; (iii) building local, regional, and Statewide transit training partnerships to identify and address workforce skill gaps and develop skills needed for delivering quality transit service and supporting employee career advancement; (iv) developing programs for training of frontline workers, instructors, mentors, and labor-management partnership representatives, in the form of classroom, hands-on, on-the-job, as well as web-based training. Training can be delivered at a national center regionally, or at individual transit agencies; (v) developing training programs for skills related to existing and emerging transit technologies, e.g. for zero-emission buses (ZEBs); (vi) developing improved capacity for safety, security, and emergency preparedness in local transit systems and in the industry as a whole through— (I) developing the role of the frontline workforce in building and sustaining safety culture and safety systems in the industry and in individual public transportation systems; and (II) training to address frontline worker roles in promoting health and safety for transit workers and the riding public; (vii) developing local transit capacity for career pathways partnerships with schools and other community organizations for recruiting and training under-represented populations as successful transit employees who can develop careers in the transit industry; and (viii) in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration, conducting and disseminating research to— (I) provide transit workforce job projections and identify training needs and gaps; (II) determine the most cost-effective methods for transit workforce training and development, including return on investment analysis; (III) identify the most effective methods for implementing successful safety systems and a positive safety culture