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…

Technical Assistance for State DOTs on Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan final rule (August 29 & September 12) – FTA’s Webinar Presentations and Recordings

Now Available – Materials/Presentations from 2018 State Public Transportation Partnerships Conference

FTA Begins New Era of Public Transit Safety, By K. Jane Williams, Acting Administrator, FTA

July 2018 – Preliminary Summary/Analysis – PTASP final rule by David Harris, MTAP Chair; New Mexico DOT

2018 Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation (with FY 2016 data)

Upcoming Events & Trainings

Council on Public Transportation/MTAP Winter Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
November 7 – 9, 2018

Procurement for Small and Medium Transit Systems
Charlottesville, Virginia
December 3-4, 2018

Title VI and Public Transit
Laredo, Texas
December 3-4, 2018

Comprehensive ADA Paratransit Eligibility
Seattle, Washington
December 12-13, 2018

Public Involvement in Transportation Decision-making
Denver, Colorado
January 23-25, 2019

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Tucson, Arizona
January 29-31, 2019

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 FY18
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