Career and Technical Education (CTE) advocates and practitioners are focusing on access constraints that prevent students from using programs as designed—especially transportation. Multiple CTE-focused sessions emphasize that work-based learning, internships, and community college coursework often run off-campus and on schedules that transportation routes were not built to support. The programming highlights practical solutions, including ride-coordination models across multiple districts and approaches that measurably increase internship participation once transportation barriers are resolved. The effort reframes CTE as an access and equity issue for educational leaders, not solely a college-preparedness pathway. For higher education professionals looking at talent pipelines, the update matters because CTE capacity and participation affect downstream community college enrollment, workforce readiness, and student retention.