What do today's transportation planners need to know?
Have these changed in the decade since ISTEA? How?
What are the biggest strengths of the people who apply for planning positions at your agency/organization?
What are the biggest weaknesses?
Have these strengths and weaknesses changed in the decade since ISTEA? How?
How good a fit would you say there is between the needs of the job and the qualifications of the applicants?
What kinds of backgrounds do the people you hire for planning positions tend to have?
What do you think the planning programs are doing right? What are they not doing right?
What do you think the transportation engineering programs are doing right? What are they not doing right?
How important is prior experience? What do they get out of it that they don't get from school?
If you could make one recommendation to transportation educators, what would it be?