Building a Business Case for Increasing Diversity in the Transportation Workforce

Building a Business Case for Increasing Diversity in the Transportation Workforce

Transportation Research Board

October 2019

This TR News article describes the importance of cultivating diversity in the transportation industry. It describes the current and future state of diversity in the country and workforce at large, and reviews existing research on the workplace benefits of diversity. It also provides several strategies for fostering diversity in the transportation industry and examples of transit stakeholders that have used those strategies.

Authors: Stephanie Ivey, Meredith Powers, and Adriana Clark