No Deliveries Currently Please keep checking back. Description: This course is a cooperative effort among the Federal Highway Administration (both the FHWA Office of Planning and the National Highway Institute), the Federal Transit Administration and the National Transit Institute. This course provides a general introduction and overview of the metropolitan transportation planning process. It covers […]
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 course will emphasize good procurement business practices and policies from a broader industry perspective. This training covers […]
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, when to negotiate and how negotiations are impacted by what is being […]
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 perform cost and price analysis. This basic training helps build the sound financial management practices that are expected of organizations and agencies receiving direct grant support from the […]
April 1-5, 2019 – Kansas City, MO Course Hours: April 1, 2019 1:00pm – 4:30pm (registration 12:30pm – 1:00pm) April 2-4, 2019 8:30am – 4:30pm April 5, 2019 8:30am – 12:00pm [/time-restrict] Description: The first of a four-part series *, this four-day foundational course is an overview of transit procurement and emphasizes “best […]
Description: This course provides an overview of transit procurement, emphasizing “best practices” for contract procurements by small and medium transit systems who are recipients of FTA funding. The course provides participants with a framework for examining basic issues pertaining to third-party contracting and introduces minimum standards for individual agency practices as described in […]
No Deliveries Currently Please keep checking back. Description: This revised half-day seminar offers senior leadership a better understanding of the rationale, functions, and general process of third-party contracting for FTA grantees. It provides an overview of major elements of an acceptable procurement program and is designed to be presented in a conference setting. Some of […]
Description: The goal of this course is to help transit professionals learn the necessary skills for reporting urban data to the NTD internet reporting website. Topics include: Benefits and impacts associated with the NTD annual reporting Defining the apportionments (i.e., Urbanized Area Formula Program – UAFP, Small Transit Intensive Cities – STIC, […]
Description: FTA is undertaking a number of initiatives to go “back to basics” and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental review process to expedite project delivery. This seminar has been developed to provide current information on federal requirements, identify best practices, and facilitate the sharing of information and insights among practitioners. […]
Description: This course seeks to have participants understand public transit service planning. By the end of the course, participants will be able to undertake conceptual service planning/design and redesign, including routing and scheduling, transit budgeting, and calculating levels of service and capacity. Note: Participants are encouraged to bring a calculator (or a cell phone […]
