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Where can I take a class to learn how to be an FTA Grantee?

Where can I take a class to learn how to be an FTA Grantee?  We will be eligible for the first time for 5307 funding next year.

I don't know of any class like that.  But here are two e-mails that come to mind that will be helpful. The requirements for...

Where can I find information about FTA's requirements?

Where can I find information about the the common grant rule and any other materials related to procurement procedures for federal projects? Where can I find rules, policies, and circulars related to pre-award, post-award, solicitation, cost analysis, contract negotiations, contractor...

How can I become involved in CCAM efforts within my state and community?

Public policies at the federal, state, and local levels can foster coordination through funding requirements, offering incentives for improvements in coordination, and requiring transportation and human service providers to demonstrate strategies and efforts to coordinate resources at the local...

What are the Benefits of Coordinated Transportation?

Greater access to funds is provided by:

Tapping a wider range of funding programsAccessing a greater variety of staff and facilitiesEmploying more specialized and skilled staff

More cost-effective use of resources is created through:

Productivity increasesEconomies of scaleEliminating...

What is the Executive Order on Human Transportation Coordination?

Executive Order 13330 signed by President Bush on February 24, 2004, established the Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility, which was originally chaired by former Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta. The purpose of the Council is to...

What is Coordinated Transportation?

Coordinating individual human service transportation programs makes the most efficient use of limited transportation resources by avoiding duplication caused by overlapping individual program efforts and encouraging the use and sharing of existing community resources.  In communities where...

What is the Coordinating Council on Access & Mobility (CCAM)?

The Coordinating Council on Access & Mobility (CCAM) is an interagency federal national initiative that supports states and their localities in developing coordinated human service delivery systems. In addition to state coordination grants, CCAM provides state and local agencies a...

Appian Platform Upgrade Tip Sheet

This tip sheet outlines the changes to Appian, the IT platform that supports the Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) and the National Transit Database (NTD). The upgrade from Appian 16.3 to Appian 17.1 will change the look and feel of TrAMS and the NTD.

Readiness for Service (OP54)

Review, analysis, and recommended procedures that FTA expects of Project Management Oversight Contractors (PMOCs) when evaluating project sponsors’ readiness for service -- completion of system integration testing and pre-revenue operations and management capacity and capability.

Readiness to Procure Construction Work (OP53)

Review, analysis, recommended procedures and reporting requirements that FTA expects from Project Management Oversight Contractors (PMOCs) regarding project sponsors' readiness to procure major construction and equipment contracts.