's vision was to create a national source for training using state-of-the-art online learning techniques in a way that allowed the expense to be spread across all agencies rather than duplicated by each organization.CTeL is the result of their vision. In 2012 the initial courses were funded through a grant from the Department of Transportation, CTeL is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving transit operations through education. We seek to partner with other industry organizations such as the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP), state transit associations, transit operators, industry suppliers and others to meet the ongoing needs of the industry.
