RTAP Newsletters
Summer 2024
The summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Introduction to RTAP’s New GRA: Beth Peterson
- Best Practices for Work Breaks
- Policy Spotlight: Handling Verbally & Physically Abusive Riders
- Kansas Mobility Management
- Technology Spotlight: VRUSA Tool
- Community Corner: Douglas County Senior Resource Center
- Public Transit Technology in Kansas
- Kansas RTAP Training, Training Resources and Conferences
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 2024
The spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Dispatch and Customer Service Trainings and Why they Matter
- Checklist for Transferring Vehicle Ownership
- Policy Spotlight: Addressing Personal Hygiene with Compassion
- Technology Spotlight: Slack
- Empowering Transit: A Blueprint for Effective Storytelling and Community Engagement
- Reminder: Policies for KS RTAP Approved Trainers
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.
Winter 2024
The winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- The Final Ruling on PROWAG and Designing in the Public Right of Way
- Discount Fuel Purchase Programs
- Navigating Success: Effective Marketing Strategies for Rural Transit Agencies
- Naloxone Programs for Transit Agencies
- 2023 Transit Manager Handbook Updates
- 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.
Autumn 2023
The autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Updated Approved Trainer Policy
- KUCDD: Linking People with Disabilities to Research and Innovation
- Build Kansas Fund
- Keeping Transit Employees Safe at Work
- Policy Spotlight: Wheelchair Securement
- KUTC Title VI Resource Development
- Learning Management System Refresher
- 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.
Summer 2023
The summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Drugs on the Bus
- GTFS Updated Reporting Requirements
- New Coalition Leverages National and State Expertise to Improve Transit Coordination
- Partnering with Your Local Planning Office
- Policy Spotlight: Service Animals
- Construction Project Management Guidebook for Small Transit Agencies Guide to be Published by Kansas RTAP this Summer
- Rural Transit Technologies
- 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 2023
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Skills Needed for Mobility Management Are Not All the Same
- How Bike Share Can Enhance Your Transit
- Environmental Screening Requirements for Facility Construction
- Preparing for Emergencies before Emergencies Happen
- What Is LEP And Why It Is Applicable To Title VI
- Policy Spotlight: Paratransit Eligibility
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Winter 2023
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- The Basics of Using Transit Vehicle Wraps
- EVAP Air Bypass - Fixing the Problem
- Policy Spotlight: Limitations on Items That Can be Carried on the Bus
- NEMT Update Requirements
- Policy Spotlight: Inappropriate Conversations on the Bus
- How the Addition of the Integrated Award Environment Initiative Impacts Your Current SAM Registration
- RTAP Spring Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
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Autumn 2022
The Autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- 35th RTAP Anniversary Recap
- Coordination Between Public Transit Agencies and School Bus Programs
- Considerations for Developing Consistent Transit Signing
- Electrifying Transit Vehicles
- Reasonable Modifications - What it is and how to apply it to your transit agency
- Fire Extinguisher Guidance for Transit Agencies
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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 2022
The Summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Tips for offering advertising at small agencies
- Staying in Compliance: KDOT Drug and Alcohol Program
- Welcome Enjoli Dixon - the National Center for Mobility Management Region VII Representative
- Implementing Microtransit in Small Urban and Rural Areas
- Company Policy for Wheelchair Securement
- Best Practices for Interviewing Employee Candidates
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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 2022
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- How to Conduct Safety Risk Management Assessments to Identify Threats of Operator Violence
- Become a Healthier Driver
- Ten Considerations When Procuring Cameras for Buses
- The Art of Becoming a Supervisor, Party Two
- Rural and Tribal Transit Initiatives to Expand Access to Food
- Transportation Innovation is Resounding Through Kansas
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Winter 2022
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Coffey County Transportation Shows off Their New Facility at December 17 Ribbon Cutting
- Policy Considerations for Transit Cameras
- Travel Training Tips for Your Agency
- The Art of Becoming a Supervisor, Party One
- Community Through Communication: Tips for Social Media
- How to Access Certificates in the Learning Management System
- RTAP Spring Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Autumn 2021
The Autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Presenting the 2021 Driver Awards
- OCCK Begins Management of Concordia Public Transportation
- National RTAP Resources
- Kansas RTAP Develops New Dispatching and Scheduling Training for National RTAP
- Tips for Maintaining A Compliant Title VI Program
- Learn More About the Access, Innovation, and Collaboration (AIC) Program
- Reasonable Modification: Common Sense and the Will to Help
- Autumn Training Update
- Autumn Director's Message
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 2021
The Summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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
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.
