Comprehensive Financial Management
Training for Rural and Small Urban Transportation
Providers
The Multi-State Technical Assistance Program (MTAP)
of the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Official's (AASHTO) has developed
workshops that state and local agencies can purchase.
Caltrans, Division of Mass Transportation, is providing
free of charge to local and regional transit operators
the;
This course is designed for the rural and small
urban transportation manager or agency executive
director, who is responsible for the overall management
of the transportation program. Individuals
with responsibility for grant accounting, general
organizational accounting, revenue tabulation, policy
formulation, and performance reporting will benefit
from various modules presented in the course.
A core curriculum has been
developed targeting the basic and most important management
skills that new and current transit managers need.
Individual sessions address areas such as the development
of public and specialized transit, the transit regulatory
framework, budgeting and financial management, service
design and management, operations management, marketing,
human resource management, changing technology, risk
management, and leadership.You can receive a brochure
from Pepperdine University by contacting Alicia Hamburg at 209-946-2956. For information regarding possible grants
to attend the training please e:mail Lupe Rios in the Division of Mass Transportatiom or
phone 916-654-8411.
Updated: 02/26/07
