The 2019 Midwest/SW Transit Conference agenda is now available. The conference is scheduled for September 11-13, 2019. Visit the conference website to sign up today!
WEDNESDAY
10:00 – 4:00 Registration for 2019 Conference
10:00 – 2:00 IA, NE and MO Association Meetings
10:00 – 2:00 SWTA Board Meeting
2:00 – 4:00 FTA PTASP Workshop, Presented by Candace Key, FTA Director of System Safety
5:00 – 7:00 OPENING EVENT ~ Intercontinental Hotel Exhibit Hall
THURSDAY
7:00 – 5:00 Registration
7:30 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 General Session I: FTA Town Hall Meeting: KC Mayor; FTA – Mokhtee Ahmad; Dawn Sweet; HUD Region Administrator Region 7
9:00 – 10:00 General Session 2: Transit of the Future is Here and Now Scott Bogren, Executive Director, CTAA; Robbie Mackinen, GM, KCATA; Tom Gerend, Executive Director, KC Streetcar Authority
10:00 – 10:15 Break
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:15 – 11:30
- Regional State DOT Round Table Discussion
- How do Communities Work Together to Fill the Service Gaps in Smaller Areas?
- FTA Regulatory Issues; Legislative Updates & Civil Rights
- How Transit Agencies Sell Their Expansion Ideas
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch & Keynote. “A Highly-Skilled Workforce: Mission Critical for Quality Transit Dr. Barbara Gannon (Gannon Consult); Billy Terry (NTI)
1:30 – 3:30
- NEBRASKA Regional Workshop: NE Update for members
- Mobile Workshop: MaaS w KCATA (Operations Focused)
- Labor/13C Updates (1:30 – 2:30)
- Mobile Workshop: MaaS w KCATA (Communications Focused)
- Big Legal Problems for Small Systems (1:30 – 2:30)
2:30 Break
2:45 – 3:45
- Drafting Local Laws for First/Last Mile Transit Partnerships (2:30 – 3:30)
3:45 Break
4:00 – 5:00
- Regional Workshops (ASK – do we keep this?)
- First & Last Mile Challenges: Overcoming Inequities, Subsidies and Payment Fairness
- FTA Triennial Review – Zero Findings
- Creating Buy-In: Building Partnerships to Achieve TOD and Mobility Hubs
5:30 – 8:00 Thursday Night out at KC River Market
FRIDAY
7:00 – Noon Registration
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 10
- Regional Workshops MO: Substance Abuse Training
- Transportation: Connection Point to Rural Social Well Being and Economic Well Being Workshop
- Transit’s Legal Responsibility to Social Issues: Homelessness, Drug Abuse, Human Trafficking
- “Making Lemonade out of Onions” – How to Effectively Communicate System redesign to Your Community
10 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45
- Continued: Regional Workshops MO: Substance Abuse Training
- Continued: Transportation: Connection Point to Rural Social Well Being and Economic Well Being Workshop
- ADA; Title VI & DBE
- Public Transit in the Age of AV
Noon – 1:15
Lunch and Keynote: “Safety First: Mission Critical for Passengers & Operators Robbie Mackinen, KCATA; Taulby Roach, Bi-State Development ; Kristen Joyner, SWTA – Human Trafficking
1:30 – 2:45
- Implementing the Reasonable Modification Rule
- Federal Funding Requirements for Constructing Capital Projects
- Peer-To-Peer Choose you Own Topic Adventure! Convincing your Boss and your board that Marketing matters
3:00 – 4:00
- Ethics Patrick Hurley, KCATA (Making Arrangements)
Conference Adjourns