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North American Commuter Rail Leaders Will Meet in Los Angeles -- APTA Convenes
Commuter Rail Conference - April 2-5 March 24, 2005 Contacts:
Virginia Miller (202) 496-4816 vmiller@apta.com
(Download
In Adobe PDF Format) More
than 400 commuter rail leaders from across North America will meet in Los Angeles,
CA at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Commuter Rail Conference
April 2-5 to focus on the latest in commuter rail technical and management issues.
(See highlights listed below.) With 408 million trips taken last year on
America’s commuter railroads, commuter rail systems are an important part
of the national transportation system.
| Sunday, April 3 |
| 12 - 2 p.m. | The Grand
Lunch - John Wooden, Basketball Hall of
Famer and author of numerous books on leadership, values and team performance
- Kathryn
D.Waters, vice president, commuter rail & railroad management, Dallas
Area Rapid Transit
- Art Brown, chairman, Southern California Regional
Rail Authority and vice chairman, Orange County Transportation Authority
- David
Solow, chief executive officer, Southern California Regional Rail Authority
- Lawrence E. Shaw, executive vice president, marketing & business
development, Washington Group International
| | 2:15
- 3:45 p.m. | New Starts Roundtable
- Jolene M. Molitoris, president and chief executive officer, GeoFocus,
L.L.C.
- Chris Blewett, director, transportation & planning
services, Mid-Region Council of Governments
- John Almond, director
of rapid transit, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- William
J. Novak, office manager, HDR ENGINEERING, INC.
- John
O. Hedrick, executive director, Denton County Transportation Authority
- Steve
Meyer, manager of engineering & construction, Commuter Rail, Utah Transit
Authority
- Joe Walsh, airport project director, Tri-County Metropolitan
Transportation District of Oregon
- William T. Farquhar, commuter
rail director, Regional Transportation Authority
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2:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Quiet Zones "Coming to a
Railroad Near YOU!" - Chuck A. Spitulnik,
partner, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller
- Steven Wylie, assistant
executive director, Southern California Regional Rail Authority
- Ruby
A. Siegel, senior vice president, planning, SYSTRA Consulting, Inc. /SYSTRA
Engineering, Inc.
- Rick Carey, senior project manager, transit
& rail group, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
- Ron Riese, staff
director, crossing safety & transportation division, Federal Railroad Administration
| | Monday, April
4 | | 8:30 - 10 a.m. |
Opening General Session - Freight / Commuter Rail Relations
- Richard A. White, APTA Chair and general manager / chief executive
officer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- William W.
Millar, APTA President
- Linda Morgan, partner, Covington &
Burling
- Ronald J. Hartman, senior vice president, business development,
Connex North America, Inc.
- D.J. Mitchell, assistant vice president,
passenger operations, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
- Robert
W. Turner Sr., vice president, corporate relations, Union Pacific Railroad
- H. Craig Lewis, vice president, corporate affairs, Norfolk Southern
Corporation
- John M. Gibson Jr., vice president, passenger
and operations planning, CSX Transportation Inc.
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10:30 - 12 p.m. | Can Our Industry Demonstrate
Diligence for Security? - Anna M. Barry, director of
railroad operations, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- David
A. Snyder, superintendent, railroad services, safety and security, Virginia
Railway Express
- Jonathan Lamb, lead program analyst, Rail Security
Administration
- Edward Pederson, manager, safety & security,
Southern California Rail Regional Authority
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10:30 - 12 p.m. | Technology: Hot Vehicle Topics
- Frank Banko, manager-systems engineering division, PB Transit &
Rail Systems, Inc.
- Paul W. Price, senior associate, Booz Allen
Hamilton
- Paul Larouche, director, product planning, Bombardier
Transportation
- John D. Swanson, vehicle engineering manager, PB
Transit & Rail Systems, Inc.
- Allyson Shumate, project manager,
Regional Transportation Authority
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Tuesday, April 5 | |
8:30 - 10 a.m. | What's Up in Washington
- Michael Townes, president and chief executive officer, Transportation
District Commission of Hampton Roads - Hampton Roads
- Robert Jamison,
acting administrator, Federal Railroad Administration
Closing
General Session & Luncheon - Evolution of the Commuter Rail Industry
- William C. Vantuono, editor, RAILWAY AGE
- Steve
Roberts, vice president, SYSTRA Consulting, Inc. /SYSTRA Engineering, Inc.
- Donald N. Nelson, vice president, program manager, rail and transit
programs, Washington Group International, Inc.
- David Solow, chief
executive officer, Southern California Regional Rail Authority
- Kathryn
D. Waters, vice president, commuter rail & railroad management, Dallas
Area Rapid Transit
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Complimentary credentials
are available to working members of the news media who are actively covering conference
activities. Members of the media may register on-site at the APTA Media Center
which will be located in the La Brea Room. For more information or to register
in advance, contact Tanya Williams at (202) 496-4877 or twilliams@apta.com.
* * * APTA
is a nonprofit international association of more than 1,500 member organizations
including public transportation systems; planning, design, construction and finance
firms; product and service providers; academic institutions, and state associations
and departments of transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing
safe, efficient and economical public transportation services and products. Over
ninety percent of persons using public transportation in the United States and
Canada are served by APTA members.
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