SESSION 1
OPTION A: Community Mobility Workshop & Drug/Alcohol Workshop
Monday & Tuesday, July 23-24, 2018
Description:
SWTA's Community Mobility Workshop - Provides a forum for public transit providers to meet with peers and exchange ideas about how to provide the best mobility options for their communities. A preview of topics to expect: Service Suspension for Rider Conduct Under the ADA (presented by Dawn Sweet, Director FTA Office of Civil Rights), Best Practices in Expansion of Mobility and Accessibility, SHARED RIDES what does this mean for FTA reporting? and TCRP Report on Mobility Management in Rural and Small Urban Areas.
Bonus Session: Drug & Alcohol Workshop - This session will include an overview of the new DOT drug and alcohol testing program regulation changes with an emphasis on the expansion of the Opioid panel to include four commonly prescribed pain medications. The intended and unintended consequences of the rule change and the practical implications for transit systems will be discussed. The presentation will also address the impact of medicinal and recreational marijuana use laws and other current drug related issues challenging transit systems.
Audience: All public transportation providers, non-profit and social service agencies, dialysis center professionals, clinic schedulers and social workers.
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OPTION B: NTI Procurement for Small and Medium Systems
Monday & Tuesday, July 23-24, 2018
Description: This course provides an overview of transit procurement, emphasizing "best practices" for contract procurements by small and medium transit systems who are recipients of FTA funding. The course provides participants with a framework for examining basic issues pertaining to third-party contracting and introduces minimum standards for individual agency practices as described in the FTA Circular 4220.1F and other relevant federal guidance documents. Specific problem areas that may emerge during the procurement process will be identified and addressed. Circular 4220.1F is referenced throughout the course.
Audience: This course is geared toward small and medium transit system administrative staff who are involved with third-party procurement and are recipients of FTA funding. State agency representatives, and FTA regional staff will also benefit from this course. Attendance is limited to those transit agencies that:
- are recipients of 5307 funds and operate less than 50 vehicles
- are recipients of 5310 or 5311 funds
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OPTION C: SWTA Transit Supervisor Certification Course #1
Monday & Tuesday, July 23-24, 2018
Description: So, you have recently been promoted to the position of supervisor at your transit system. Your promotion was based largely on your technical skills as a vehicle operator, dispatcher, scheduler, planner, marketing assistant, safety specialist or mechanic. Were you given training in the art of managing and leading people? You probably discovered soon after being named as a supervisor that it was more about relationships and less about technical skills. Today's transit supervisors and managers are in a paradigm shift where interpersonal and relationship building skills are more necessary that knowing transit.
This two-day session will address the need for leadership and its inherent dependence on relationship skills to get the jobs done through technical skills - even operating a transit vehicle safely and with a focus on the customer.
Audience: New Supervisors or those who want to brush up on their supervisory skills from the areas of vehicle operator, dispatcher, scheduler, planner, marketing assistant, safety specialist or mechanic.
