Presentations & Advocacy

2024 Rural Transit Managers Workshop Presentations  

(Please see presentations posted immediately above.)

2022 Rural Transit Managers Workshop

PTD Administrator Jean Ruestman's presentation

Cat Koerner's HR presentation

MDOT Presentation Technology Plan

2021 Rural Transit Managers Workshop

Day 1 - MDOT Back to Basics

• Day 1 Video Recording
• Day 1 Slides

Day 2 - Carol Wright Kenderdine

• Day 2 Video Recording
• Day 2 Slides

Day 3 - Legislative Updates

• Day 3 Video Recording
• Day 3 Slides

Day 4 - HR & Ask a Lawyer

• Day 4 Video Recording
• Day 4 Slides
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2020 Presentations

• MDOT Office of Passenger Transportation - Jean Ruestman, Administrator
• Everything you need to know about the 2020 Census
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2019 Annual Meeting Presentations

• Scott Bogren – CTAA Keynote Message (CTAA Federal Update)
• Carol Schweiger – Not Your Father’s Bus (Schweiger)
• Ed Benning/Harmony Lloyd – Flint MTA’s Rides to Wellness (RTW-First ppt)
• Ed Benning/Harmony Lloyd – Flint MTA’s Rides to Wellness 2 (MTAFLINT R2W)
• Mark de la Vergne - Integrated Fare Payment (IFP)
• Jean Ruestman – Office of Passenger Transportation (Annual Meeting 19 OPT)
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2017 Annual Meeting Presentations

• MDOT Presentation - 2017 Michigan Public Transit Association Annual Meeting
• Assessing Michigan’s Transit Condition Customer Satisfaction and Trip Purpose
• MDOT Training and Training Development Project
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June Advocacy Tools

• Week 1 Materials (.zip)
• Week 2 Materials(.zip)
• Graphics (.zip)
• Real Transportation Fix 3 Points (.pdf)
• MI Transportation Intro (.pdf)
• Senate Contact Info (.xlsx)

2016 MPTA Annual Meeting

• John Martin Keynote Address

2015 Rural Transit Managers Workshop

• MDOT: Back to Basics Presentation
• Procurement Outside MiDeal Presentation
• Procurement Outside MiDeal Supplemental Handout
• MDOT Presentation by Sharon Edgar

Proposal 1

• Proposal 1 Seat Drop #2
• Proposal 1 Seat Drop #1

Annual Meeting 2014

• Annual Meeting Presentation

20-Year Needs Study

• MPTA 20-Year Needs Study

Annual Meeting 2010 Documents

• MDOT Presentation
• FTA Presentation

White Papers

• Introduction to MPTA/Public Transit in Michigan Overview
• State-Level Public Transportation Funding Issues

Resources

• Gas Tax Analysis – 3/2010
• Michigan Public Transportation: Moving people, driving change

MDOT Links

• Passenger Transportation Bureau: http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9625_21607—,00.html
• Reference Manual for Transit Agencies: http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9625_21607_25913—,00.html
• Program Data: http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9625_21607-55117–,00.html
• Transportation Funding Task Force Report (2009): http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MDOT_TF2_Entire_Report_255609_7.pdf

Online Resources

Michigan Transportation Links

National Transportation Links

Other Transportation Associations

• Walkscore is a website that lets you determine the “walkability” of a location by showing what types of businesses and services are nearby. Walkscore also includes a location’s proximity to public transportation. Visit their website to see how this works and add transit system data.
• Google Transit Datafeed is similar to Walkscore. Adding data will allow your transit system to be included in Google Apps.
• The National Transit Institute: www.ntionline.com
• The Transit Research Board: http://trb.org
• The Transit Cooperative Research Program: www.tcrponline.org
• Easter Seals Project Action: http://projectaction.easterseals.com
  • Michigan Transit Pool: http://www.mtponline.org
  • Detroit area transportation (unofficial):http://www.hometown.aol.com/motranzit
  • Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/
  • U.S. Department of Transportation: http://www.dot.gov/
  • AASHTO: http://www.aashto.org/
  • Bureau of Transportation Statisticshttp://www.bts.gov/
  • American Public Transportation Association: http://www.apta.com/
  • Community Transportation Association of America: http://www.ctaa.org/
  • Arizona Transit Association
  • Colorado Association of Transit Agencies
  • Florida Transit Association
  • Kansas Public Transit Association
  • New York Public Transit Association
  • North Carolina Public Transportation Association
  • Oregon Transit Association
  • Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association
  • Vermont Public Transportation Association