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NTI Training
Coordinated Mobility: A Unified
Transportation Management
Solution — Part 2
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (35 person limit)
Cirrus, Level 35
This is Part 2 of a two-part course. Part 1 is on Monday from
1:30 to 5 p.m. Participants must attend both sessions to
receive CEUs and Certification of Completion.
Refer to pages 33-34 for course and registration details.
BUS PRODUCTS & SERVICES SHOWCASE
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
(lunch served from 12 - 2 p.m.; tickets required)
Hall 4F, Convention Center
Many business members’ bus products and services are
showcased at the 2009 Bus Products & Services Showcase.
Bus & Paratransit Conference and BRT Conference
registrants can enjoy lunch and view the products and
obtain information relating to the bus products and services
on display. Expert personnel are on hand to answer your
questions as you inspect what’s new and innovative in the
world of bus equipment and services.
Lunch sponsored by GFI GENFARE and APTA.
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BRT LUNCHEON SESSION
BRT and Special Events
12 - 1:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom C, Level 2
Using BRT service for special events.
There have been large events all over the world where a BRT
service was implemented as a successful mode of transport.
Learn how China used BRT service in the Olympics, how
South Africa is planning BRT service as the host of the World
Cup, and other unique and successful BRT projects.
In t roduc t ion
• Jeff Hiott, program manager-technical services, APTA
Spe a k e r s
• Samuel L. Zimmerman, urban transport advisor, The World
Bank, Washington, DC
• Graham Carey, PE, AICP, BRT project engineer, Lane Transit
District, Eugene, OR
D Kitsap Transit — A Small
Operator with Big Ideas
12:15 - 5:15 p.m. (includes t ravel t ime)
Location: Kitsap Transit, Bremerton, WA
As part of the 2009 Bus & Paratransit Conference, the
Small Operations Committee has arranged for a session
and tour of Kitsap Transit in Bremerton, WA. Kitsap Transit
is known for being an exciting and innovative transit system
and will share some of their innovations with us. The
session/tour will feature the arriving ferry terminal which
they service, their worker/driver program, and a passengeronly
ferry prototype boat. The group will be led on site by
Richard Hayes, executive director, Kitsap Transit.
The group should meet in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel
for a 12:10 p.m. departure to the Washington State Ferry
Terminal. The group will be escorted by a representative
from Kitsap Transit from the Sheraton to the ferry docks.
The walk to the ferry terminal is approximately one (1) mile.
You may also opt to take a taxi from the hotel at a cost of
approximately $8 per single fare. The hotel concierge staff
can arrange for an accessible taxi upon request.
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