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National RTAP Announces Launch of New Website and Support Center

 

National RTAP's new website design allows viewers to more easily access information and engage with National RTAP staff, services and products.  With news, best practices, and resources changing regularly, visitors to the National RTAP website will find reasons to return to the site again and again!  Specific improvements include an enhanced Resource Library, expanded Tribal Transit section, new State RTAP Manager directory, and dynamic homepage.

Enhancements to the Resource Library include the following:
  • New Resource Library landing page
  • Improved browsing, with the ability to drill down from a general subject area into specific categories
  • Cleaner design of the search interfaces
  • Auto-fill function when searching
  • New topic guides that provide quick and simple help finding resources in various subject areas
  • Ability for customers to edit resource orders after they are placed

National RTAP has also redesigned its Support Center, where customers can find instructional documents and videos for all of the National RTAP in the Cloud web apps.  Viewers can easily reach the Support Center both from within National RTAP in the Cloud and the National RTAP website to access multimedia help resources.

Enhancements to the Support Center include the following:

  • Improved site design that allows visitors to easily and quickly find information
  • Updated instructional documents and videos
  • Website search function that allows visitors to use keywords to quickly find the information they need

Patti Monahan, Executive Director of National RTAP, says "We hope you enjoy the new National RTAP website and think of it as a resource that you can refer to often for the latest rural transit industry information and access to National RTAP's products and services.  Please take a look and let us know what you think!"

New Items in the Resource Library
 
Vehicle Sharing Among Human Service Providers in Minnesota: Steps to Address Barriers is a University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies report citing five main obstacles and potential solutions to vehicle sharing between human service transportation providers in Minnesota.
 
Command-Level Decision Making for Transit Emergency Managers discusses a training framework to give transit emergency decision-makers the tools to competently deal with different types of disasters.
 
...and Other Resources of Interest

NCSL's series of webinars on winning local match for federal grants.

Correcting Attitudes About Transit (from Atlantic Cities).

Sustainable Public Transport (experiences from Scandinavia).

CTAA's analysis of the Transit Safety ANPRM.

CTAA's new online marketplace for public transit.
FTA/DOT Updates

 
NOFA from the Veterans Administration: Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas are due February 3rd, 2014. 
 
FTA has updated their schedule for one-day Substance Abuse Training Seminars.
View the 101 Webinar: FTA Charter Regulations and School Transportation Presentation
 
Missed the most recent 101 webinar on charter regulations and school transportation? You can now view the popular presentation, given by Greater Minnesota Public Transit Coordinator and former National RTAP Review Board member Sarah Brodt-Lenz. 
National RTAP on Facebook

Visit and "Like" National RTAP on Facebook for access to content you won't find in eNews or on our website! Recent posts include resources about alternative fuels and energy, winter driving, and webinar notices.
National RTAP Looking for 2 the Point Training Feedback

National RTAP wants to know how you have been using 2 the Point Training. Do you have a special "training day" every week, or do you give prizes out for completed card sets? Send us your tips for using the training cards by writing an email to info@nationalrtap.org, or replying to this eNews. We'll share our favorites in a future eNews!
December 12, 2013
Events
FTA
Construct, Alter, Repair, or Rehabilitate Your Capital Assets-Don't Forget ADA
December 12, January 16
2-3:30PM

NCMM
Statewide and Regional Mobility Management Networks
January 7
2PM

NTI
Transit Trainers' Workshop
Long Beach, CA
March 30-April 1

FTA 
9th Annual Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference
April 15-17
Little Rock, AR

RIBTC
21st National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
October 26-29, 2014
Monterey, CA

For a listing of all National RTAP and other national events, view our new EventShare Calendar!

All event times listed as Eastern Time
Resource Spotlight
National RTAP Topic Guides

Visit our new Resource Library landing page to take a look at our new topic guides! Explore a featured topic and look through a curated collection of links to web-based and print resources. Current topic guides include:

ADA

RTAP Programs

Bloodborne Pathogens

Defensive Driving

Distracted Driving

Tribal Transit

Wheelchair Securement

Please send suggestions for other topic guides you would like to see, to info@nationalrtap.org, or leave a comment on our Facebook page. 
National RTAP is a program of the Federal Transit Administration dedicated to creating rural and Tribal transit solutions through technical assistance, partner collaboration and FREE training materials.

Contact us:
Main: 5 Wheeling Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801, 888-589-6821
Washington, D.C.: 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20036, 202-772-2039