Best Practices

Financial Management

• National RTAP's"Advertising Best Practices: Bus Wraps and In-Kind Advertising"Spotlight Article (2017)

Marketing, Outreach and Public Engagement

• Best Practices and Marketing to Increase Rural Transit Ridership and Investment (unpublished research report sponsored by the Transportation Research Board)
• National RTAP's Best Practices Spotlight Article: Social Media

Pandemic Response

• FTA Standards Development Program: Transit Bus Operator Temporary Barrier to Reduce COVID-19 Exposure
• World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance on When and How to Use a Mask
• NADTC's Operating Volunteer Driver Programs in a Pandemic

Planning

• NCHRP Report 861: Best Practices in Rural Regional Mobility (see Chapters 4-6)

Procurement

• FTA Cost and Price Analysis - Regulations and Best Practices Course (registration required to access eLearning course)
• FTA Best Practices Procurement and Lessons Learned Manual (2016)

Employee Wellness Programs

• National RTAP Employee Wellness Programs Best Practices