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National RTAP Releases ADA Toolkit
 
Earlier this week, National RTAP released our newest product, the ADA Toolkit. This toolkit is a valuable resource for transit operators who want to ensure that operations are ADA compliant. An expansion of the ADA section of the Transit Manager's Toolkit, the ADA Toolkit includes new ADA developments, physical standards for vehicles and facilities, guidance about service animals, and many ADA resources. 
 
 
National RTAP's Fifth Annual Photo Contest Announced!
 
National RTAP's Fifth Annual Photo Contest, Photos Across Rural and Tribal America, is underway. The theme this year is Reaching Your Riders: Getting the Word Out About Your Transit Services. Photos should reflect the ways that you market your transit system to the community. For more information, including prizes, contest rules, and a link to the photo release form, please visit our Photo Contest Page. Entries are due July 15th, 2014 to info@nationalrtap.org, and must include all necessary documentation.


FTA/DOT Updates

FTA's National Transit Research Program has issued an RFP for Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) Deployment Planning. The funds will support "deployment planning of Travel Management Coordination Centers (TMCCs) to support interoperable, coordinated human service transportation (HST) systems."


Resources and News

Reports and Journals

The newest issue of CTAA's Community Transportation Magazine explores the need for and provision of medical transportation.

Announcements

Visit National RTAP at the upcoming CTAA EXPO in St. Paul, MN! We will be at booth #555. Please stop by and say hi, and take a picture with us for our Facebook page!

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) is currently the topic in the Senior Transportation Exchange. 

 
RIBTC Early Bird Registration Deadline

We hope you will join us at the upcoming Rural Public and Intercity Bus Conference in Monterey, CA, October 26-29th. Register for the conference at www.ribtc.org by July 20th to receive the early bird rate. 

The conference is being held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, which is sold out. However, there are additional rooms at the Victorian Inn for $149 a night (800-232-4141)  and the Spindrift Inn for $169 a night (800-841-1879). For an ocean view room for $229 a night, call the Monterey Bay Inn (800-424-6242). 

For more information about the conference please visit the Rural and
Intercity Bus Transportation Conference website at www.ribtc.org.

May 29, 2014
Events
NTI
Transit ITS Workshop
July 9-10
Newark, NJ

CTAA
Mobility Management Conference and
CTAA EXPO
June 8-14
St. Paul, MN

ESPA
Getting from A to B: Connecting Individuals to Transportation Resources in Your Community
June 25
2-3:30PM

TRB
14th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities 
July 21-23
Burlington, VT

LTAP/TTAP
National LTAP/TTAP Conference
July 21-24
St. Louis, MO

National Rural ITS Conference
August 24-27
Branson, MO

TRB
Conference on Transportation and Federal Lands
September 15-17
Washington, D.C.

National Tribal Transportation Conference
September 22-25
Anchorage, AK

APTA
Annual Meeting
October 12-15
Houston, TX

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

NADO
2014 National Rural Transportation Conference
December 3-5
Cincinnati, OH

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

All event times listed as Eastern Time
Resource Spotlight
TCRP Report 163 Briefs

No time to read the entire report for TCRP Report 163: Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities? Take a look at the five brief summaries of what's covered in the report, also available at the above link. 

For more resources on the topic, see our new ADA Toolkit.
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