The Workforce Development Institute (WDI) provides professional training and continuing education for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington State’s (Region 10) transportation workforce and also STEM education opportunities to K-12 students.
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The PacTrans Workforce Development Institute is excited to announce a new training developed in collaboration with Community Transit, a public transit authority in Washington, on ADA Design and Policy for transportation professionals. Beyond Compliance: Advancing Accessible Design in Transit Facilities and the Public Right-of-Way equips transportation professionals with the legal knowledge, design principles, and practical tools to plan, […]
August 7, 2025
July 31, 2025
July 7, 2025
With support from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), PacTrans offered spring internship opportunities to high school and undergraduate students interested in infrastructure-related fields such as transportation, engineering, planning, computer science, and more. At the end of the three-month long experience, students gathered at the WSDOT Northwest Region Office in Shoreline, WA to present […]
June 30, 2025
On June 18, 2025, fourteen participants gathered in downtown Spokane, Washington for the Field Course in Active Transportation Safety and Complete Streets Design instructed by transportation engineers, Chris Breiland and Marissa Milam, at Fehr & Peers. After a brief overview of key active transportation design concepts, the group hit the streets for a sunny walking tour of the city’s pedestrian, […]
June 17, 2025
PacTrans WDI staff attended the TRB National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce in the first week of June in Westminster, Colorado. Melissa Amrhein, Assistant Director of the PacTrans Workforce Development Institute, presented an update on the annual Washington Transportation Camp, sponsored by WSDOT and PacTrans, and hosted by the University of Washington and […]
