eNews - September 2, 2021 |
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National RTAP is a program of the Federal Transit Administration dedicated to creating rural and tribal transit solutions through free training materials, technical assistance, and partner collaboration.
Newsletter Highlights:
Learn How to Create Your Website with our Website Builder Webinar Series
Announcing National RTAP's New Website
Upcoming National RTAP Rural Transit Planning and Route Design Webinar
National RTAP Marketing 101 Webinar Recording Posted
Federal Mask Mandate on Public Transportation Extended to January 18, 2022
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Webinar Series Starts Next Week on National RTAP Website Builder 3.0 (and Announcing the Newest Website Builder Site - Ours!)
Need a website or want to jazz-up an existing website? It’s easy - Learn how with National RTAP’s Website Builder 3.0. Join National RTAP for a two-session online training on September 9, 2021, 2:00-3:30 PM ET, and September 23, 2021, 2:00-3:00 PM ET, on how to use our free updated Website Builder application. |
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In the first 90-minute webinar we will show you how to set-up your website and demonstrate how to use many of the features available on Website Builder 3.0 (drag and drop design, banner messages, trip planning widgets, job application form management, and many others).
After the first webinar, we encourage you to sign up and start to use Website Builder. During the second “optional” webinar, we will be available to answer questions about your experience working in Website Builder and, if time permits, cover a few advanced topics.
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We are proud to announce the latest Website Builder website - nationalrtap.org! Our new and improved website contains streamlined navigation, exciting graphics, interactivity, improved searchability, and many new features. Stay tuned for a tour of our new website, webinar-style! |
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Upcoming National RTAP Webinar on Rural Transit Service Planning and Route Design
National RTAP will be holding a webinar on Rural Transit Service Planning and Route Design on September 14, 2021, 2:00-3:00 PM ET. This webinar, presented by Ken Hosen of KFH Group, will provide guidance on how to evaluate the appropriate service design for your area and will cover some best practices in service design and planning of fixed (or flex) route design as well as on-demand or microtransit services which can be attractive in small cities.
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National RTAP Marketing 101 Webinar Recording Posted
On August 26, 2021, Selena Barlow of Transit Marketing LLC led a Transit Marketing 101 webinar that highlighted illustrative examples of best practices from rural and small urban transit agencies. Access the recording.
National RTAP Participation in Upcoming Conferences
Please look for us at the following upcoming in-person and virtual conferences:
Also, look for our training resources at:
Upcoming National RTAP Tribal Transit Training Events
the 2021 Virtual National Transportation in Indian Country Conference, a Tribal Transit Training Workshop in Flagstaff, AZ, and the MN/WI Tribal Transit Mini-Conference in Duluth, MN.
History Timeline Added to our Website
At the bottom of our History and Mission web page, a new history timeline shows National RTAP's major milestones from 1986 to the present day. |
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Upcoming National RTAP Workshop on Transportation Management Associations
on September 22, 3:00-4:30 PM ET. Michele Brooks, Vice President of TransAction Associates and Connecticut RTAP Coordinator, will outline the first steps, the community assessment process, and how TMAs can improve job access for rural areas.
National RTAP Dialysis Transportation Hot Topic Guide Posted
National RTAP started posting 2021 Hot Topics in our Find Anything Toolkit. These topics are generated from our surveys and questions that users ask us. The first Hot Topic we've added is Dialysis Transportation.
Resources include:
Join our #LetsTACLcoordination Twitter Chat
Join TACL (Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library) for a #LetsTACLcoordination Twitter Chat on October 20, 2021, 2:00-3:00 PM ET, to discuss challenges, solutions, and resources for transportation coordination. The chat will be moderated by Heather Edmonds, Program Associate, NADTC; Melissa Gray, Assistant Program Director of Transportation, n4a; and Marcela Moreno, Transit Technologist, N-CATT. RSVP. |
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FTA published its August 2021 Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates newsletter. The issue includes information on oral fluids testing not being authorized, stand-by and on-call employees random testing, random testing exclusions, and additional articles.
