These results underscore the importance of cognitive speed of processing to the maintenance of driving. Brief cognitive assessment can be conducted in the field to potentially identify older adults at increased risk for driving cessation. Further research is needed to determine the costs and potential benefits of such screening.

Professional and workforce development is important to maintaining the safe and reliable operational integrity of the public transportation industry in the United States. This paper discusses a new concept of professional and workforce development called longitudinal training and its benefits, influences, challenges, examples, and culture. Additionally, these factors are directly associated with new advances in technology, educational techniques, paradigms, and strategies for workforce and professional development.

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