OVERVIEW

HOW TO APPLY

AMBASSADORS

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Overview
The TCRP Ambassador Program, formerly known as the Transit Research Innovation Program (TRIP), was developed in 1998 as a joint effort between the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP). COMTO provides management services to TCRP Ambassadors. The Ambassadors participate in industry events and visit transportation providers in order to educate the industry on the wide variety of solution based research available to them though the TCRP Program. The essential role of a TCRP Ambassador is that of liaison between TCRP, its member organization, the research community, and transportation properties. Through peer-to-peer collaboration, the Ambassadors are able to get TCRP research information into the hands of transportation professionals, managers, and other personnel who will be utilizing the program's research products in the field. They also educate transportation properties about the TCRP research process and how their transportation professionals can become involved. The Ambassador Program is credited with assisting the TCRP program in reaching an expanded segment of the transportation community that would otherwise have limited access to these resources.The Ambassadors are a diverse group, representative of various professions and transportation communities in the United States. Ambassadors are selected each year from a competitive pool of applicants by a panel composed of representatives from FTA, COMTO, APTA, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the National Transit Institute (NTI) and others. They serve a two year term and are asked to identify opportunities to educate the industry.

The Ambassadors' travel expenses are reimbursed by the program. For additional information on the program, or to request a visit from a TCRP Ambassador, contact COMTO (see: COMTO Contacts). Or you can visit COMTO's website at www.comto.org. Though selections are made each spring, applications are accepted year round.