The State of MaaS: Where is it Now?
A few years ago, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) was an innovative concept proposing to integrate mobility options. But what…
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Lessons in AV Deployment for Small Communities
Deploying Automated Vehicles (AVs) is no simple feat, and this can be a particular challenge in small communities. In Grand…
Collecting and Understanding Data
Maps are incredibly useful at visualizing data for transit planners. Unfortunately, that data can be pretty messy, and it can…
Microtransit Service Design: Planning, Analysis, and Implementation On-Demand Workshop
This course discusses the fundamental differences between fixed-route and microtransit services, as well as their complimentary nature. It also reviews…
Estimating Microtransit vs Fixed Route
With the rise of app-enabled demand-response transit, or microtransit, it can be difficult to figure out how to balance fixed-route…
How to Build a Data Dashboard Free On-Demand Course
Using the techniques from this workshop, transit managers can make informed decisions to plan for the future of their agency,…
GIS 201: Using GIS for Transit Planning Free On-Demand Course
This hands-on workshop is geared toward transit agency staff who want to use GIS for analysis or map-making but may…
State-Level Technology Decision-Making
The explosion of new transit technology options can be difficult to keep up with for even the best-resourced transit agencies.…
Demystifying Cybersecurity for Small Transit Agencies
Small transit agencies – think those without IT staff – might think they aren’t big enough targets for cybercrime. Think…
E-Bikes’ Role in a Mobility Network
Geography and the built environment make it difficult for transit agencies to serve certain parts of their communities. Luckily, there…
Partner Resource: Connected Autonomous Vehicles Frequently Asked Questions by MNDOT
This resource was developed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to answer frequently asked questions about Connected and Autonomous Vehicles…
Free GIS Tools for Transit Analysis and Map Making On-Demand Course
This hands-on workshop is geared toward transit agency staff, with little to no previous GIS experience, who want to use…
Digital Tools to Facilitate System Redesigns Webinar
What’s the buzz about bus network redesigns? This two-part webinar series equips transit practitioners with key information about bus network…
What is N-CATT?
Our name packs a lot into it, and that’s because we do a lot! If you’re new to our website,…
Technology Readiness Assessment
When it comes to investing in new technology for your transit system, it can be helpful to think of investing…
Emerging Transit Tech: Mobility as a Service
The framework of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) aims to make it easier for people to navigate and utilize different…
Leveraging Social Media for Transit Communications
Social media has emerged as a powerful tool to communicate in a direct, inexpensive, flexible, and immediate way with the public.
Buzzwords in Tech: Correcting the Record
It's easy to get overwhelmed by trendy tech phrases used in the public transportation world. Use this to decode some of them and their application to transit
Planning for Fleet Transitions to Low/No-Emission Vehicles
As low- and no-emission buses continue to gain market share among transit agencies, it is important for managers to develop…
University-Transit Agency Partnerships To Explore Emerging Technology Webinar
Certain technologies, such as automated vehicles, require a lot of research and development to get right. While transit agencies need…
New Software Adoption for Small Transit Agencies
The purpose of this guidebook is to enable you and your agency to navigate the way forward in an informed fashion vis-à-vis the enhanced use of software for your services and by your customers.
A Guide to Green Energy Adoption for Transit Agencies
The N-CATT Guide to Green Energy Adoption for Transit Agencies (Green Energy Guide) is a tool for educating small-urban, rural, and tribal transit agencies on existing and emerging options for powering their transit operations with green electric power.
A Framework for Making Successful Technology Decisions
This guidebook aims to help you change your viewpoint by offering a framework for successfully articulating your operational needs, assessing whether technology can be part of a solution to them, and evaluating options.
Promising Practices: Transit Technology Adoption
This guidebook seeks to assist in spreading the benefits of those innovations to smaller transit agencies that may lack the resources and capacities to research, analyze, and test new solutions that could enhance their services.
Data Practices
This guidebook addresses the state of the practice and emerging trends in data collection, management, and the use of open data.
