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Monday tuesday<br />
tuesday<br />
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Speakers will focus on promising practices throughout the<br />
U.S. and abroad and address human resource issues such<br />
as salary requirements, recruitment and training, work<br />
assignments and staff capacity, and supervising off site<br />
personnel; the relationship between <strong>paratransit</strong> eligibility<br />
determination processes and travel training services; how<br />
travel training can 1) support <strong>paratransit</strong> customers to use<br />
fixed-route for all or part of their trips and 2) support new<br />
customers to use fixed-route (and rule out <strong>paratransit</strong>) as<br />
their preferred transit mode.<br />
Moder at or<br />
• Karen Wolf-Branigin, MSW, training and technical assistance<br />
director, Easter Seals Project ACTION, Washington, DC<br />
Pa nel is t s<br />
• Spencer Cotton, ADA certification administrator, King County<br />
Metro Transit, Seattle, WA<br />
• Frances Rankos, travel instructor, Pierce Transit, Lakewood, WA<br />
Do I Have Something in My Teeth<br />
(or Soot on my Exhaust Pipe)?<br />
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.<br />
Grand Ballroom B, Level 2<br />
Buses continue to be cleaner with each advancement.<br />
No one wants bellowing soot or dirty exhaust. We are all<br />
working towards cleaner air, and a better environment.<br />
This session will focus on what is happening with clean<br />
propulsion efforts. Hear updates on fuel cell <strong>bus</strong>es, the<br />
newest data on hybrids, and what other fuel technologies<br />
are doing to reduce their footprint on the earth.<br />
Moder at or<br />
• Joshua J. Goldman, co-vice chair, APTA Clean Propulsion<br />
& Support Technology Committee, and director of <strong>bus</strong>iness<br />
development, Proterra, LLC, Golden, CA<br />
De v e l opmen t s a nd C hoices in E nergy S t or age<br />
T echnol ogie s f or T r a nsi t V ehicl e s<br />
• Dr. Jasna Tomic, program manager, CALSTART, Pasadena, CA<br />
Biodie sel Use in Fa rgo - Moorhe a d M AT Buse s<br />
• Del Peterson, associate research fellow, Upper Great Plains<br />
Transportation Institute, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, North<br />
Dakota State University, Fargo, ND<br />
F<br />
Green T echnol ogie s & S t r at egie s t o R e duce H VAC P o w e r<br />
C onsump t ion<br />
• Steve D. Johnson, product manager, large <strong>bus</strong> and rail HVAC,<br />
Thermo King Corporation, Bloomington, MN<br />
C l e a ning Die sel Pa r t icul at e F ilt e r s<br />
• R. Drew Taylor, national sales manager, FSX Equipment, Inc.,<br />
Granite Falls, WA<br />
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT<br />
Operator Focus: Education,<br />
Availability, Communication<br />
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.<br />
Grand Ballroom A, Level 2<br />
Enabling a world-class operator workforce.<br />
Front-line employees put a face on our industry. Welltrained,<br />
dedicated, readily available, and well informed<br />
operators provide the backbone for agencies to provide<br />
world class customer service leading to successful <strong>bus</strong>iness<br />
results. Join a high-spirited session to hear agency and<br />
provider insights on high-quality operator training programs<br />
and driver best-practices. Learn how to reduce absenteeism<br />
through innovative employee availability improvement<br />
models and programs. Hear how coach operators improve<br />
communication channels, build stronger relationships with<br />
fellow operators and enhanced <strong>bus</strong>iness practices.<br />
Moder at or<br />
• Lydia C. Grose, vice chair, APTA Workforce Development<br />
Subcommittee, and manager, track & civil engineering,<br />
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Achie v ing S a f e t y a nd E f f iciency t hrough Dri v e r<br />
T r a ining<br />
• Matt Dodds*, product manager, Trapeze Group, Mississauga, ON<br />
E m p l oy e e Ava il a bil i t y — A Signif ic a n t Oppor t uni t y f or<br />
Business Impac t<br />
• LaTeekey E. Andrews, director of employee availability,<br />
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Atlanta, GA<br />
I ’ m Ou t of L e av e . T omorrow I ’ m Going t o C a l l in De a d.<br />
R ecl a iming t he Diseng aged F ron t l ine W orkforce<br />
• Jeanine Gallacci*, organizational development manager,<br />
Community Transit, Snohomish County, WA<br />
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