FTA is extending the comment period for the request for information regarding its Public Transportation Safety Program to September 22, 2021.
FTA published a Best Practices Final Report based on three America’s Open and Transit’s Open listening sessions that showcased best practices to renew ridership, safety, community partnerships, and how to build back better. Best practices shared included ridership campaigns, leveraging partnerships, mobility hubs, and trip bundling.
FTA's and FHWA's Transportation Planning Capacity Building program created a new webpage on Coming Together for Equity. The page contains answers to questions that include "What role do State DOTs, MPOs, and public transportation providers play in incorporating nondiscrimination and environmental justice into transportation planning?" |
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The Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) is holding a Transit Drivers - Incarcerated Reentry Roundtable on September 22 at 3:00 PM ET. Participants will discuss how public transit can be part of the solution for those re-entering the workforce after incarceration, and how transit agencies can tap into this pool of potential employees to fill positions in the ever-declining transit driver workforce.
National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) is offering a free training opportunity to assist communities to move to Level 1 Mobility as a Service (or to other levels/aspects of other levels, if level 1 has already been reached), by creating a project management plan to aid in implementation for that one-stop platform, incorporating options from all public and private operators. The application deadline is September 17, 2021.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit shares best practices (including transportation support), guidance, and considerations, and information on vaccine mandates and exemptions.
AARP Public Policy Institute, Urbanism Next Center, University of Oregon, and RAND Corporation published Older Adults, New Mobility, and Automated Vehicles. The Framework includes supply and demand-side factors, safety factors, transportation system factors, and other components. |
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Tribal Transit Spotlight - Muscogee Nation |
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The Tribal Transportation Program of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation provides transit services within the eleven counties of the MCN tribal reservation boundaries. These services are available to anyone residing in these communities. Tribal Transportation Coordinator Amy Hill, Transit Manager Kogee Spaniard, and their Transit team have been hard at work over the past year delivering safe and efficient transportation to all. |
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The Transportation Learning Network is looking for beta testers for their new Learning Management System (LMS). While giving feedback on the user experience, they will help shape the final product. Anyone interested in joining the team of beta testers may contact Julie Deibel-Pundt.
National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT) announced the opportunity for State DOTS to hold State Technology Summits with their small-urban, rural, and tribal agencies. Applications should be submitted in one document in PDF format to Andrew Carpenter by September 24, 2021.
National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) is accepting applications for its Community Mobility Ready-to-Launch Grants through October 15, 2021. Grants will fund the pilot phase of an already designed solution to allow low-income community members to become more fully engaged in economic opportunities, improve their health and well-being, and/or become more integrated into their community. Please email all questions to Will Reckley by October 1, 2021.
USDA is inviting public comment on a Strategic Framework that outlines how it will focus its efforts to prevent, detect, investigate and respond to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as other emerging and zoonotic diseases. The comment period closes on October 8, 2021.
The Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging is asking individuals to Take the Anti-Ageism Pledge. It begins, "I stand for a world without ageism, where all people of all ages are valued and respected." To date, over 150 people have pledged. |
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended the face mask requirement for individuals to January 18, 2022 across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including public transit, over-the-road buses, and commuter bus systems.
Effective September 20, 2021, the Federal Communication Commission will adopt a Final Rule to ensure that more people receive relevant emergency alerts, to enable Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts System participants to report false alerts when they occur, and to improve the way states plan for emergency alerts. |
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All event times listed in Eastern Time. Subtract 1 hour for Central Time, 2 for Mountain Time, 3 for Pacific Time, 4 for Alaska, and 6 for Hawaii.
National Transit Institute
September 2, 2:00-3:30 PM
TRB
September 2, 2:00-3:30 PM
Iowa Public Transit Association, Kansas Public Transit Association, and Missouri Public Transit Association
St. Louis, MO, September 7-9
We're participating!
