UAH - Engineering - Office of Public Transportation - The University of Alabama in Huntsville

a modern city bus with elderly and wheelchair icons on the bumper

The Office for Public Transportation is a partnership among The University of Alabama in Huntsville, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Our office reports to the Alabama State Local Transportation Engineer and the Local Transportation Bureau to ensure that our local partner transportation providers are in compliance with all ALDOT and FTA regulations.

Our Services

We provide the following services to public transportation providers:

Helping create federally compliant public transportation agencies
Overseeing invoicing and spending
Vehicle maintenance activities
Passenger policies and procedures
Driver rules and regulations
Route mapping
Driver training in the following areas:
- Passenger conduct
- Vehicle inspections
- Vehicle maintenance

How We Work

The Office of Public Transportation consists of a director, a financial manager and three regional managers. We work with rural providers of public transportation and providers of transportation specifically designated for elderly and disabled passengers. The state has approximately 30 rural transit agencies and 150 agencies transporting the elderly and disabled.