AASHTO Multi-State Transit Technical Assistance Program (MTAP)

 

AASHTO Liaison(s):

Richard Price, Program Specialist
Multi-State Transit Technical Assistance Program (MTAP)
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…

Now Available! Agenda & Handout Materials –  State DOT Roundtable

2019 Winter/Spring MTAP Newsletter

New Survey! FTA State Program Oversight Consultant Review Survey

Doing A Cooperative Procurement and The Future It Presents – Webinar Materials Available

Rural Project Initiative – U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau’s presentation to MTAP Steering Committee  (January 8, 2019)

Upcoming Events & Training

State DOT Roundtable at the CTAA Expo
Palm Springs, California
May 22, 1:30 pm-4:30 pm PT
**Webinar Registration Now Open

Procurement I – Orientation to Transit Procurement
Boston, MA
June 3-7

Procurement II – Risk Assessment & Basic Cost or Price Analysis
Boston, MA
June 24-28

Managing Community Mobility
Boise, Idaho
June 11-12

18th Biennial State Programs Meeting and State Public Transportation Partnerships Conference
Washington, DC
August 14-16

MTAP Chair

David Harris
Director, Transit and Rail Division
New Mexico Department of Transportation.

WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SAYING

“MTAP meetings allow states to work more closely with partners including the Community Transportation Association of America and the American Public Transportation Association to share concerns, develop practical solutions, and implement programs of common interest.”

–– Charles Carr, Mississippi Department of Transportation

STATE PARTICIPATION FOR FY ’19
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