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National RTAP 101 Webinar: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center Overview

Join National RTAP on a tour of FTA's newest technical assistance center: the National Aging and Disabilities Transportation Center (NADTC). Carol Wright of Easter Seals and Virginia Dize of National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) will be on hand to give you a tour of the services available through the new program.

Compliance with the ADA as well as strategies for working with older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers in your community will help you achieve your goals of accessible, available transportation for all ages and abilities.

Join us to on Wednesday, April 6th from 2:30-3:30 pm EDT learn more about what this new center can do for you!
Recording now available - National RTAP Peer Call: TCRP Research Needs

Visit our new Peer Page to see all of our Peer Call recordings as well as slides, notes and other associated documents. While you are there, check for upcoming calls, or send your ideas for future Peer Calls to info@nationalrtap.org
Have you used the Marketing Transit Toolkit templates, photos, or graphics?  

National RTAP's newest toolkit was launched in October and we want to know how it is being used so far. It was designed to help small systems - particularly those without marketing staff - develop or enhance marketing plans and implement various strategies. If you haven't checked it out yet, the  Marketing Toolkit is available online.

 

We would love to hear success stories or see  marketing materials created using the tools, especially the templates.  Please send examples (PDFs preferred) to etaylor@nationalrtap.org  and let us know if we can show them on our website or during presentations. Other feedback about the toolkit is also welcome!

Federal Transit Administration and US DOT Updates

FTA's ADA Webinar Series continues on Wednesday, March 30 at 2:00-3:00pm ET on the ADA and Vehicles. Register now - space is limited. See FTA's Civil Rights Training page for recordings and slides from past webinars and other training materials.

FTA has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for $5 million in competitive grant funds to enhance public transit service for American Indians, Alaska natives and other residents on rural tribal lands. Funding is provided through FTA's Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Tribal Transit Program

Finalists announced for FTA announced finalists for its SMART Cities challenge. The winning city will be announced in June 2016.

TIGER grants are now available. Interested parties can view the full Notice of Funding Opportunity. the final webinar in the series, How to Compete for TIGER Discretionary Grants, will be held on Tuesday, March 22, from 1:30-3:30pm eastern time.
Resources and News

Opportunities

NCRRS: An Overview of the Factors and Processes to Increase Organization Safety Culture - This webinar addresses factorswhich can support the success and development of a strong safety culture in transportation safety agencies.The Webinar will be held on March 22nd from 9-10:30am MDT.

FHWA: Rural Local & Tribal Road Safety Toolkit & User Guides Webinar Series - This overview of the safety toolkit and user guides along with presentations from practitioners who have used the toolkit and identified tools. The final webinar in the series will be held on March 22nd from 2-3:30pm EST.

NCMM: Creating Innovative Solutions for Health Care-Related Transportation: A Training in Applying Design Thinking Strategies. This full day training will be occurring from June 23-24 in Ithaca, NY. Interested? Apply by June 1.

Resources

Transit Agency Practices in Interacting with People Who Are Homeless, TCRP Synthesis Report 121 is now available online. 

Integrating Vanpools into Transit Services - CTAA is offering this online resource for free. Check out the modules and other resources to better understand how to integrate van pools into your service.

Do you think of your customers experience from beginning to end? NCMM has published The Complete Trip: Helping Customers Make a Seamless Journey, an information brief which introduces the concept of the 'complete trip' from planning, booking, paying through the physical trip itself. 
March 17th, 2016
Events
FTA
How to Compete for TIGER Discretionary Grants - Rural and Tribal Applicants
March 22
1:30-3:30
Webinar

FTA
Drug and Alcohol Conference
March 22-24
Sacramento, CA

CTANW
Mobility Management & NW Travel Training Summit
March 22-24
Fife, WA

CalACT
2016 Spring Conference
March 28-31

FTA
The ADA and Vehicles
March 30
2:00-3:30 PM

FPTA
Florida Triple Crown Bus Roadeo
April 1-2
Fort Myers, FL

National RTAP
101 Webinars: NADTC
April 6
2:30-3:30pm

NTI
Understanding ADA
April 22
Hartford, CT

CTAA
2016 Expo
May 22-27
Portland, OR

TRB
National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus
October 2-5
Asheville, NC

For a listing of all National RTAP and other national events, view our Calendar. If you'd like to submit an event, please email info@nationalrtap.org.

All event times listed as Eastern Time
Resource Spotlight
Make safety a priority for your drivers every day. Keep our 2 The Point Training cards in your break room and incorporate them into your regular refresher training program. 

These cards are quick and easy ways for drivers to brush up on topics from customer service to defensive driving to ADA sensitivity. Read more on our website for ways to use the cards!
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.

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