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U -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSIT: DEVELOP AND DELIVER SHORT COURSES SOL NTI ATIP IDT 97 AT-2x DUE 050797 POC Point of Contact -- Eric Bruun, Assistant Director, 908-932-1700 x18; Fax: 908-932-1707 NTI is seeking to award up to four contracts to university-based transportation programs, training institutions, consulting firms and others for development and delivery of four new courses in the area of information technology applied to transit. These will be intensive 2 to 3 day long courses targeted primarily to professional staff and management of transit agencies, but also toward staff at transportation departments, metropolitan planning agencies, city and regional governments and others involved in fields allied to transit. The intention is to provide not only information about the state-of-the-art and best practices, but to stimulate the ability for participants to apply them to their own situation and to develop mature applications. The proposed courses should be designed to recognize learning styles of adults in ways that promote class interaction and participation, drawing on participants' knowledge. Case studies and problem solving are anticipated to be a significant portion of each course.The ideal course developer will have both an effective teaching methodology and be active in research and development or deployment within this fast moving field. Tentative titles of the proposed courses are: 1) Intelligent Transportation Systems and Subsystems for Transit: an Overview; 2) Using Information-based Strategies to Improve Transit System Performance; 3) Integrating Transit and Highway Application of Advanced Information Technologies; and 4) Using Information Technologies to Reinvent Transit Services: Coordinating and Combining Transit and Paratransit and Creating New Services. Each contract will require a list of source materials, participant manual, presentation aids, instructor's guide, and proposed evaluation tool. After a pilot delivery and any required revisions, up to 8 additional deliveries will be made per year for two years with an option for a third year. To obtain a copy of the complete RFP, send a written request on organization letterhead to the address above. Faxed requests will be accepted; telephone requests are not acceptable. All proposers must request an original RFP in order to be eligible to submit a proposal. RFPs will be mailed first class by Rutgers University's procurement and contracting office in late March. RFPs will not be faxed or express mailed. Deadline for receipt of proposals is May 7, 1997. Requests for the RFP will be honored until April 28. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises are strongly encouraged to apply. (0073)

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