Emerging Transit Tech: Advanced Real-Time Information
Real-time transit information is a critical component of the passenger experience. Athens Clark County Transit in Georgia shows the tools…
Emerging Transit Tech: Integrating Bikeshare and Transit
Micromobility options, especially bikeshare, have flourished in the past few years due to a number of technological advances. They represent…
Emerging Transit Tech: Digital Maintenance Tracking
Asset management is a critical, behind-the-scenes effort that keeps vehicles on the road. Digital tools now allow agencies to better…
Integrating Micromobility and Transit
Micromobility options, especially bikeshare, have flourished in the past few years due to a number of technological advances. They represent…
Virtual Engagement Guidebook
The purpose of this guidebook is to offer a reference tool for transit agencies, mobility managers, human service transportation providers, tribal transportation programs and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that seek to expand or diversify their practices for collaborating with their teams, policymakers, stakeholders, partners, and members of the public.
Emerging Transit Tech: Rural On-Demand Transit
PICK Transportation is a consortium of rural transit providers in Oklahoma that have come together to provide on-demand service for…
Partner Resource: Oregon DOT Technical Resource Center
Our friends at the Oregon Department of Transportation are also compiling technical resources that can help you think through various…
The Flavors of Microtransit
Microtransit is a wide-ranging concept that can take many forms. What you hope to accomplish affects the design, or flavor,…
Emerging Transit Tech: Connecting Low-Density Regions Through Microtransit
Johnson County, KS, has leveraged a microtransit service model to provide reliable transit in a low-density built environment where fixed-route…
Virtual Public Engagement
The purpose of this Virtual Engagement Guidebook is to offer a reference tool for transit agencies, mobility managers, human service…
Emerging Transit Tech: Electrifying Your Bus Fleet
Antelope Valley Transit Authority in California has led the industry in converting their fleet to battery-electric buses, and can provide…
Considerations for Battery-Electric Bus Implementations
In August 2021, N-CATT and Mountain Line Transit in Missoula, Montana, held a workshop to walk through important considerations transit…
Podcasts – Season 2
Next Stop: Transit Tech is a podcast series hosted by the National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT). In this…
Emerging Transit Tech: Wayfinding for People with Cognitive Disabilities
The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority and Wayfinder have partnered to provide an app that helps people with cognitive disabilities…
Microtransit: When and Where it Makes Sense
N-CATT speaks with transit agencies from neighboring counties who have pursued different microtransit projects in Georgia. We discuss their processes…
Technology Procurement Playbook
Procurement is a complex process, and emerging technologies can add to the confusion. Though every state and locality has unique…
New Software Adoption for Small Transit Agencies
The rate of change of transit software has reached a blistering pace, and it can be difficult to sort through…
Data Practices Guidebook
There is a lot of information that transit agencies can use to inform how they serve their riders and communities.…
Guide to Green Energy Adoption for Transit Agencies
Adopting green energy is a complex process that goes well beyond buying zero-emission vehicles. There are a wide range of…
Webinar: New Software Adoption for Small Transit Agencies
The ever-growing set of options for transit software systems can be difficult to navigate. To bring some clarity to the…
Green Energy: Strategies for Small Agencies
Green energy is becoming increasingly necessary for transit agencies to contribute to community climate goals. The good news is that…
Podcasts – Season 1
Next Stop: Transit Tech is a podcast series hosted by the National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT). In this…
Technology Summit in a Box
N-CATT holds State Technology Summits with state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to facilitate collaboration on statewide technology prioritization. The goal…
Data: Collecting, Managing, and Making Decisions
Data is a vital ingredient to well-informed decisions, particularly in the transit sphere. But collecting and managing it, and then…
Virtual Public Engagement: Strategies and Trends
The COVID-19 pandemic forced transit agencies to pivot in a number of ways, including how they engage with the public.…
Partner Resource: Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library
The Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library (TACL) provides a centralized resource on coordination from a range of transportation technical assistance…