Advanced Title VI and Public Transit

Note: We strongly recommend that all participants in this course have either 1) successfully completed NTI’s introductory-level course Overview of Title VI and Public Transit, or 2) have 5-7 years experience with Title VI policy and/or programming. 

Description:

The Advanced Title VI course guides practitioners in creating and implementing policies and practices, making federally compliant decisions, and conducting appropriate analyses. This course takes a deeper dive into the elements affecting transit, including best practices for gathering data and information and requirements for agencies to provide services.

Objectives:

  • Explore the history of policies that affect the way transit operates.
  • Discuss the importance of public participation
  • Drill into the circular requirements and their implications on transit agencies
  • Examine how to create policies and carry out effective  analyses.

Goals: 

We will cover the following topics in this course: the historical context, creating meaningful public participation opportunities, requirements for transit providers, and the guidelines for fare and service analyses.

Audience: 
Transit Planners, Operations Staff, Transit Agency Staff or others with direct experience and in-depth knowledge of the impacts of service and fare analysis. This course focuses on in-depth elements and issues; and is not meant for those new to transit issues. 

 

Length: 3 days virtual, 4.5 hours a day (NTI will only issue Certificates of Completion to individuals who attend the entire course. Please plan to attend all 3-day sessions.)

Fee: Free

Program Coordinator: Myrna Sirleaf

Email: msirleaf@nti.rutgers.edu

848-932-6040