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

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Buil ding a T r a nsp or t f rom t he De ser t Up
• Saeed Mohammed Fadhei Al-Hameli, general managerbus
transportation, Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Innovat i v e Service f or M icrosof t
• Marsha Moore, chief information officer, MV Transportation, Inc.,
Fairfield, CA
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Clean Propulsion & Support
Technology Committee
Fifth Avenue, Grand Level, Westin
Chair, George Karbowski
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Web-Based & Mobile
Technology Applications
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom A, Level 2
Innovative applications to streamline operations.
Refined web-based and mobile technology options are now
available to streamline operations and provide enhanced
services to transit riders. This session will feature real world
examples of these innovative applications such as mobile
devices, travel assistant devices (TAD) and the use of webbased
technology.
Moder at or
• Barry Einsig, chair, APTA Communications Subcommittee,
and market director, Tyco Electronics, Harrisburg, PA
Ne w W e b - B a sed T echnol ogy Gi v e s Oper at ors Gre at e r
C on t rol in Sel ec t ing Ros t e r A s signmen t s
• Erin Haller*, marketing communications manager, GIRO, Inc.,
Montreal, QC
Ne w a nd Innovat i v e T echnol ogie s — Using W e b - Based
R e p or t ing t o E nh a nce C oordin at ion
• Sami Poykko*, chief executive officer, Ecolane USA, Inc.,
Espoo, Finland
Service Q ua l i t y Mobil e GIS A p p l ic at ion
• Stephen Krippner, senior applications developer, King County
Metro Transit, Seattle, WA
T he T r av e l A s sis ta n t De v ice ( TA D ) : Incre a sing R idership
of F i x ed-Rou t e T r a nsi t by U t il i z ing GP S E n a b
• Sean J. Barbeau, research associate, Center for Urban
Transportation Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Inclusion of Human Services in
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Wallingford, Level 3
Sponsored by the FTA/FHWA Transportation Capacity
Building Program (TCBP)
In this peer exchange, practitioners from the planning
community will learn, share, and discuss ways to
incorporate human services transportation into the
metropolitan planning process. The National Resource
Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination is
providing subject matter experts who have demonstrated
success with the inclusion of human services in their MPOs’
transportation plans.
This session is intended specifically for transportation
planners at metropolitan planning organizations or similar
agencies.
5 - 7 p.m.
FTA National Fuel Cell Bus
Program’s National Fuel Cell Bus
Working Group (NFCBWG)
Grand Ballroom A, Level 2
Chair, David Dilts
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