Alaska’s colleges, universities, and vocational schools help keep its industries alive by offering top-notch courses tailored to their students’ needs. Students are able to gain undergraduate and graduate degrees in the state’s most booming industries including healthcare, education, and science, and engineering, to name a just a few, through the University of Alaska system or Alaska Pacific University. If vocational schools are more your speed, check out Alaska Carpenters Training Trust, APICC, or the Lynden Training Center.
What happens when a city with fewer than 300 residents becomes a major freight and tourism hub, despite being accessible only by boat, plane, or a one-lane highway/railroad tunnel managed on a strict schedule?
If you’re in the City of Whittier, you get busy. The city has two separate transportation planning efforts underway, including a safety action plan under the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All initiative, which focuses on improving safety for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, and emergency responders. The second is Whittier Moves, the city’s transportation master plan, which serves as the long-term roadmap for growth.