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Intermodal Operations Planning Workshop
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Intermodal Operations
Planning Workshop
San Francisco, California
August 20-22, 2007
Call for Presentations: closed
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Preliminary Program: As a web page | In Adobe PDF format
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Exhibitor Registration: In Microsoft Word | In Adobe PDF
Software Demonstration AV Order Form/Shipping Information: In Adobe PDF
Lodging: online reservations | In Adobe PDF | In Microsoft Word Hotel registration cutoff date is July 18 so reserve your room today.
Travel: Travel Discounts | Official
APTA Travel Agency
Optional Multimodal Tour Of Central Florida: As a web page | In Adobe PDF format
Visitor Information: Miami-Dade Transit | Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB)
Program Information: Contact Kevin Dow, kdow@apta.com,
or DeeNaye Williams, dwilliams@apta.com.
Registration Information: Contact Anitha
Atkins, or phone (202) 496-4839.
Monday, August 20 |
| 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
Registration
Florentine/Garden |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Session 1: Welcome
Peacock Court Steve Legler, chair, APTA Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum, and assistant director, service development, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., executive director/CEO, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA
Celia G. Kupersmith, chair, Leadership APTA, and general manager, Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District, San Francisco, CA
Steve Heminger, executive director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. |
Break
Bags sponsored by GIRO Inc. |
| 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. |
Session 2: Planning and Service Initiatives at SFMTA
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Paul Bignardi, transportation planner IV, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA
Transit Effectiveness Project
Julie Kirschbaum, program manager, transportation effectiveness project, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco, CA
Britt Tanner, associate engineer, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA
Russell Chisholm, president, Transportation Management & Design Inc., Carlsbad, CA
San Francisco Bus Rapid Transit Projects
Rachel Hiatt, senior transportation planner, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco, CA
Paul Bignardi San Francisco Better Streets Project Frank Markowitz, pedestrian programs manager, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco, CA
Cristina Calderon Olea, P.E., pedestrian program manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA
Bags sponsored by GIRO Inc. |
| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Session 3: Planning and Service Initiatives Around the Bay Area (working lunch)
Six Continents
Moderator:
Ron Downing, principal planner-service development, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, San Rafael, CA
Bay Area Transit Connectivity Jay Stagi, transit connectivity planner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
William E. Hurrell, P.E., vice president, Wilbur Smith Associates, San Francisco, CA
Carol Levine, senior transportation planner, Wilbur Smith Associates, San Francisco, CA
AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit/Stop Spacing Jim Cunradi, bus rapid transit project manager, AC Transit, Oakland, CA
Transbay Terminal Transit Center Bob Beck, senior project manager, Transbay Joint Powers Authority, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Water Transit Authority Steve Castleberry, chief executive officer, San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, San Francisco, CA
John Sindzinski, planning manager San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, San Francisco, CA
Bus and Ferry Intermodal Connections including Service to a Major Parklands Destination Ron Downing |
| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. |
Session 4: Regional Intermodal Service & Facility Planning
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Kevin Hagerty, manager, customer access department, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, CA
Does Mode Matter? An Alternative Approach to Alternatives Analysis
Thomas R. Hickey, AICP, 2nd vice chair, APTA Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum, and national transit planning manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Planning Transit Facilities and Service with GIS & Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics
Craig A. Lamothe, manager, facilities planning, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
Optimizing Intermodal Operations with TransLink’s Rapid Transit Model
Ian Fisher, transportation planner, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Burnaby, BC
Wolfgang Scherr, vice president, PTV America, Inc., Wilmington, DE
Development of the Bermuda National Transportation Management Plan
Laurence Jacobs, transportation coordinator, Public Transportation Board, Hamilton, Bermuda |
| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 – 5 p.m. |
Session 5: Improving Multi-mode Transit Service in Downtown Areas
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Steve Legler, chair, APTA Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum, and assistant director, service development, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
Bus Stop and Bus Lane Capacity: Planning Transit Routes in the Seattle CBD Owen Kehoe, PE, PTOE, transportation engineer, King County Metro Transit, Seattle, WA
Integrating Light Rail and Bus on the Portland Mall Ben Baldwin, project planner, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Portland, OR
Leah Robbins, design and construction manager, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Portland, OR
Improving Transit Operations and Accommodating Growth in Downtown Minneapolis Steve Mahowald, senior transit planner, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
Mike Abegg, transit planner, Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, Burnsville, MN
New Approach to Downtown Transit Service: The LACMTA Downtown Service Plan Stewart D. Chesler, transportation planning manager III, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA |
| 5:30 – 7 p.m. |
Reception and Software Demonstrations
Top of the Mark |
Tuesday, August 21 |
| 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
Registration
Florentine/Garden |
| 7 – 8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast
Peacock Court |
| 8 – 9:15 a.m. |
Session 6: Intergrating Transit & Land Use
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Victoria A. Perk, senior research associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research/ College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Land Use Impacts of BRT
Victoria A. Perk Cheryl Thole, research associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research/College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Halifax Plan Links Settlement to Transit Investment David McCusker, manager, regional transportation planning, Metro Transit, Halifax, NS
Designing for Transit: A Manual for Integrating Public Transit and Land Use
Mary Archer, planner, Monterey Salinas Transit, Monterey, CA |
