National Rural Transit Assistance Program
The National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP) is a program of the Federal Transit Administration[1] administered by the Neponset Valley Transportation Management Association and serves as the national arm for the Rural Transit Assistance Program.
Its mission is to improve mobility in all rural, small urban, and tribal communities across the country through technical assistance and training for transit providers. Since its inception in 1987 it has developed and distributed training materials, provided technical assistance, generated reports, published best practices, conducted research and offered peer assistance with the goal of improved mobility for the millions of Americans living in communities with populations under 50,000.
History
[edit]In the early 1970s, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) introduced funding programs to support transit in small urban and rural communities. The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 established an annual formula grant program. Since 1979, UMTA (since renamed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in 1991) has administered formula funding through the Section 5311 Non-Urbanized Transit Program to support transit systems in communities with populations under 50,000.[2]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ dot.gov FTA RTAP Program Information
- ^ https://www.nationalrtap.org/About/History-and-Mission