Description: Many transit agencies are embracing the concept of ‘mobility management’, which is a strategic approach to designing and delivering transportation services that starts and ends with the customer. It begins with a community vision in which the entire transportation network – public transit, private operators, cycling and walking, volunteer drivers, and others […]
Description: This course provides an overview of transit fare policy, including policy goals and objectives, fare structure, fare collection and emerging fare technologies. Participants will discuss the importance of fare policy, policy tradeoffs, pricing strategies and issues influencing fare decisions. The course will discuss fare equity issues, public communication and outreach strategies and data […]
Description: This course provides an overview of and implementation guidance for Tier II providers intending to comply with the Transit Asset Management (TAM) Final Rule (49 CFR 625). Tier II providers are defined as federal transit funding recipients that own, operate, or manage one hundred or fewer vehicles in revenue service during peak regular […]
Description: TERM Lite is an MS Access-based analysis tool designed to help transit agencies perform the following analysis: Estimate the current State of Good Repair (SGR) backlog (total dollar value by asset type) • Predict the level of annual investment needed to attain SGR or other investment objectives • Assess the impact of variations in […]
Description: TERM Lite is an MS Access-based analysis tool designed to help transit agencies perform the following analysis: Estimate the current State of Good Repair (SGR) backlog (total dollar value by asset type) Predict the level of annual investment needed to attain SGR or other investment objectives Assess the impact of variations in […]
Description: The goal of this course is to teach transit professionals the legal background of ADA and paratransit requirements. Topics include: ADA legal requirements that apply to public and private transportation related entities 14 service provisions documented in 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart G Requirements to determine if a public or private entity […]
Description: Participants will learn the purpose of a risk review, necessary preparations required to undertake a risk assessment, principles of the methods used for risk assessment, and how such assessments are applied to the project management process. Topics include: FTA’s risk review requirements Stages of project development when a risk assessment should […]
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 quality relative to capital development, transit operations, maintenance, or vehicle acquisition. Course Objectives: Define Quality […]
Description: The goal of this course is to teach transit professionals the skills needed to effectively manage and operate paratransit services. Topics include: History of demand response service and where the industry is today The relationship between managing and providing paratransit service Developing policies and procedures for your paratransit department Management functions needed […]
Description: This course will explore best practices to Manage Transit Construction Project successfully. FTA capital construction projects ranging in cost from a few million dollar to billion dollar major capital projects, which all use certain fundamental practices covered during the course. Federal laws require transit major capital investment projects (>$100 million) to […]
