bus & paratransit conference & international bus roadeo / bus rapid ...

Monday tuesday
tuesday
Moder at or
• Walter Kulyk, director, Office of Mobility Innovation,
Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
How C a n I Ge t a P iece of t he P ie ? L e a r ning t he Gr a n t
P rocess
• Representative from the Federal Transit Administration
A C a se S t udy in M ult i agency C oordin at ion f or Mobil i t y
M a n agemen t: US 3 6 BR T P h a se 2
• Reed Lee, senior transit planner, HDR ENGINEERING, INC.,
Denver, CO
BR T in t he Roa r ing F ork Va l l e y, C ol or a do : A Uniq ue
A p p l ic at ion
• William D. Byrne, p.e., ., vice president, David Evans and
Associates, Inc., Denver, CO
A p p ly ing a nd R ecei v ing F TA Ne w S ta r t/ Sm a l l S ta r t
Gr a n t s : A n Agency ’s P e r spec t i v e
• Karl Otterstrom, director of planning, Spokane Transit
Authority, Spokane, WA
BRT Fitting BRT to Smaller and
Suburban Systems
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Grand Ballroom A, Level 2
BRT is not just for the “big guys!”
BRT has become a successful application in many smaller
and suburban communities. Speakers will focus on how to
apply the positive outcomes in planning and operating BRT
to locations that have smaller population centers. Learn from
what others have done to make their operations successful.
Moder at or
• James T. Jarzab, BSP system engineering manager,
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, CA
Impl e m e n t ing a Successf ul L o w- C os t BR T a nd
E x t e nsions
• Richard C. Jarrold, senior director, engineering project
management, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority,
Kansas City, MO
Sel ec t ion a nd Decision M a k ing P rocess L e a ding t o
Sel ec t ion of t he Mos t F e a sibl e A r t e r i a l BR T C orridor
in Pace’s Service A r e a
• Dr. Tunde Balvanyos*, BRT coordinator, Pace Suburban Bus,
Arlington Heights, IL
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Accessibility: Doing it Right
9:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom D, Level 2
Trading inside stories.
Lessons learned in starting work with taxi services and
transitioning from one paratransit contractor to another are just
two of the life experiences that service providers said they
wouldn’t have missed. They will describe how projects can be
organized better the next time and provide their insights.
Moder at or
• Rick Ramacier, vice chair, APTA Access Committee, and
general manager, Central Contra Costa Transit Authority,
Concord, CA
A DA Pa r at r a nsi t a nd t he P r i vat e Sec t or : W orking w i t h
t he Ta x i Indus t r y
• Kenneth I. Hosen, principal, KFH Group, Incorporated,
Austin, TX
Ta x i Debt C a r d
• Annette Williams, manager, Accessible Services Program,
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency,
San Francisco, CA
Improv ing A r l ing t on, T e x a s Ta x i C on t r ac t s w i t h
Bl ac k berry, M e n t or R a nger, a nd Googl e E a r t h
• Ryan J. Larsen, president, Ecolane USA, Inc., Elk Horn, IA
Seda n Voucher P rogr a m
• Carol Perkins, director, mobility management services,
Central Ohio Transit Authority, Columbus, OH
Se a m l e s s C on t r ac t T r a nsi t ion — Impossibl e Dre a m
or Achie va bl e R e a l i t y ?
• Steve Chang, director of access services, Access Services, Inc.,
Los Angeles, CA
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