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tuesday
BRT Community Transit BRT Line
A Accessibility Consensus Standards —
2 - 5:30 p.m.
What You Need to Know!
Come learn what a suburban transit agency is implementing
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.
for a new BRT system. Community Transit is providing
transportation to their community to highlight their BRT
routes. See what alignment they have chosen, learn what
they have done to create a unique brand for the new BRT
line, and view a mock-up of one of their newly designed
stations that was built for operator training.
The tour departs from and returns to the Seattle Convention
Center.
N O T E : Tour is open to all, but BRT Conference
registrants will receive priority.
Grand Ballroom D, Level 2
Providing mobility options for all.
As one of APTA’s newest standards programs, the
Accessibility Consensus Standards Development Program
has developed several recommended practices concerning
fixed route stop announcements and route identifications
and paratransit call centers. Panelists will review the various
documents that have been developed and discuss the
benefits of implementation.
Moder at or
• Richard DeRock, chair, APTA Accessibility Consensus
Standards Development Program, and general manager, Link
Transit, Wenatchee, WA
Pa nel is t s
• Michael Miller, accessibility manager, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
• Rosemary B. Gerty, co-chair, APTA Older Adult Transportation
Subcommittee, and senior transportation planner, TranSystems
Corporation, Chicago, IL
• F. Scott Jewel, director, administration & information
technology, Access Services, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
• Tammy Haenftling, chair, APTA Access Committee, and
assistant vice president, Paratransit Management Services,
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX
A
To What Extent is Travel Training the
Answer to Rising Paratransit Costs?
2:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Willow A, Level 2
Session sponsored by Easter Seals Project ACTION.
This session is designed for management and supervisory
staff interested in learning about the benefits of travel
training services.
Whether a transportation provider uses existing or hires new
personnel, contracts out to a third party, or contributes fare
or in-kind services, transit systems are benefitting from the
intense development of travel training services.
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