National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 101 Online Course

Register here for the NEPA 101 Online Course. You will need to first register for the course through Rutgers Continuing Studies (creating an account if you do not already have one.) After you have successfully registered for the course, you will then receive...

Transportation Planning Process

Description: Participants in the Transportation Planning Process (TPP) course receive an overview of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning process, underscoring its relationship to informed decision-making and required planning processes critical to...

Ridership Forecasting with STOPS for Transit Project Planning

Description: The goals of this course are to introduce transit-planning professionals to the Federal Transit Administration’s Simplified Trips-on-Project Software (STOPS) package, learn the fundamentals of its components and local implementation, and recognize the...

Public Involvement in Transportation Decision-Making

Description: This course isn’t just about simply accepting the public’s ideas—it’s about strengthening project decision-making, increasing creativity in problem-solving, and making sure project solutions are more durable. This is a highly interactive course that will...

Understanding ADA

Description: The goal of this course is to provide transit professionals with a basic understanding of the fundamentals of accessible public transportation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in a civil rights context. Objectives: Upon completion...

Title VI and Public Transit

Please note: This course will sunset after March 2023. The course is being revised and will be divided into two separate sessions, one as an introductory Overview and the other as an Advanced course.  Description: This course will help practitioners appreciate the...

Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Transit

Description: To provide an overview of the essential components of quality assurance and quality control in transit agencies. This course will also review and expand upon the FTA’s Quality Management System Guidelines and address the various perspectives for...

Procurement IV: Contract Administration

No Deliveries Currently Please keep checking back. Description: The last course in a four-part series *, this three and half-day course focuses on how a good contract administration system should look and how it should function after contract award. This revised...

Procurement III: RFPs and Competitive Contract Negotiations

Description: The third course in a four-part series *, this three-day course will provide participants with a negotiation skill set. The participants will gain a greater understanding of negotiation, how to build negotiating skill sets and practice their application,...

Procurement II: Risk Assessment and Basic Cost or Price Analysis

Note: Please do not register for Procurement II without having first completed Procurement I. Description: The second of a four-part series *, this four-day course is designed to strengthen the procurement practices of transit authorities by improving the ability to...

Procurement I – Orientation to Transit Procurement

Description: This four-day foundational course is an overview of transit procurement and emphasizes “best practices” for contract procurements by FTA grantees. This course will focus on good procurement business practices and policies from a broader...

Introduction to Paratransit Management and Operations

Description: The goal of this course is to teach transit professionals the skills needed to effectively manage and operate paratransit services. Objectives: Participants in this course will learn: History of demand response service and where the industry is today The...