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Thank You for Joining Us at the FTA / National RTAP / NTTA Creating Partnerships for Rural Transit Solutions Training/Technical Assistance Conference & Roadeo 2012!
Thank you for joining us March 18-21, 2012 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona! There were 46 Tribes and 12 state DOTs represented at the conference. If you missed it, stay tuned for conference presentations that will be made available online shortly on www.nationalrtap.org.
Also, if you haven't submitted your conference evaluation forms located at the back of the conference program, please email them to info@nationalrtap.org or fax 781-895-1122.
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Sign up for Easter Seals Project ACTION Online Course for Fundamentals of Travel Training Administration April 2012
Easter Seals Project ACTION online course for Fundamentals of Travel Training Administration is designed to provide information pertinent to launching, operating and maintaining a travel training program. It addresses issues such as creating job descriptions; hiring, training and supervising travel trainers; developing budgets; and understanding the family of travel training services that are offered throughout the country. Learners will have the opportunity to consider these fundamental administrative issues and take action within their own organizations. The course will start on April 9. The registration deadline is Friday, March 30. Please visit the Easter Seals Project ACTION website for more information and how to sign up.
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Federal Transit Administration Holds Webinar for Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program, Notice of Funding Availability
A webinar on the Notice of Funding Availability for the Tribal Transit Program will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm EST. Registrations for the webinar will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis and are limited to 125 participants due to technical limitations of the telephone conferencing system. Organizations are encouraged consolidate their webinar participants and to register only one caller per organization. For more information, please visit the FTA's website.
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Did You Know? National RTAP's GTFS Builder Can Create Maps and Organize Routes, All for Free!
GTFS Builder can be accessed through National RTAP in the Cloud, and it gives step-by-step instructions on how a transit system can put its bus route and schedule data into a format that is compliant with the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), the format required by Google Transit and other online trip planners. Google Transit provides benefits to both travelers and transit agencies. Travelers can find transit options for their trips and connections to adjacent areas, get step-by-step directions, and even see a comparison of driving and transit cost. To access the GTFS Builder app, please go to www.nationalrtap.org and create a free Cloud account for your organization.
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