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Archive -- 2016 SmartTransit Conference
Date
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 8:00 AM Wednesday, October 26, 2016 5:00 PM
Location
2016 SmartTransit Conference
October 25 - 26, 2016
Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel, Elizabeth, NJ
A dynamic, connected and successful transit system can support job creation, improve passenger journeys, and relieve environmental pressures. SmartTransit brings together sector leaders to discuss strategies for improving connectivity, maintaining safety and reliability, and increasing ridership.
The prestigious line-up of 40+ major speakers will include:
- Leanne Redden, Executive Director, RTA Chicago
- Paul Comfort, Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Transit Administration
- John Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Charlotte Area Transit System
- Andrew Johnson, General Manager, Connect Transit
- Lauren Skiver, CEO/General Manager, Sunline Transit Agency
- Doug Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Railway Express
- Dwight Ferrell, Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit
- Sandy Modell, General Manager, Alexandria Transit Company (DASH)
- Kenneth Leonard, Director, USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
- Thomas Littleton, Associate Administrator for Safety and Oversight, Federal Transit Administration
NARP's Immediate Past Chair Robert Stewart will moderate two of the panels!
SmartTransit is offering all NARP Members a 10% registration discount. Enter NARP10 when registering.
For more information and complete details please visit www.SmartTransitUSA.com
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.