Changing Lanes CDL School, founded in June 2020 by Delbert Crawford, is a premier truck driving training institution located at 100 W Pflugerville Pkwy Ste 111, Pflugerville, TX. Dedicated to transforming ordinary individuals into professional truck drivers, we empower them to become local community builders through trucking. As a veteran and black-owned business, we take pride in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all our students.
Our comprehensive truck driving training program equips students with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the transportation industry. We stand out as a third-party testing facility, allowing our students to bypass DPS testing and streamline the certification process. Additionally, we offer free endorsements with each class, ensuring our students are well-prepared for all facets of truck driving.
At Changing Lanes CDL School, our core values of Family, Excellence, and Opportunity guide everything we do. We believe in creating a supportive and nurturing environment where every student feels like part of our family. Our commitment to excellence ensures that our training programs are of the highest quality, preparing our students for successful careers. We are dedicated to providing opportunities for all, helping over 800 individuals earn their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) since our inception.
Our dedication to excellence was recognized when we won the 2022 Dream Starter Competition, receiving a $100,000 prize to further our mission. We believe in the power of trucking to build stronger communities and aim to continue making a significant difference in the lives of our students and the transportation industry as a whole.
Join us at Changing Lanes CDL School and take the first step towards a rewarding career in truck driving.
Category: Mobility, Infrastructure & Skilled Trades
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Changing Lanes CDL School Trains Austinites for a Future in Transportation
Changing Lanes CDL School, founded in June 2020 by Delbert Crawford, is a premier truck driving training institution located at 100 W Pflugerville Pkwy Ste 111, Pflugerville, TX. Dedicated to transforming ordinary individuals into professional truck drivers, we empower them to become local community builders through trucking. As a veteran and black-owned business, we take pride in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all our students.
Our comprehensive truck driving training program equips students with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the transportation industry. We stand out as a third-party testing facility, allowing our students to bypass DPS testing and streamline the certification process. Additionally, we offer free endorsements with each class, ensuring our students are well-prepared for all facets of truck driving.
At Changing Lanes CDL School, our core values of Family, Excellence, and Opportunity guide everything we do. We believe in creating a supportive and nurturing environment where every student feels like part of our family. Our commitment to excellence ensures that our training programs are of the highest quality, preparing our students for successful careers. We are dedicated to providing opportunities for all, helping over 800 individuals earn their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) since our inception.
Our dedication to excellence was recognized when we won the 2022 Dream Starter Competition, receiving a $100,000 prize to further our mission. We believe in the power of trucking to build stronger communities and aim to continue making a significant difference in the lives of our students and the transportation industry as a whole.
Join us at Changing Lanes CDL School and take the first step towards a rewarding career in truck driving.
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Austin Infrastructure Academy secures funding to begin design phase
Workforce Solutions Capital Area announced that Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Google.org have made significant contributions to support the design of the Austin Infrastructure Academy.
The contributions, $125,000 from Texas Mutual and $100,000 from Google.org, will fund the program design that will guide strategic direction for the Academy to meet its goal of connecting more local job seekers to career pathways in construction and operations.
The Academy will serve as a central hub that will integrate recruitment, comprehensive and unified training, and wraparound service support for job seekers in Austin’s growing mobility and infrastructure industry.
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Austin Infrastructure Academy secures funding from Texas Mutual and Google to begin design phase
Austin, Texas – On June 26, Workforce Solutions Capital Area announced that Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Google.org have made significant contributions to support the design of the Austin Infrastructure Academy. The contributions, $125,000 from Texas Mutual and $100,000 from Google.org, will fund the program design that will guide strategic direction for the Academy to meet its goal of connecting more local job seekers to career pathways in construction and operations.
The Academy will serve as a central hub that will integrate recruitment, comprehensive and unified training, and wraparound service support for job seekers in Austin’s growing mobility and infrastructure industry.
“We extend our deepest gratitude to Texas Mutual and Google for contributing to the creation of this one-of-a-kind Academy for our community that will equip our workforce with the skills and education needed to secure quality careers in mobility and infrastructure,” Tamara Atkinson, CEO of Workforce Solutions Capital Area, said. “Austin’s infrastructure workforce employs over 222,000 residents and is expected to grow by more than 80% by 2040, so the Academy is a critical component to help prepare the current and future infrastructure workforce to meet this high demand.”
The financial contributions made by large local employers Texas Mutual, which provides workers’ compensation insurance and is headquartered in Austin, and Google.org, which has several Austin-area offices employing local staff, will fund the creation of a strategic plan for the Academy, establish the budget forecast for the first five years, support the organizational capacity of Workforce Solutions Capital Area to serve as the hub and administrator of the Academy, and will develop the first two years of the Academy’s operation plan. Additionally, the funding will support the capacity to hire the initial Academy program staff.
