Lead organization: West Oakland Job Resource Center
Preliminary partners: City of Oakland, City of San Rafael, Teamsters Union/NCTAT, Good Green Work, Machinist Institute, Lime Foundation, Canal Alliance
Counties of operations: Alameda and Marin
Amount awarded: $613,672
Sectors: Transportation Electrification
This project will research, design, and pilot a model to create equitable access to quality transportation careers that address the climate crisis. Transportation accounts for more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions in San Rafael and Oakland, the targeted communities.
California policy is driving changes in transportation to address harmful emissions. With this comes the need for new skills and creates new job and entrepreneurship opportunities. Oakland’s Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan provides a roadmap for transitioning to a zero-emission transportation system by 2045.
This and the San Rafael Equitable Low Carbon Economy Plan identify green skill-focused transportation careers as a priority as these jobs are high-quality, in-demand, accessible, and address the climate crisis. This project’s research, collaborative pathway design, and program pilot activities in the North Bay and Alameda County, will lead to clean transportation pathway programs that are documented for replication throughout the Bay Area.
Catalyst funding will enable the development of new partnerships and the participatory design of transportation career pathways based on industry needs. This project will help prepare the region to implement new and enhanced, accessible pathways for priority communities into High Road clean transportation occupations at scale.
