FTA and National RTAP COVID-19 Resources
FTA Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Web Page
Includes FAQs, a U.S. DOT Press Release and an email address for questions to FTA related to COVID-19.
Visit FTA Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Web Page
National RTAP Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Technical Brief
Provides your transit agency with information and resources about the risks and evidence-based strategies.
It covers what is known about COVID-19 at this time and the basics of planning, prevention and treatment.
Visit National RTAP Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
National RTAP Coronavirus Hot Topic Guide
Provides links to National RTAP, FTA, and additional resources to help the rural transit community learn about and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Visit National RTAP Coronavirus Hot Topic Guide
We will continue to update the National RTAP resources on COVID-19 as new information becomes available.
National RTAP is a program of the Federal Transit Administration dedicated to creating rural and tribal transit solutions through technical assistance,
partner collaboration, and free training materials.
APTA Legislative Alert - March 17, 2020
Urge Your Members of Congress to Fight for Public Transit COVID-19 Funding!
Congress is actively working on a third package of COVID-19 response legislation and an emergency aid package could pass in the coming days. Public transportation organizations are taking extraordinary efforts to protect the health and safety of riders and employees while working tirelessly to maintain essential services. We want to ensure that the federal government includes aid to public transportation agencies to help offset the additional costs and lost revenue related to COVID-19.
APTA requests $12.875 billion for public transit to offset direct costs and revenue losses of COVID-19 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. These funds are necessary to maintain essential services, including providing public transportation to health care workers, Medicaid recipients who receive non-emergency medical transportation, and law enforcement personnel. Without these emergency funds, public transit agencies may be required to suspend services.
Direct Costs: $1.75 billion. Based on preliminary results of the APTA survey, 98 percent of public transit agencies have increased direct costs because of COVID-19 (e.g., cleaning vehicles and facilities);
Farebox Revenue Loss: $6.0 billion. We anticipate a 75 percent loss of farebox revenue over the remaining six months of FY 2020 (total annual revenue: $16.1 billion);
Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Loss: $4.875 billion. We anticipate a 75 percent loss of dedicated sales tax revenue over next six months (total annual revenue: $13 billion); and
Restart Costs: $250 million.
CALL TO ACTION
We strongly encourage you to contact your Members of Congress today and share the impacts, such as ridership losses and increased costs due to labor and cleaning products, of COVID-19 on public transportation in your communities.
To contact your Members of Congress, please call 202.224.3121.
For other Key Actions and more details visit www.apta.com website
NJCTTP Scholarship Program:
The New Jersey Community Transportation Training Program (NJCTTP) is pleased to provide financial assistance to individuals from rural
and specialized New Jersey transit agencies to participate in training workshops and seminars held outside New Jersey,
such as the upcoming
CTAA EXPO 2020 from May 31 – June 4 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Program Guidelines
The purpose of the Scholarship Program is to provide funding support to eligible agencies
to help defray the cost of sending personnel to approved training courses, workshops, and conferences.
A scholarship is intended to provide incentive and support for the primary expenses associated with attending a training opportunity.
Eligible expenses include lodging, conference registration, travel (airfare), airport parking and shuttles, privately owned vehicle mileage,
and meals not associated with the event.
Individuals without a clear link to a local transit provider are not eligible.
Policies and Forms
The complete scholarship guidelines, eligibility, application requirements, and application are attached.
Policies and Forms (PDF)
NJCTTP presents PDS:
The New Jersey Community Transportation Training Program (NJCTTP) is proud to present
PDS - Effective, Efficient Dispatching and Scheduling Certification Workshop
presented by John Cleveland and taking place in
Atlantic City on April 27th and 28th.
The workshop will provide comprehensive training in relationships among reservationists, schedulers and dispatchers,
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and service to people with disabilities, and customer driven service.
The course is free of charge to subrecipients of grants awarded through NJ TRANSIT.
If you are interested in attending, please complete the attached form and return it to Cecily Derrick at cderrick@njtransit.com.
See PDS Registration Form (PDF)
Please note that due to the limited class size, there will be a limit of 2 participants per agency.
New Feature:
S-RIDES will now allow you to duplicate an application from the previous fiscal year.
If your agency has submitted an application for the previous fiscal year you can choose to duplicate that application.
Please note that it is the agencies responsibility to make edits and corrections to reflect your new proposed project prior
to submittal.
S5310 FFY2018 and FFY2019 Application(s):
Section 5310 FFY2018 and 2019 applications are currently under review.
If you have any questions regarding your application, please send emails to SRIDES@njtransit.com.
FTA Section 5310 FFY2017 Approvals:
See FTA Section 5310 FFY2017 Approvals (PDF)
SCDRTAP:
NJ TRANSIT Annual Report is published on the NJ Transit website.
Please go to NJ TRANSIT Annual Report (PDF) to see it.
SCDRTAP section is on pages 38-41.
NJ TRANSIT Annual Report (PDF)