WELCOME!

If you are one of Indiana's small urban or rural transportation providers, the Indiana Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) is here to serve you. The RTAP Program provides technical assistance and training to not-for-profit public and specialized transportation providers all over the state of Indiana. We work with many different types of transportation agencies including:

 

  • Public Transit Operators
  • Agencies/Councils on Aging (AoA/CoA)
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Providers     
  • Step Ahead Councils
  • Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO)
  • Transportation Advisory Committees (TAC)

 

Our services are provided at no cost to those agencies that provide public and social service transportation and receive capital and/or operating assistance through INDOT's 5310 or 5311 transportation grant programs. The Indiana RTAP Program is funded by the Federal Transit Administration and the Indiana Department of Transportation.

INRTAP NEWS

Updated December 24, 2024

Available Training Opportunities

Please click on the training calendar to register for any of the below training offered in 2025. Additional training will be added throughout 2025 as it is scheduled.    


January, 2025


1/7/2025 (9:00-5:00) - Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT), @Noble Co. COA, Kendallville


1/7/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Defensive Driving Webinar


1/11/2025 (9:00-5:00) - Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT), @Sycamore Services, Danville


1/15/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Pre-Trip Inspection Webinar


1/16/2025 (9:00-5:00) - Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT), @KABS, Warsaw


1/16/2025 (9:00-5:00) - Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT), @RTAP Training Center, Columbus


1/23/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Emergency Procedures and Evacuation Webinar


1/28/2025 (9:00-5:00) AND 1/29/2025 (9:00-12:00) - Drug & Alcohol Program Management (DAPM) @RTAP Training Center, Columbus (YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE)


1/29/2025 (1:00-5:00) - Reasonable Suspicion Determination @RTAP Training Center, Columbus


1/29/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Diversity & Sensitivity in Transit Webinar

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Posted January 15, 2024 (Updated April 23, 2024)

2024 Roadeo

The 2024 Indiana Paratransit Roadeo was held on April 20, 2024! Please visit the Roadeo page for scoring information. Thank you to all who participated! 

NATIONAL NEWS

Posted November 27, 2024

2025 Drug and Alcohol Random Testing Rates


FTA announced in their Notice that the 2025 drug and alcohol random testing rates will remain at 50 percent for random drug testing and 10 percent for random alcohol testing.

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Posted November 13, 2024

Final Rule to Amend Oral Fluid Drug Testing Rule


On November 5, 2024, USDOT published a final rule in the Federal Register which provides temporary qualification requirements for mock oral fluid monitors, provides for consistent requirements to identify who may be present during an oral fluid collection, and to clarify how collectors are to document that a sufficient volume of oral fluid was collected.


Information outlining this final rule can be found on the USDOT summary page.

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NATIONAL RTAP NEWS

Posted November 27, 2024

RideSheet - New National RTAP Technology Tool

National RTAP has developed a new technology tool called RideSheet that is a spreadsheet-based tool for operating and reporting on small demand-response transportation services. National RTAP is holding a webinar on the RideSheet tool on January 21, 2025 from 2:00-3:00 PM. Registration is required.

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Indiana RTAP is 

  administered by INDOT and operated by RLS & Associates, Inc. via RLS' 

Columbus, Indiana office.


Indiana RTAP
811 Lindsey St. 
Columbus, IN 47201
Call: 812-799-3360


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