FTA, NTI Offer Training on Simplified Trips-on-Project Software package in September

The Federal Transit Administration sent this bulletin at 07/19/2019 10:47 AM EDT

The National Transit Institute (NTI) will sponsor a course on transit ridership forecasting using FTA’s Simplified Trips-on-Project Software package (STOPS) September 10-12. FTA developed the course to provide training on STOPS and its usefulness in transit project planning. The course is intended for travel forecasters who are looking to understand STOPS in detail and become proficient in various applications.

FTA released STOPS in September 2013 as an optional ridership-forecasting method for sponsors of New Starts and Small Starts projects. The updated version of the course will feature STOPS version 2.50, as the basis for examples, illustrations and workshops.

The three-day course covers:

  • How STOPS works
  • How to use STOPS for individual projects; and
  • How to use ridership forecasts to prepare a narrative about the benefits of transit projects.

The fall offering of the course will be in St. Paul, MN, September 10-12. Presenters include Bill Woodford from RSG Inc., and Jeff Roux and Jim Ryan from FTA. For details and registration, see the NTI course website. Additional offerings are anticipated in 2020 as part of the NTI catalogue.

Links:
Register for the course
Simplified Trips-on-Project Software package (STOPS)
FTA Capital Investment Grants