National RTAP Review Board members help guide the development of training materials and other tools and resources for rural and tribal transit operators. Among other duties, Board members represent National RTAP's primary customer groups and help determine what products and services would be of the most value to them.  

You woke up one morning and you were a transit manager!  What saved your life when you first started running the show, hiring staff, managing your vehicles, and writing your grants?  

National RTAP's Review Board identified developing a "Welcome To Your Job" kit for transit managers as a priority. We are gathering the information and will be integrating your ideas into our welcome wagon package. Tell us your story and the tip that helped you get on the right track. 

Didn't get a chance to participate in our overview of National RTAP Resources with MTAP? Watch the full recording on our site. Robin Phillips, our Executive Director, Robin Phillips and our panelists cover how to best utilize National RTAP's resources and website for your state and subrecipients

Therese McMillan's remarks from the FTA Mobility Panel at TRB's 2016 annual meeting are now available for those interested. 

In the interest of keeping our roads safe, FMCSA is proposing a new rule for determining the safety of motor carriers. The rule, published in today's federal register changes the way the FMCSA determines if a companies safety record should prevent them from operating. Read the full briefing from the FMCSA.

Maintaining rural roads can be a challenge, learn more about standards for low volume roads at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) webinar on Wednesday, January 27th. Find out more here.

TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has issued its New IDEAS for Transit: Transit IDEA Program Annual Report.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 20-24(89): Role and Value of Transportation for State DOTs clarifies and explains the role and value of transportation in relation to the U.S. economy. The initial deliverables includes a website and videos that introduce the topics to general audiences and may be used by other agencies considering production of similar information specific to their own state or region.