All materials from past Peer Roundtables can be downloaded and viewed below. If you have any trouble viewing or accessing them, please email support@mnrtap.net. To register for future Peer Roundtables, visit the course listing and registration page for Peer Roundtables.
May 2024: How does your agency do routes?
April 2024: Driver Shortage
March 2024: Funding: types and creative funding opportunities
February 2024: Handbooks, Manuals, and Policies: for dispatchers, drivers, codes of conduct, etc.
January 2024: Communicating to TACs/Boards
December 2023: Emotional Intelligence and Effective Communication
December 13, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
November 2023: Diversity & Sensitivity in the Transit Workplace
November 8, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
October 2023 Discussion: Public Participation
October 11, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
September 2023 Discussion: What to do when you are asked to do more than what’s expected of you as a public transit professional,
September 13, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
June-August 2023: No Peer Roundtables
May 2023 Discussion: Incident Accident Response
May 10, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
- Sample Materials – Shared at Spring Workshop (link to PDFs)
June-August 2023: No Peer Roundtables Scheduled
April 2023 Discussion: Staff Discipline
April 12, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll results (PDF)
- Brainstorm – Ideas Used by Agencies (PDF)
March 2023 Discussion: Marketing
March 8, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- Mentimeter Presentation with Poll Results (PDF)
- Brainstorm – Ideas Used by Agencies (PDF) Coming soon
- Sample Driver Recruitment Marketing Videos from Lisa Sabyan and Nate Ramacher, St. Cloud Metro Bus
- Written Summary (PDF)
February 2023 Discussion: Employee Motivation
February 8, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
January 2023 Discussion: Procurement
January 11, 2023 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
- Samples from Michelle Potter, Arrowhead Transit: Please note that the samples provided may not match the method of procurement that each system will undergo. For example, one agency may need to procure as a small purchase, while another may need to procure as a formal solicitation. The vendors solicited may not include all known vendors in each of the system’s jurisdiction, but can be used when providing estimate pricing. Each system must understand that they cannot simply cut and paste, that their procurement may require more or less documentation, based on the threshold and the services or goods being procured.
Tires CY2023: Scope of Work; RFQ Notice; Signed Source List; Signed ICE; Bidder’s List;
Tires Contracts: Duluth Tire; Pomp’s Tire; Taconite Tire
Responsibility Determination Checklists – Tires: Duluth Tire; Â Pomp’s Tire; Taconite Tire
RFQ: Duluth Tire; Pomp’s Tire; Taconite Tire
Procurement History – Tires  Procurement Log – Example
December 2022 Discussion: Solutions to Vehicle Shortage
December 14 , 2022 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
November 2022 Discussion: Solutions to Driver Shortage
November 9, 2022 10-11:30 am CT
- Recording (YouTube link)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Written Summary (PDF)
- Example of a Bus Wrap Hiring Ad (Image), shared by the MATBUS team.
