The MassDOT/MBTA Intern Transportation Institute began with a vision to create an immersive high school transit program modeled after Transit Tech in New York City. MBTA began the ITI program in partnership with Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, the only CTE high school in Boston with an automotive and electrical program, but it has since expanded to other vocational schools. This collaboration was a five-way win: transit agencies, employees, labor unions, communities, and students.

Read the article on page 28 of APTA’s Transit Workforce Readiness Guide