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The 2010 FTA Region VII Public Transportation Training will be held on March 22-25, 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri. This meeting is intended for all professionals from urban and rural transit agencies, state departments of transportations, planning agencies, intercity bus and other private transportation providers, tribal transportation agencies, transit and consumer advocates -- anyone who is interested in learning about the latest in Federal Transit Administration program management and improving transit in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The afternoon of March 22 and morning of March 23 are set aside for pre-conference training. The full meeting gets started at noon on March 23.
Among the topics of the meeting anticipated are FTA Urban and Rural Transit Program Management, TEAM and Grants Management 101, Bus/Bus Facility Grants, Statewide & Metropolitan Transportation Planning Planning Programs, Environmental Provisions, Civil Rights and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Drug and Alcohol Testing. Additional program details will be available after January 1, 2010.
Tuesday's Special Luncheon Guest
Therese McMillan, FTA Deputy Administrator
Take this opportunity to learn and share in the company of your peers from the four states of Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska) and others. To learn more about the details of the program, visit the Program Page.
Registration fee for the conference is $225. Any one of the pre-conference sesssions is an additional $35. One-day conference rates are available. See the Registration Page for details.
Location
The conference will be held at Kansas City Airport Hilton located just a few minutes from Kansas City International Airport.
Please go to the Hotel-Travel page for additional instructions.To learn more about the Kansas City area, visit the Area Information page.