| 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Session 7: Bus & Light Rail Transit Network Integration
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Howard Benn, assistant general manager, customer & operations support, Montgomery County Transit, Rockville, MD
Denver Regional Transportation District’s Southeast Light Rail: Major Impacts
Cesar Ochoa, service planner/scheduler Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO
Hiawatha Light Rail Line: Before and After Study Report
John Dillery, senior transit planner, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
Changing Systems – Moving a Suburban Bus Network into an Urban Future
Graeme Masterton, program manager, transit planning, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Burnaby, BC
Suburban Access to Mainline Fixed Routes – Providing the First and Last Mile of Service through a Locally-Based Transit Service Program
David J. Snell, service planner II, Pace Suburban Bus, Arlington Heights, IL
Targeting Feeder Bus Planning at DART Gary Hufstedler, senior manager of planning information and analysis, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Presentation
Six Continents PCC Streetcar Operation in San Francisco, Past and Present
Angelo Figone, principal CHS Consulting Group, San Francisco, CA |
| 1:30 – 3 p.m. |
Session 8: Scheduling
Peacock Court Moderator: Stephen T. Parry, editorial director, CHK AMERICA, Santa Barbara, CA
Run Time Variability – The Problems, Effects, and Solutions Denis Desmond, senior transportation planner, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, San Diego, CA
Increasing Light Rail Service by Increasing Train Length Cesar Ochoa, service planner/scheduler, Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO
The State of Scheduling Today: Survey Results from 55 Agencies Daniel Boyle, president, Dan Boyle & Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA
Caltrain Operations Planning: Baby Bullet and Beyond Michelle Bouchard, manager, rail transportation, San Mateo County Transit District, San Carlos, CA |
| 3 – 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. |
Session 9: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Dana Woodbury, transportation project manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA
What Now? The Evolution and Reinvention of Bus Rapid Transit in Ottawa
Sean Rathwell, senior project manager, McCormick Rankin International, Ottawa, ON
The Silver Streak – Replicating the Buzz of BRT without BRT
Rahul Kumar, director of planning, Foothill Transit, West Covina, CA
Cross-Sectional Comparison of BRT Performance in Established Corridors
Jessica Hector, transportation Systems Engineer, IBI Group, Boston, MA
The First Fleet of Specialized BRT Vehicles in the United States
Robert C. Highfill, P.E., program manager, Jacobs Civil Inc., Las Vegas, NV |
| 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. |
Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum Meeting |
| 5:45 – 7 p.m. |
Six Continents Market Street Railway Museum Reception
*Details and directions to the museum to follow at the end of the Bus Rapid Transit session. |
| 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Tour of San Francisco MTA F-Line Historic Streetcar
San Francisco’s love affair with its’ historic streetcars goes back for decades. Join us for an evening ride on one of our world famous historic streetcars. The tour will leave at 6:30 p.m. from the Market Street Railway Museum and will travel along the Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf – and possibly beyond! Hear about the unique public-private partnership that rejuvenated this transportation corridor that has resulted in its overwhelming success for residents and visitors alike.
Space is limited so you must sign up in advance at the host desk. |
Wednesday, August 22 |
| 7 – 8 a.m. |
Registration
Florentine/Garden |
| 7 – 8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast
Peacock Court |
| 8 – 9:30 a.m. |
Session 10: Intermodal Facilities Planning & Design
Peacock Court
Moderator:
Thomas R. Hickey , AICP, 2nd vice chair, APTA Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum, and national transit planning manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
The Balboa Park Intermodal Facility: Making it Work for All Kim Walton, transit planner, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA
Tim Chan, senior planner, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, CA
Planning/Architecture Design to Optimize Success of Intermodal Transfer Stations Patric Dawe, AIA, AICP, director of urban design, RNL Design, Denver, CO
Improving Transit Facility Locations through Spatial Optimization Modeling Khaled J. Shammout, senior transportation planner, TranSystems Corporation, Dublin, OH
Coordinating Construction with Operations: Chicago Transit Authority’s Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project Steven H. Abrams, project manager, rail operations, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, IL
Ilian Tachkov, project manager, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, IL |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. |
Break
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| 9:45 – 11 a.m. |
Session 11: New Technology; Transit for an Aging Population
Peacock Court
Moderator:
David R. Fialkoff, chief, service & mobility planning division, Miami-Dade Transit, Miami, FL
Regional Mobility Issues & Solutions for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities in the Sacramento Region Matt Carpenter, senior planner, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento, CA
Sharon Sprowls, interim executive director, Odyssey, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento, CA
Barbara Bechtold, assistant planner, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento, CA
Driving the Success of Transit Authorities through Intelligent Transportation System Implementations Randy Floyd, executive director, Antelope Valley Transit Authority, Lancaster, CA |
| 11 – 11:30 a.m. |
Open Forum
Peacock Court
Moderator: David R. Fialkoff, chief, service & mobility planning division, Miami-Dade Transit, Miami, FL |
| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. |
Closing
Peacock Court
Steve Legler, chair, APTA Intermodal Operations Planning Technical Forum, and assistant director, service development, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN |
| 12 – 5 p.m. |
Technical Tours of San Francisco Transit Facilities
Outside Hotel
Tour 1: SFMTA’s. T-Line Light Rail Transit
A tour by LRT of the new Third Street T-Line from Embarcadero to Sunnydale and return with the project manager onboard who will provide commentary.
Tour 2: SFMTA’s, Cable Car Barn & Museum
A tour of the cable car barn and museum to see how this unique system operates and to learn of its history.
Tour 3: Golden Gate Transit’s, Multi-Modal Transit to the Redwoods
A trip via Golden Gate Transit ferry to Sausalito and local bus to showcase an existing service designed to relieve traffic congestion at Muir Woods National Monument.
Tour 4: Caltrain Baby Bullet Train & Shop
A tour down the length of the Peninsula showcasing the Baby Bullet service and the new San Jose maintenance facility.
Tour 5: SFMTA’s, Balboa Park Intermodal Planning
A tour building on a workshop presentation showcasing planning efforts to transform the station and surrounding neighborhood into a vital transit village and transit hub. |
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