Community Transportation

EXPO 2020 Cancelled

Aug. 26, 2020

The continuing crisis in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has made it necessary for us to cancel the 2020 Community Transportation EXPO. Coming to this decision has not been easy, but the concerns for the health and safety of our attendees left us no other choice.

Those that are currently registered for EXPO 2020 will receive an email detailing options for carrying over your registration to EXPO 2021 or requesting a refund of registration fees. We will now be offering a virtual event during the November dates that had been selected for the postponed EXPO (Nov. 16 – 19). The November online event will focus mainly on offering our members a chance to obtain or renew their CTAA certifications so there will be no lapse in credentials.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. We are looking forward to hosting you in Richmond, Va., June 13 – 17 2021, once the global health pandemic passes.

Contact Charles Dickson at dickson@ctaa.org or 202.247.8356 with additional questions.

20/20 MOBILITY INSIGHT

AWARDS

The Community Transportation Association of America is seeking nominations for our membership awards. These awards provide a unique opportunity to recognize excellence in the community
transportation industry. The person or organization must be a member of our Association. Nomination information must be received by September 21, 2020.

Rural Community Transportation System of the Year

Defined as providing service in areas and places of a rural setting of less than 50,000 population. Recognizes a community transportation system for:

Innovative and creative services in the community;
Being responsive to its customers’ and community needs;
Actively coordinating and collaborating with other public and special services transportation;
Effectively helps the community accomplish their goals;
Creates partnerships with a wide-range of organizations, both public and private;
Providing accessible transportation service;
Building transportation alternatives that are intended to meet a wide range of the communities’ needs.

Urban Community Transportation System of the Year

Defined as providing service in an urban area of more than 50,000 population. Recognizes a community transportation system for:

Innovative and creative services in the community;
Being responsive to its customers’ and community needs;
Actively coordinating and collaborating with other public;
and special services transportation;
Effectively helps the community accomplish their goals;
Creates partnerships with a wide-range of organizations, both public and private;
Providing accessible transportation service;
Building transportation alternatives that are intended to meet a wide range of the communities’ needs.

Community Transportation Manager of the Year

Honors a community transportation leader for:

Displaying leadership while providing transportation service that is integral to the community;
Creating a vision for the system that has the support from both within and outside the organization.

State Leadership Award

Recognizes the entire organization whether a state association or state agencies that are effective in:

Providing creative, effective and continuing training and technical assistance programs;
Using new concepts, strategies, procedures and policies to provide support to local transit systems;
Communicating local transit systems’ concerns and issues at the state and national level;
Advocating for public and community transportation at the state and local level.

Nominee Information

Why is this nominee exceptional? Must be described in no more than 200 words per each noted descriptive bullet. It is optional to include information which verifies or supports the referenced accomplishments, if you decide to send supporting information it should be no more than five pages of documents (i.e., letters of support, newspaper articles, annual report). Please note, all supporting documents must be reproducible. It is preferred to receive your nomination information via our survey, please do not send a nomination outside of the survey. Your supporting information can be sent to Membership Director, Loreal Lance, at lance@ctaa.org.

The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) and its members believe that mobility is a basic human right. From work and education to life-sustaining health care and human services programs to shopping and visiting with family and friends, mobility directly impacts quality of life.