The Spotlight Award honors outstanding work for a total transit marketing campaign. The award recognizes a total mixed-media marketing campaign that shows a unifying strategy, purpose or theme.

We wanted to say congratulations to Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) for their 3rd place winning entry in the electronic media marketing campaign for under $500,000.  Phil Pumphrey, Executive Director, ORT and South West Transit Association (SWTA)  board member shown below with Kristen Joyner, Executive Director, SWTA.

Our annual conference provides an excellent opportunity for transportation provider members to meet associates/ vendors and learn about products and services to those who buy them. The trade show is always a popular conference feature.

From the bus manufacturers to seat coverings.  ATA has a listing of some of the best companies in the country.  Click here to see the Associate/ Vendor members list.

Below is the listing for “OPEN” transportation classes through November 2010.

Current "OPEN" classes include:

• Sept. 3             9:00 AM – 4:00 PM                  Train-the-Trainer (START)

• Sept. 13           10:00 AM – 1:00 PM                Supervisor Drug & Alcohol Training

• Sept. 16           9:00 AM – 4:00 PM                  DHS/DDS Transportation Training

• Nov. 8              10:00 AM – 3:00 PM                Child Passenger Safety

• Nov. 15            10:00 AM – 1:00 PM                Coaching the Van Driver 3

• Nov. 18            9:00 AM – 4:00 PM                  DHS/DDS Transportation Training

All "OPEN" classes will be held at the Arkansas Public Transit Safety and Resource Center in North Little Rock.

Please register for classes on our website.  Click on the “Open Class Registration” link at the lower right side of the home page.

You can also check out the descriptions of all classes (http://www.arkansastransit.com/course-description_5067_ct.aspx) or see if and when the Training Coordinator is in your part of the state by clicking on the Calendar (http://www.arkansastransit.com/training-classes.aspx).

Effective March 2, 2009, ATA has implemented a new invoicing policy for all “open” classes.  Agencies will now be invoiced for ALL employees registered for such classes.  Exceptions will be made when a representative from the organization calls to cancel the registration BEFORE the class begins.

Remember that ATA also maintains a lending library of videos and DVDs on topics such as defensive driving, preventive maintenance, child car seat safety and assisting passengers with disabilities.  Check out our updated list of titles at http://www.arkansastransit.com/library_5086_ct.aspx.

Contact Russ if you have questions. russ@arktransit.org