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

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