Charles Rutkowski
800.891.0590 Ext. 719
202.299.6593
rutkowski@ctaa.org

The Rural and Tribal Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance program provides technical assistance for tribes and rural communities of less than 50,000 people to plan system start-up, transit service improvements, facility development, marketing, transportation coordination, and staff training.

Potential projects are reviewed to establish eligibility, and are then scored and ranked according to the selection criteria:

• Will the project help create or preserve jobs or small businesses?
• Is the project located in an economically distressed area?
• Is the project likely to be implemented after technical assistance has been provided?
• Are project goals directly linked to economic development?
• Will technical assistance be utilized in an innovate way to help resolve transportation issues and economic concerns?
• Is there local consensus and community support for the project?

Requests for technical assistance may be submitted by private for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, or federally recognized tribes. Other public entities are not eligible.

Rural is defined as an area with a population of less than 50,000.

This is a technical assistance opportunity funded by USDA and administered by the Community Transportation Association of America.

Links to additional guidance and application forms are available on the program website. There are separate applications for rural and tribal projects, as well as for short-term and long-term technical assistance needs.

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