2025 National RTAP Rural & Tribal Transit Training

DAY 1 - TRANSIT TRAINING - CAPITAL PROJECTS & MOBILITY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS

In collaboration with the Alaska Tribal Transportation Work Group, National RTAP is providing (2) concurrent two-day Transit Trainings focused on attendees' choice of either a Capital Projects or a Mobility Management workshop taking place on both the day before and after (March 24 and March 28th)

The Capital Projects/Construction Project Management (CD/CPM) workshop will include:

• Capital Development Project Initiation and Scoping + Project Funding
• Federal Transit Administration Grant Development and Resources
• a half-day NEPA Training
  The Mobility Management workshop will focus on Mobility Management.
  PLEASE NOTE: You must register for both days of the workshop (3/24/25 AND 3/28/25), and only those attendees who attended both days of their workshop are eligible for the raffle.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Rural and Tribal Transportation/Transit Directors, Managers and Staff, Tribal Administrators, State Transportation and Transit Officials, Federal Transportation and Transit Officials and Tribal/State/Federal officials involved with Rural and Tribal Transit.

MEALS TO BE PROVIDED:

The Embassy Suites Hotel has free made-to-order breakfast for guests on their own.

An all-day beverage station plus morning and afternoon snacks will be provided during the two workshops.

Dinner on your own.

Raffles will be held at the end of Day Two of each workshop, and winners must present to win.

HOTEL ROOM BLOCK REGISTRATION:

Competitive room rates of $229/night, with complimentary parking for attendees!

When registering at the Anchorage Embassy Suites, mention: ATTWG Symposium

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QUESTIONS?

Contact Neil Rodriguez, Tribal Transit Program Manager, at [email protected].

ABOUT NATIONAL RTAP

Our overarching mission is to address the training and technical assistance needs of rural, and tribal transit operators across the nation, and to support the state RTAP programs. Our comprehensive set of free technical assistance programs and resources includes training materials, webinars, newsletters and technical briefs, peer resources, research, and innovative technology initiatives.

ABOUT THE CD/CPM PRESENTERS/TRAINERS

Mr. Todd Macalady (Sault Saint Marie Chippewa), Center for Tribal Transportation Executive Director, plays a pivotal role in empowering tribal communities and facilitating their access to essential resources for transportation infrastructure development. For nearly 20 years, Todd has worked with Alaska Native villages and Lower 48 tribal communities to provide training, consultation, and construction project management related to the Tribal Transportation Program.
Ms. Michia Casebier, M.G. Tech-Writing, LLC President/Multimodal Transportation Planner, has funded nearly $26 million dollars in grants; including, but not limited to, an FY14 Federal Transit Authority Tribal Transit Program capital grant for Craig Tribal Association’s transit program startup. Michia has been an NRTAP training facilitator since 2019.
Mr. Darrel Williams, Ninilchik Traditional Council (NTC) Resource & Environmental Director, has been with NTC since March 2003, and is a subject matter expert in environmental management and remediation, ANCSA, federal subsistence in Alaska, project management and administration, RFP development and procurement, along with many other skill sets. Darrel also assists with the day-to-day operations of BUMPS Transit, and provides national representation as a federal QA/QC committee representative appointee for Alaska.

ABOUT THE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT PRESENTERS/TRAINERS

Ms. Enjoli Dixon, National Rural Transit Assistance Program, was Project Associate/Regional Liaison/Technical Assistance Specialist II for the FTA National Center for Mobility Management Easter Seals Transportation Group, and has now joined the NRTAP staff full-time, where her history promoting transportation coordination and mobility management practices as well as her past background with the Missouri Department of Transportation as a Multimodal Operations Specialist and Intermediate Civil Rights Specialist informs her Tribal TRansit training and program support efforts.
Mr. Jeremy Bell (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), National Rural Transit Assistance Program Tribal Transit Liaison, has been Chairman of the NRTAP Review Board, and has now joined the staff full-time. Jeremy brings decades of experience having formerly been the Director of Choctaw Regional Transportation/Choctaw Transit for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, where he’d been employed over 13 years. From 2012-2025, Jeremy served as the Mobility Manager for the EZTAG region and for Choctaw Transit. Graduate of the Community Transportation Association of America’s Emerging Leaders Academy, Jeremy also sat on the Meridian, Mississippi Salvation Army Board of Directors.

Info: Based heavily on the FTA’s Project and Construction Management Guidelines and Construction Project Management Handbook as well as the experience of construction project managers, this interactive presentation provides an overview of capital project initiation and scoping basics along with tips for effective capital project cost estimation and solicitation development. Attendees will be encouraged to share their transit construction successes and challenges and will participate in construction pricing and scope-of-work writing exercises. Attendees will obtain an improved understanding of how to successfully initiate a Tribal Transit capital project.

Info: As the blessing continues of millions of federal infrastructure dollars seemingly raining down from the sky, tribes and Tribal Transit Program managers and personnel find themselves challenged to competitively pursue, then efficiently administer the volume of grants currently available. This interactive presentation will detail techniques for writing competitive Tribal Transit Program grants for capital project development despite limited staff time and availability and/or access to FTA support staff. Attendees will do a short individual writing exercise to rough out a basic transit grant project abstract and will walk away with vital transit grant development handouts, resources, contacts, links to essential FTA transit grant regulation information, and an understanding of the most important elements to address in their tribal transit capital grant application.

Info: The NEPA training covers the following topics in brief or in-depth, as time allows: What is NEPA? When does NEPA apply? How does NEPA work? Steps to execute the NEPA process. What are the various NEPA levels (e.g., Level I - Categorical Exclusion [CE]; Level II - Environmental Assessments and/or Finding of No Significant Impact [EAs and FONSIs]; and Level III - Environmental Impact Statements [(EIS]); What is found in an EIS? What is studied in an EIS? How is an EIS completed? Available NEPA Resources.

Info: The NEPA training covers the following topics in brief or in-depth, as time allows: What is NEPA? When does NEPA apply? How does NEPA work? Steps to execute the NEPA process. What are the various NEPA levels (e.g., Level I - Categorical Exclusion [CE]; Level II - Environmental Assessments and/or Finding of No Significant Impact [EAs and FONSIs]; and Level III - Environmental Impact Statements [(EIS]); What is found in an EIS? What is studied in an EIS? How is an EIS completed? Available NEPA Resources.

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