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…

TRB Special Report 312: Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns

AASHTO Legislative Alert – Senate Passes $2T COVID-19 Emergency Legislation

Text of H.R. 748: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

February 25, 2020 – AASHTO President Patrick McKenna Testimony before U.S. Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Public Transportation

MTAP-CTAA Webinar – Trending Urban (Urban Donut)

Winter Meeting Presentations Now Available

2019 Summer-Fall Newsletter

MTAP Technical Assistance Directory – Update for 2019

New Survey! FTA State Program Oversight Consultant Review Survey

Upcoming Events & Training

For details about current and future training sponsored by the National Transit Institute, click here.

State DOT Roundtable at the CTAA EXPO 2020
Louisville, KY
June 3, 2020 at 2:00 pm

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 ’20
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