Winter 2021
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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 2024
The summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Introduction to RTAP’s New GRA: Beth Peterson
- Best Practices for Work Breaks
- Policy Spotlight: Handling Verbally & Physically Abusive Riders
- Kansas Mobility Management
- Technology Spotlight: VRUSA Tool
- Community Corner: Douglas County Senior Resource Center
- Public Transit Technology in Kansas
- Kansas RTAP Training, Training Resources and Conferences
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 2024
The spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Dispatch and Customer Service Trainings and Why they Matter
- Checklist for Transferring Vehicle Ownership
- Policy Spotlight: Addressing Personal Hygiene with Compassion
- Technology Spotlight: Slack
- Empowering Transit: A Blueprint for Effective Storytelling and Community Engagement
- Reminder: Policies for KS RTAP Approved Trainers
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.
Winter 2024
The winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- The Final Ruling on PROWAG and Designing in the Public Right of Way
- Discount Fuel Purchase Programs
- Navigating Success: Effective Marketing Strategies for Rural Transit Agencies
- Naloxone Programs for Transit Agencies
- 2023 Transit Manager Handbook Updates
- 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.
Autumn 2023
The autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Updated Approved Trainer Policy
- KUCDD: Linking People with Disabilities to Research and Innovation
- Build Kansas Fund
- Keeping Transit Employees Safe at Work
- Policy Spotlight: Wheelchair Securement
- KUTC Title VI Resource Development
- Learning Management System Refresher
- 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.
Summer 2023
The summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Director's Message
- Drugs on the Bus
- GTFS Updated Reporting Requirements
- New Coalition Leverages National and State Expertise to Improve Transit Coordination
- Partnering with Your Local Planning Office
- Policy Spotlight: Service Animals
- Construction Project Management Guidebook for Small Transit Agencies Guide to be Published by Kansas RTAP this Summer
- Rural Transit Technologies
- 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 2023
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Skills Needed for Mobility Management Are Not All the Same
- How Bike Share Can Enhance Your Transit
- Environmental Screening Requirements for Facility Construction
- Preparing for Emergencies before Emergencies Happen
- What Is LEP And Why It Is Applicable To Title VI
- Policy Spotlight: Paratransit Eligibility
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Winter 2023
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- The Basics of Using Transit Vehicle Wraps
- EVAP Air Bypass - Fixing the Problem
- Policy Spotlight: Limitations on Items That Can be Carried on the Bus
- NEMT Update Requirements
- Policy Spotlight: Inappropriate Conversations on the Bus
- How the Addition of the Integrated Award Environment Initiative Impacts Your Current SAM Registration
- RTAP Spring Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Autumn 2022
The Autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- 35th RTAP Anniversary Recap
- Coordination Between Public Transit Agencies and School Bus Programs
- Considerations for Developing Consistent Transit Signing
- Electrifying Transit Vehicles
- Reasonable Modifications - What it is and how to apply it to your transit agency
- Fire Extinguisher Guidance for Transit Agencies
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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 2022
The Summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Tips for offering advertising at small agencies
- Staying in Compliance: KDOT Drug and Alcohol Program
- Welcome Enjoli Dixon - the National Center for Mobility Management Region VII Representative
- Implementing Microtransit in Small Urban and Rural Areas
- Company Policy for Wheelchair Securement
- Best Practices for Interviewing Employee Candidates
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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 2022
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- How to Conduct Safety Risk Management Assessments to Identify Threats of Operator Violence
- Become a Healthier Driver
- Ten Considerations When Procuring Cameras for Buses
- The Art of Becoming a Supervisor, Party Two
- Rural and Tribal Transit Initiatives to Expand Access to Food
- Transportation Innovation is Resounding Through Kansas
- RTAP Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Winter 2022
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Coffey County Transportation Shows off Their New Facility at December 17 Ribbon Cutting
- Policy Considerations for Transit Cameras
- Travel Training Tips for Your Agency
- The Art of Becoming a Supervisor, Party One
- Community Through Communication: Tips for Social Media
- How to Access Certificates in the Learning Management System
- RTAP Spring Training Update
- Director's Message
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.
Autumn 2021
The Autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
In this issue:
- Presenting the 2021 Driver Awards
- OCCK Begins Management of Concordia Public Transportation
- National RTAP Resources
- Kansas RTAP Develops New Dispatching and Scheduling Training for National RTAP
- Tips for Maintaining A Compliant Title VI Program
- Learn More About the Access, Innovation, and Collaboration (AIC) Program
- Reasonable Modification: Common Sense and the Will to Help
- Autumn Training Update
- Autumn Director's Message
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 2021
The Summer issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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
The Spring issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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
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.
Winter 2021
The Winter issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device!
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.