Light Rail Transit Conference
April 19-22, 2009
Los Angeles, California
Call For Papers: As a Web Page |
In Adobe PDF format
Registration:
Pre-Registration List: coming soon
Preliminary Program: coming soon
Virtual Trade Show: coming
List of Exhibitors: coming soon
Lodging:
Travel: Official
APTA Travel Agency |
Travel
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Visitor Information: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Program Information: Contact
Martin Schroeder, or phone (202) 496-4885
Registration Information: Contact
Adam
Martin, or (202) 496-4845
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CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS
Light Rail Transit Conference
Renewal and Growth
April 19-22, 2009
Los Angeles, California
Dear Colleagues,
The 11th Joint Light Rail Transit Conference: Renewal and Growth, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board and the American Public Transportation Association, will be held in Los Angeles, California on April 19-22, 2009. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be the host system.
Building on the 2006 10th Joint Light Rail Transit Conference, 2009 will focus on meeting the demands of rapidly growing light rail systems as well as the needs of older systems in renewal. Original systems are now reaching an age of maturity and are requiring attention to infrastructure renewal and upgrading. It is appropriate that the theme for the 2009 Joint Light Rail Conference is Renewal and Growth capturing the state of our light rail industry. Light rail and specifically the streetcar have reappeared as tools to aid downtown circulation and spur urban development, and the 2009 conference will address industry needs in their renewal and growth.
The conference planning committee, chaired by John Wilkins, New Jersey Transit (chair, TRB Committee on Light Rail Transit) and vice-chair, Winston Simmonds, Port Authority of Allegheny County (chair, APTA Light Rail Transit Technical Forum), has issued the conference call for paper abstracts. You are invited to propose papers on the following topics: Streetcar Circulators and the New Urbanism; Light Rail as a Tool: Improve Regional Ridership; Controlling Capital Costs Through Design and Delivery Innovations; Stations, Stops and Art in Transit; Traffic Engineering Issues: Improved LRT Performance; BRT and LRT, What is the Role for Each Mode; Energy, Environment and Transit; Making Systems “Greener” and Energy Efficient; Vehicle Technology, The Next Generation Vehicle; Infrastructure Maintenance, Renewal and Refurbishment; Improved Security; Fare Enforcement and Collection: POP and Smart Media Trend; Regulations and Standards; Grade Crossings, Crashworthiness and More; Operations, Supervision and Service Quality; Street Trackage Construction/Operation, Status of the AREMA/APTA Joint Effort; Operations Planning, Doing More with Less.
For more information, see: http://www.trb.org/conferences/2009/LRT. Please submit this abstract web form by Friday, May 9, 2008.
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