NYS Public Transit Leadership Institute

Inside the Leadership Institute
The Public Transit Leadership Institute will give participants a first-hand look at, and in many instances hands-on experience in, the role of a transit agency executive. Each participant will be assigned a Dean to instruct, explain and mentor them through the activities designed to help prepare him/her to manage and lead a transit organization. The activities will include tours of transit operations large and small, round-table discussions, webinars, advocacy events, observation of boards of directors meetings, small independent assignments and more.

The Institute begins each year at the New York State Public Transit Fall Conference. Enrollees attend an orientation session, meet the Institute’s mentors, participate in round table discussions, engage in networking exercises and take a field trip to visit and tour the New York StateDepartment of Transportation.