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. 

  

 

Autumn 2022

The Autumn issue of the Kansas RTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!  

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!  

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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! 

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!  

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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!  

READ NEWSLETTER [PDF]

 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.