National Indian Health Board
September 8, 1:00-2:30 PM
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
September 8, 2:00 PM
TRB
September 8, 2:00-3:00 PM
Harvard University Kennedy School Ash Center
September 8, 4:00 PM
Q'Straint/Sure-Lok
September 9, 12:00-1:30 PM
National Transit Institute
September 9, 1:00-4:30 PM
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
September 9, 2:00 PM
National RTAP
September 9, 2:00-3:30 PM
ITS America
September 9, 2:00-3:00 PM
TRB
September 9, 10, 13 and 14
We're presenting!
International Transport Forum
September 13, 9:00 AM
PPTA
Lancaster, PA, September 13-16
National RTAP Training Resources will be available.
TRB
September 13-16
Volpe Center
September 14, 12:00 PM
FORTH
September 14, 1:00-2:00 PM
National RTAP
September 14, 2:00-3:00 PM
National Transit Institute
September 14, 2:00-3:30 PM
IPTA/RTAC
Peoria, IL, September 14-16
National RTAP Training Resources will be available.
Self-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium (SGCETC)
September 14-16
CASTA/CDOT
Grand Junction, CO, September 14-17
National RTAP Training Resources will be available.
National Institute for Transportation and Communities
September 15, 1:00-2:00 PM
FHWA
Sept. 15, 1:00-3:00 PM
ENO Center for Transportation
September 15, 16, 22, & 23
Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE)
Denver, CO, September 15-17
OPTA
Akron, OH, September 15-17
National Transit Institute
September 16, 1:00-4:30 PM
Drive Smart Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA, September 16-17
Dakota Transit Association
Fargo, ND, September 17-21
We're exhibiting. Please stop by our booth!
MARTA
Edgartown, MA, September 19-21
National RTAP training resources will be available.
NTCA (National Telephone Cooperative Association) – The Rural Broadband Association
Nashville, TN and virtual, September 19-22
National RTAP
National RTAP Tribal Transit Training Workshop
Flagstaff, AZ, September 21-22
TransCen's Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Baltimore, MD, September 21-23
Automotive Fleet Magazine
September 21-24
National RTAP
September 22, 3:00-4:30 PM
Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA)
September 22, 3:00 PM
AARP
September 22-23
Radically Rural
Keene, NH, September 22-23
UC Davis
September 22-29
Micromobility Industries
San Francisco, CA, September 23
Volpe Center
September 23, 12:00 PM
National Transit Institute
September 23, 1:00-4:30 PM
National RTAP
September 23, 2:00-3:00 PM
Active Transportation Resource Center
September 23, 2:00 PM
NTICC
September 27 - October 1
We're presenting.
N-CATT
September 28, 1:00 PM
FORTH
September 28, 1:00-2:00 PM
FTA
September 28-30, 1:00-4:00 PM
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
September 28-30
NCMM
September 30, 3:00 PM
APTA
Philadelphia, PA, October 3-6
Minnesota Public Transit Association
Duluth, MN, October 4-7
We are hosting tribal transit training on October 6-7.
FHWA
October 6, 1:00-3:00 PM
National Transit Institute
October 7, 1:00-4:30 PM
National Safety Council (NSC)
Orlando, FL, October 8-14
National Institute for Transportation and Communities
October 12, 1:00-2:00 PM
FORTH
October 12, 1:00-2:00 PM
National Transit Institute
October 12, 2:00-3:30 PM
National Transit Institute
October 14, 1:00-4:30 PM
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
Portland, OR, October 16-19
Q'Straint/Sure-Lok
October 19, 12:00-1:30 PM
UMass Amherst Transportation Center
October 19- 20
FTA
October 19-20
In conjunction with the Rail Transit Agency Virtual Workshop
Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library (TACL)
October 20, 2:00-3:00 PM
National Transit Institute
October 21, 1:00-4:30 PM
TRB
October 25-27
We're presenting and exhibiting.
Global Fleet
Miami, FL, October 26-28
TRB
October 27-29
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