Welcome to the Modern Bus and New Technologies Seminar.

Welcome to the

Modern Bus and New Technologies

Seminar

Thank You To Our Event Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Lunch Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Associate Sponsors:

Thank You To Our Supporters:

Yolo County Transportation District

Nelson\Nygaard

Thank You To Our Bus Providers:

Stephen Walsh - Alexander Dennis - Double Decker

Bill Coryell - NABI BRT Bus

Donna Kelsay - San Joaquin RTD - Gillig

John Gresham - Startrans

Program: 8 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome: University Ballroom

• Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, President, Sacramento State• Mike Wiley, General Manager/CEO, Regional Transit• Steve Cohn, Vice Chair, Regional Transit Board/ Sacramento

City Council Member• Mark Lonergan, Chief Operating Officer, Regional Transit

9:10 - 10:30 a.m.Pedestrian Experience: University Ballroom • Safety (Ken Roberts, Regional Transit, Police Services)• Bus Stops (Maribeth Feke, Greater Cleveland RTA)• Transit Centers (Dr. Minnie Fells Johnson, Former CEO/Executive Director, Greater Dayton RTA)

Smarter Transit Systems: Hinde Auditorium• Speeding Up Transit (Dr. Don Dean, Chief of Public Transit Research, Caltrans)• Automated Vehicle Guidance (Wei-Bin Zhang, UC Berkeley, PATH)• ITS for Small Buses (Bruce Chapman, Caltrans)

10:30 - 11 a.m.Break and Exhibit Viewing

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Modern Buses: University Ballroom• Modern Bus Features (Cliff Henke, Senior Analyst, PB

Americas Inc.)• Double Decker Bus Study (Paul Bignardi, San

Francisco MTA)

Alternative Fuels: Hinde Auditorium

• Fuel Technologies (Dr. Marshall Miller, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies)

• Alternative Fuels Study (Jaimie Levin, Director of Marketing and Alternative Fuels Policy, AC Transit)

12 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch: University BallroomKeynote Speaker: Bill Millar, American Public Transportation Association President, Washington D.C.

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Break and Exhibit Viewing

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Case Studies: University Ballroom

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.Break

• Lane County: EMX BRT (Jack Gonsalves, PB World)• MTA, San Fernando Valley – Orange Line (Lisa Callaghan,

Breakthrough Technologies, Washington D.C.)

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.Buses throughout the World: University Ballroom(Michael May, Steer Davies Gleave, UK)

3:45 p.m.Closing Comments

4 - 4:30 p.m.Exhibit Viewing

Thank You To Our Event Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Lunch Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Associate Sponsors:

Thank You To Our Supporters:

Yolo County Transportation District

Nelson\Nygaard

Thank You To Our Bus Providers:

Stephen Walsh - Alexander Dennis - Double Decker

Bill Coryell - NABI BRT Bus

Donna Kelsay - San Joaquin RTD - Gillig

John Gresham - Startrans

Thank You To Our Event Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Lunch Sponsor:

Thank You To Our Associate Sponsors:

Thank You To Our Supporters:

Yolo County Transportation District

Nelson\Nygaard

Thank You To Our Bus Providers:

Stephen Walsh - Alexander Dennis - Double Decker

Bill Coryell - NABI BRT Bus

Donna Kelsay - San Joaquin RTD - Gillig

John Gresham - Startrans