Welcome to MArtap
Massachusetts Rural Transit Assistance Program (rtap). This program is a federally-funded, state-administered program that offers training, education and other benefits to public transportation providers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Most of what MArtap has to offer is at no cost to you.
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Massachusetts Rural Transit Assistance Program (MArtap) is a program of the MassDOT contracted through the Massachusetts Association of Regional Transit Authorities (MARTA). MArtap is funded through the Federal Transit Administration, an agency of the U.S Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. MArtap provides the following types of assistance targeted at Massachusetts rural and small urban public transit providers:
Driver Training on-site training classes and materials
Monthly training schedule is posted on this website
Form and guidelines to request training at your agency is also available
Most of the training is offered at no charge, depending on funding
Scholarship Program
Scholarship to assist with cost of attending workshops and various transit training sessions
Limit two $750 scholarship per agency per fiscal year 2010, depending on funding
Lend and Learn Library and resource material,
Training materials available, free of charge, for a two-week rental period
Newsletter,
The Resource is available on-line or in print, at your request. This publication is available 6 times a year
depending on funding, programs such as Train the Trainer and Helping Hand Mini Grant Award program, and
dissemination of information regarding training opportunities and other issues of interest to transit providers.
For more information, or questions on the information located here, contact Carol Tally at 877-MArtap (627-8271)
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