RTAP Newsletters
SUMMER 2021
The Summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click here for a printable version, or click below to read this season's edition.
In this issue:
- Recruiting and Retaining More Transit Drivers
- Responding to an Emergency: Lessons from Flint Hills ATA
- Tips for Mandating Masks on Public Transit Vehicles
- Tornado Preparedness
- Navigating the SAM Site to Work for You
- Best Practices for File Management and Record Retention
- Kansas RTAP Training Update
Comments? Questions? We'd love your feedback! Email our Communications Coordinator, Kara Cox, at kara.cox@ku.edu and let us know what you think.
SPRING 2021
Click here for a printable version, or click below to read this season's edition.
In this issue:
- Effective Techniques to Reduce Transit-Driver Distracted Driving Due to Cellphones
- Taking a Second Look at Tires
- Verbal De-Escalation Training Resources
- Assistive Technology for Kansans: Better Access with Better Technology
- Text Messaging Systems Allow for Improved Communication between Agencies and Customers
- What to Know about Accessible Power Lifts
- Five More Ways to Increase Kansas Rural Riders
- Kansas RTAP Training Update
WINTER 2020
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click here for a printable version, or click below to read this season's edition.
In this issue:
- How CARES Act Funding is Helping Transit Providers- Fact Sheet
- Five Ways to Increase Kansas Rural Transit Riders- Fact Sheet
- Federal Mask Mandate to all Kansas Transit Providers
- Rural Transit Funding for Elected Officials- Fact Sheet
- Technical Resources from Kansas RTAP, at Your Fingertips
- The Importance of Securing Oxygen Tanks
Comments? Questions? We'd love your feedback! Email our Communications Coordinator, Kara Cox, at kara.cox@ku.edu and let us know what you think.
Summer 2019
Kansas RTAP TransitReporter
In this issue
(printable and downloadable PDFs)
- Fleet Cleaning is Essential to Quality Service on Public Transit - RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Fighting Infestations of Bed Bugs in Public Transit - RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- What is Involved in Transit Vehicle Disposition? - RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Kansas Transit Profile - An Interview with Claire Mullen, Director of Mobility Management, North Central Kansas Coordinated Transit District (PDF)
- What is National RTAP? (PDF)
- An Update of RTAP Training and Programs (PDF)
- Good Reads - Interesting Content from Around the Country (PDF)
- Welcome to Jon Moore! (PDF)
- Take Note of These September Events (PDF)
Spring 2019
Kansas RTAP TransitReporter
In this issue
(printable and downloadable PDFs)
- Human Trafficking - And How Transit Providers Can Help Fight it - RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Current Federal and State Purchasing Thresholds for Third Party Procurement (and what that means to transit providers) - RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Staff Profile: An Interview of Don Strathman, Driver, Nemaha County Public Transit (PDF)
- Unique Opportunity for Hands-On Training in Wheelchair Securement (PDF)
- Expanding the Use of RTAP Demographic Information (PDF)
- Good Reads - Interesting Content from Around the Country (PDF)
- Results of the Kansas RTAP Rural Public Transit Providers Survey (PDF)
- Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events (PDF)
- RTAP Staff
Winter 2019 Kansas RTAP TransitReporter
In this issue
(printable and downloadable PDFs)
• Service Animals & Public Transit - How They Can Serve Together -- RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Preparing for Triennial Reviews- The FTA Offers Some Guidance -- RTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Webinar - Learn From a Colleague: Preventative Maintenance
• Financial Tips for Agencies - What Are Allowable Costs? (PDF)
• Kansas RTAP Wants to Hear from You - We Encourage You to Participate in Our Survey Regarding Training (PDF)
• Jazz Up Your Marketing with graphics and photography from National RTAP (PDF)
• Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events in 2019 (PDF)
Summer 2018 Kansas RTAP TransReporter
(printable and downloadable PDF)
- There are some new faces at KUTC (PDF)
- This definitely is not their first roadeo (PDF)
- New Kansas Transit Dispatcher Manual available now (PDF)
- An excerpt from the new Kansas Transit Dispatcher Manual (PDF)
- Coordinated Emergency Management (PDF)
- RTAP video to convey the importance of rural transit in Kansas (PDF)
- Memorandum of Agreement sample template (PDF)
- The 23rd National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation (website link)
- Full RTAP Training Calendar (website link)
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