AASHTO Multi-State Transit Technical Assistance Program (MTAP)

 

AASHTO Liaison(s):

Richard Price, Associate Program Manager,
Transit Policy and Technical Assistance
Phone #: (202) 624-5813

Shayne Gill, Program Director for Multimodal Transportation
Council on Public Transportation
Phone#: (202) 624-3630

The Transit Connection for State DOTs

It sounds simple: find a way that states can obtain and use the public transit technical expertise of other states. Connect with one another regarding past experience. Network and efficiently solve technical and programmatic problems.

Simply stated, that connection is the Multi-State Transit Technical Assistance Program or MTAP.

Through its members and services, the MTAP brings real-life, practical solutions to transit problems – on topics as varied as state funding procedures, transit asset management, financial management, vehicle procurement, rural inter-city service development, and ADA compliance.

For its members, MTAP provides a network and assistance through:

  • Access to transit program experts
  • Peer-to-peer exchanges, via MTAP Alerts
  • Abstracts and current transit data
  • On-site technical exchanges
  • Visits from experts
  • MTAP’s Technical Assistance Directory
  • Publications and updates
  • Topical meetings and seminars
  • Communications thru Newsletters and E-News
  • Web site connections
  • Best practices information
  • Conference calls
  • Training classes

 

What’s New from MTAP…

CTAA-AASHTO Seven State Survey Analysis (Summary One-Pager) – Transit COVID Stimulus Funds

6/23/2021 – Intercity Bus Peer Roundtable, Co-Hosted by National RTAP and MTAP

6/22/2021 – State DOT Briefing on FTA’s Oversight Approach for COVID-19 Relief Funds

5/4/2021 – State DOT Roundtable with CTAA, a Joint Peer Exchange

MTAP Network News – Winter/Spring Issue

Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation – Final Report 2021, Based on FY 2019 Data

FTA State Program Oversight Consultant Review Survey

Upcoming Events, Webinars & Training

NTI – Enhancing Your Transit Asset Management Program with Lifecycle Management – Daily, for each of 4 days – 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET

Title VI and Public Transit – All virtual from 1:00 PM to 4:30 p.m. ET

Nov. 8-9, 2021 – Winter Meeting, hosted by the Council on Public Transportation and MTAP – Details Coming Soon

MTAP Chair

Don Chartock
Deputy Director, Public Transportation Division
Washington State Department of Transportation

MTAP Vice Chair

Jennifer DeBruhl
Chief of Public Transportation
Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transportation

STATE PARTICIPATION FOR FY ’21
(Click to see who participates)