San Diego MTS light rail trains at night in the rail yard, with curving tracks and overhead wires
San Diego MTS light rail yard · Spring 2025 workshop

Transit Finance Learning Exchange (TFLEx)

Advancing the training and development of finance professionals in transit.

Since 1999, the Transit Finance Learning Exchange has brought together finance leaders from transit agencies across the country to share strategies, training, policies and best practices, and to make finance a value-added business partner in every agency.

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  • 1999First workshop
  • 36Member agencies
  • 2In-person workshops a year
  • 1.0CPE credit per forum call
Workshops

Meet twice a year

Facilitated, two-day workshops where every attendee takes part in the roundtable discussions on best practices, "needs and leads," and the TFLEx business plan.

Workshops
Forum & SIG calls

Monthly calls on Zoom

Between workshops, members meet on topics they put forward. Special Interest Group calls go deeper on accounting and treasury.

Forum calls
Training

Guide for Transit Newbies

Ten self-study modules that teach finance professionals new to transit the basics, from transit history to capital projects. Several carry CPE credit.

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Reference

Other resources

A transit glossary and acronym list, an introduction to federal grants, the National Transit Database, and GFOA award-winning transit budgets.

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