49 U.S.C. § 5315 : US Code - Section 5315: National transit institute

Search 49 U.S.C. § 5315 : US Code - Section 5315: National transit institute

(a) Establishment. - The Secretary shall award grants to Rutgers
University to conduct a national transit institute.
(b) Duties. -
(1) In general. - In cooperation with the Federal Transit
Administration, State transportation departments, public
transportation authorities, and national and international
entities, the institute established under subsection (a) shall
develop and conduct training and educational programs for
Federal, State, and local transportation employees, United States
citizens, and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in
Government-aid public transportation work.
(2) Training and educational programs. - The training and
educational programs developed under paragraph (1) may include
courses in recent developments, techniques, and procedures
related to -
(A) intermodal and public transportation planning;
(B) management;
(C) environmental factors;
(D) acquisition and joint use rights-of-way;
(E) engineering and architectural design;
(F) procurement strategies for public transportation systems;
(G) turnkey approaches to delivering public transportation
systems;
(H) new technologies;
(I) emission reduction technologies;
(J) ways to make public transportation accessible to
individuals with disabilities;
(K) construction, construction management, insurance, and
risk management;
(L) maintenance;
(M) contract administration;
(N) inspection;
(O) innovative finance;
(P) workplace safety; and
(Q) public transportation security.
(c) Providing Education and Training. - Education and training of
Government, State, and local transportation employees under this
section shall be provided -
(1) by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local
governments for subjects that are a Government program
responsibility; or
(2) when the education and training are paid under subsection
(d) of this section, by the State, with the approval of the
Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private
agencies, other institutions, individuals, and the institute.
(d) Availability of Amounts. - Not more than .5 percent of the
amounts made available for a fiscal year beginning after September
30, 1991, to a State or public transportation authority in the
State to carry out sections 5307 and 5309 of this title is
available for expenditure by the State and public transportation
authorities in the State, with the approval of the Secretary, to
pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of tuition and direct
educational expenses related to educating and training State and
local transportation employees under this section.