On June 12-14, Principal Planner Christina Watson attended the American Public Transportation Association Rail Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. This was an excellent networking opportunity with rail experts and transportation officials from around the country. For all rail modes – urban, commuter, high-speed, and intercity – this technical conference featured sessions on technology, operations, maintenance, safety and security, planning, finance, capital projects, and workforce development.

Associate Transportation Planner Ariana Green attended the International Association of Commuter Transportation (ACT) International Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 30-August 2, 2017.  The Association of Commuter Transportation International Conference is the premier gathering of Transportation Demand Management professionals in North America. Transportation demand management is the phrase used to describe strategies designed to reduce the number of cars on the road through ridesharing, use of transit, pricing to shift the time of travel away from peak hours, and active transportation (bicycling and walking).  The Conference features sessions in new trends and innovation, transportation system challenges, suburban and rural transportation demand management, marketing and communications, mobility as a service and social justice.  In addition to valuable education sessions, the conference offered various opportunities to network with the 500 attendees coming from across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia as well as members of the Northern California ACT Chapter of which TAMC is a member.

Attached are Christina's and Ariana's summery memos for each conference.