Course:    Introduction to Travel Training

Course Description:        Basic Travel Training  is a interactive course that introduces students to various modes of transportation that are used in the movement of people and packaging.  Students will enter the world of transportation through the use of technology, classroom instruction and coordinated field experiences.  Each student will leave the course, with a travel summary that highlights  student's progressing the course and recommendations for continued  practice in the home and school setting.

Audience:                         Middle & High School Students

Perquisite:                       Participant/Parent must complete a Travel Training Assessment

Length of Course:            3 weeks /12 hours (Classroom and field experiences)

Tuition                              $115.00 (Tuition, Books, T-shirt and fare media- Fort Bend Transit)

                                          Transportation Costs to the training class optional $12.00 per day   round trip)

Training Dates & Locations

May 2,9 & 23                        3:00-6:00  Coast to Coast VanPool Alliance    Stafford Texas

June  TBA                               Baytown Texas

Course:  Transportation for Independence

Course Description:        Transportation for Independence is a interactive travel training course that teaches trip planning, transportation safety and exploration and field experience of public transportation systems in your county.  Attendees will learn how to read transportation schedules, create and implement travel plans.  Attendees will experience riding public transportation systems to include bus and rail.  Attendees will coordinate and participate in field experiences.

Audience:           Older Youth & Adults (19 and up)

 Perquisite:           Participant/Parent must complete a Travel Training Assessment

Participant must be able to: read and/or interpret basic street signs to effectively ride public transportation and tell time via digital or analog clock.  Participants who are not fluent in reading/interpreting  common street signs  and can tell time are encouraged to enroll in this course but will be recommended for door-to-door transportation services at the conclusion of the training unless they have gained a thorough understanding of streets signs and telling time by the end of the course.

Length of Course:            4 weeks/20 hours  (Classroom and Field Experiences Group)

Tuition                             $185.00 (Tuition, Books, T-shirt and fare media-Ft Bend Transit & Metro Houston)

                                          Transportation Costs to the training class optional $12.00 per day  round trip)

Training Dates & Locations

April 4, 11, 18 & 25           10:30-2:00pm     Coast to Coast VanPool Alliance-Stafford Texas

May 2, 9, 16, 23                 10:30-2:00pm     Coast to Coast Van Pool Alliance- Stafford Texas

June 5, 12, 19, 23              9-1:30pm             Coast to Coast VanPool Alliance- Stafford Texas

June 6, 13, 20, 24              11:00-2:30pm     Baytown Texas


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