“At Texas Mutual, we strongly believe in investing in the workforce of tomorrow,” Jeremiah Bentley, vice president of marketing and community affairs at Texas Mutual, said. “The Austin Infrastructure Academy represents a unique opportunity to empower individuals with the skills and support they need to build meaningful careers while contributing to the growth and vitality of our region. By collaborating with great partners, we can create a lasting impact that extends far beyond the construction site, and we look forward to seeing the transformative effect the Academy will have on the lives of countless Austinites.”
On March 7, 2024, the Austin City Council passed a resolution, brought forth by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, to approve the establishment of a program to fund and support workforce development by launching the Academy. Since then, Austin Community College has announced its contribution to the creation of a physical location for the Academy at its Southeast Travis County campus.
“Google is committed to supporting initiatives that drive economic growth and create opportunities for local communities,” said Jim Anderson, vice president of North America Partner Ecosystem and Channels at Google Cloud and Google Austin’s site lead. “The Austin Infrastructure Academy will play a pivotal role to equip job seekers with the skills needed for successful careers in the mobility and infrastructure sectors. By investing in education and workforce development, we are helping build a stronger, more resilient future for Austin and its residents.”
For more information about the Austin Infrastructure Academy, please visit www.wfscapitalarea.com/about/industry-sector-partnerships/mobility-infrastructure/academy/.
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Workforce leaders talk how to grow skilled trades pipeline to 10,000+ workers annually
During the most recent Urban Land Institute Austin session, Tamara Atkinson and other leaders in workforce training shared the realities of the local economy, which will need more than 10,000 new skilled workers every year for roughly a decade. Those workers will help to carry out construction and production on major projects such as the Interstate 35 reconstruction, the Project Connect mass transit system, the expansion of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and the assorted semiconductor manufacturing plants across the region that collectively represent tens of billions of dollars in investment.
Several times, talk turned to the city’s recent establishment of a new infrastructure training academy, which is intended to address the growing need for construction workers throughout the area.
Panelist Nestor Ho, chief legal officer of Silicon Labs, said the current employment imbalance shows there are 62,000 jobs available for 52,000 people who are classified as unemployed.
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Infrastructure academy to train skilled workforce looking for child care solutions
Childcare options are set to be incorporated in an infrastructure academy which will train skilled workforce members.
The City of Austin has partnered with Austin Community College and several others to create the infrastructure academy, where they are training the next generation of the construction workforce to help with major projects across the city such as the I-35 expansion and Project Connect.
Representatives from one of the partners, Workforce Solutions, said they are researching what people need as they plan what the program will look like.
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City of Austin partners with Austin Community College to create Infrastructure Academy
The new academy should help train thousands of individuals to help with construction.
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Austin Infrastructure Academy regional workforce program launches at ACC Riverside
An initiative to train thousands of Central Texans in career paths tied to the region’s tens of billions of dollars of new infrastructure projects on the horizon launched March 22 at Austin Community College’s Riverside Campus.
Local leaders gathered at ACC Riverside March 22 to mark the start of the Austin Infrastructure Academy, a workforce recruitment and training collaborative formed in advance of years of major development around Greater Austin.
The infrastructure academy’s creation has been in the works for months through partnership between local officials, educators and representatives from infrastructure industry, workforce development and labor groups.
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Austin to launch Infrastructure Academy to bolster city’s workforce
Austin City Council gave the green light March 7 to launch an Infrastructure Academy to connect residents with jobs as Austin embarks on $25 billion in capital projects.
The program aims to help fill thousands of skilled trades jobs with local talent as Austin widens I-35, expands the airport, renovates the convention center and adds a light rail to its transportation network.
Austin will also need to ramp up its recruiting efforts and improve coordination with existing organizations, such as Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Skillpoint Alliance and Austin Community College to get local workers trained and hired, the study found.
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With $25B in projects on tap, new Austin infrastructure academy gets green light
A plan to establish a new Austin infrastructure academy is taking shape, with the aim of ensuring the city’s workforce is equipped to meet the demands placed upon it by $25 billion in transportation-related projects over the coming years.
City Council approved a resolution March 7 that directs city staff to begin laying the groundwork for the new school and training network. The list of transformational projects on tap for Austin includes a 10-mile light rail route, a new concourse at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and the expansion of Interstate 35 through the center of the city.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area, a nonprofit workforce development organization, also is set to play a central role in the founding of the new institution.
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Austin creates academy for construction workers as city faces historic amount of infrastructure
Thousands of workers are needed for big construction projects happening all around Austin.
Mayor Kirk Watson, along with the support of several Austin council members are pushing for an infrastructure academy to be a training hub for the city.
They hope a partnership with Workforce Solutions will help get construction workers, skilled trade individuals and the project managers they need to build the infrastructure.