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Session Powerpoint Presentations
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| Sunday, 11:00 AM-5:45 PM |
Qwest Center - Grand Ballroom Pre-Function Area |
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| Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM |
Omaha Hilton - Hill Room |
| Cost Allocation for Rural Transit Agencies |
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| Sunday, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM |
Omaha Hilton - Ballroom D |
| TRB 18th National Rural Conference Sub-Committee Meeting |
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| Sunday, 5:30 PM-7:30 PM |
Hilton Grand Central Ballroom Foyer |
| 18th National Conference Opening Reception |
Return to Top Monday, October 20, 2008
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| Monday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
| Conference Registration Continues |
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| Monday, 7:00 AM-8:30 AM |
Grand Ballroom B |
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| Monday, 8:30 AM-9:00 AM |
Ballroom A |
| Conference Opening: Welcome |
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| Monday, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM |
Ballroom A |
| Keynote Address: Progress with Foresight..Regress with Hindsight.. |
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| Monday, 10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
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| Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 213 |
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Different Spins on New Statewide Coordination Efforts |
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Wisconsin's Toolbox for Locally-Developed Coordination Planning |
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Roberta Beson-Crone |
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Nebraska Rural Transit Needs Study and the Statewide Coordinated Transportation Plan |
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Joe Kern |
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Transportation Coordination Primer: How to Design a Rural Transit System Tailored to the Exact Needs of Your Community |
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Dawn Piper and Edward Heflin |
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| Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 214 |
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Environmental Justice in Transportation – Seeking Equity for All |
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Social Justice in Transportation |
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Marc Brenman |
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Environmental Justice in California's Indian Country |
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Joseph Myers |
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Environmental Justice: Policies, Guidance, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions |
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Thomas Harris |
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| Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 216 |
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Interlining with Intercity Bus Service |
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Connectivity between Rural Transit and Intercity Bus
Selling Intercity Bus Tickets |
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Bill Brannan |
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Interlining with Greyhound |
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Tim Lukes |
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Linked in for National Intercity Bus Connectivity |
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Brandon Buchanan |
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| Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 215 |
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Strategies for Meeting Safety and Security Challenges in Community Transportation |
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Strategies for Meeting Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness Challenges in Community Transportation |
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Ream Lazaro |
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Developing an Internal Safety and Security Program for Rural Transit |
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Lenna Kotke |
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A Multi-County Emergency Preparedness Program in Alabama |
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Lisa Sandt |
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| Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 212 |
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Looking Backward, Thinking Backward: Hindsight Judgment of Human Error in Transportation Accidents |
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| Monday, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM |
Ballroom B |
| 18th National Conference Awards Luncheon |
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| Monday, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Room 214 |
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Mobility for Disabled Veterans in Rural Communities |
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Veterans Transportation in Rural America: Legislative Efforts to Help Meet the Challenge |
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Scott Bogren |
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Meeting Transportation Needs of Veterans in St. Johns County: A Partnership with DAV, VA and Community Transportation |
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Cathy Brown |
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Breaching Barriers to Ambulatory and Non-Ambulatory Veterans Transportation |
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Lyn Hellegaard |
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| Monday, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Room 213 |
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State Approaches to Intercity Bus Needs Assessments |
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New Approaches to Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Service. |
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Frederic Fravel |
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State of California Rural Intercity Bus Study; Results, Solutions, and Accomplishments |
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Kimberly Gayle |
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Missouri DOT's Intercity Bus Study: Matching Users with Destinations |
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Christopher Kinzel |
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Are There More Intercity Bus Needs Than We Know About? Recent Changes in Intercity Service Delivery in Minnesota. |
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Gerry Weiss |
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| Monday, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Room 212 |
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Looking Backward, Thinking Backward (Part 2) |
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| Monday, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Room 216 |
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Technology Tools for Rural System Management |
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An Evaluation of RouteMatch Software in the Billings MET Special Transit System |
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David Kack |
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An AVL Pilot Project for Kansas Transit Providers |
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Lisa Koch |
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Real Regional Coordination: A Multi-Agency Computer Assisted Scheduling and Automatic Vehicle Location Deployment |
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Sarah Lenz |
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| Monday, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Room 215 |
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Tribal Transit Models for Success and Lessons Learned |
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Development of the Oglala Sioux Transit: Putting the R in Rural |
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Emma Featherman-Sam |
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The Fort Peck Transportation System: 35 years focusing on tribal mobility needs. |
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Henri Headdress |
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Coordination of Tribal and Non Tribal Transportation: The Namekagon Transit Experience |
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Joe Eichinger |
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| Monday, 3:30 PM-4:00 PM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
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| Monday, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Room 212 |
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Public Transportation in Resort Communities: Planning and Funding Opportunities and Challenges |
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Public Transportation in a Montana Ski Community |
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David Kack |
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Characteristics of Bus Transit Users in a Small-Urban Resort Community |
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Wayne Cottrell |
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Coeur d’ Alene Tribe’s Citylink System |
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Alan Eirls |
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| Monday, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Room 216 |
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Travel Information for Rural Customers |
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NDinfo.org: Building a Regional Transit Travel Information System |
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David Ripplinger |
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Big ideas fit in small towns: Google Transit and travel information in Modoc County |
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Pam Couch |
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I Can See Clearly Now The Phone Is On |
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Larry Harman |
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The Long Road Home: Multimodal Information Makes Connections |
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Stephen Abernathy |
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| Monday, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Room 213 |
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Cool Tribal Transit Efforts |
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Tribal Transit Needs Assessment & Program Planning - A Case Study of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation |
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Jon Mielke |
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Tribal Transportation: Planning, Partnerships & Coordination of Transportation for the Yakama Nation |
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Renee Biles |
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Transportation Development by the Santee Sioux Tribe |
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Mike Crosley |
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| Monday, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Room 214 |
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Developing a Funding Plan for your Transit Agencies: Exploring Public and Private Opportunities |
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"Friendraising and Fundraising" |
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Michael Audino |
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Your Vital Statistics: Cost and Service Data for Coordination |
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Jon Burkhardt |
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| Monday, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Room 215 |
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Creating a Rural Transit Marketing Toolkit |
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Creating a Rural Transit Marketing Toolkit: A Statewide Campaign to Build Support and Enhance Funding |
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Selena Barlow |
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A Case Study: Missouri's Rural Public Transit Statewide Campaign |
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Shirley Tarwater |
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| Monday, 5:30 PM-6:30 PM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
| Vendor EXPO and Reception |
Return to Top Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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| Tuesday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
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| Tuesday, 7:00 AM-8:30 AM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
| Breakfast and Roundtables |
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| Tuesday, 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Room 212 |
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Estimating Demand for Rural Transit New Strategies |
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Forum for receiving comments from potential users of Updated Methods for Estimating the Demand for Rural Transit (TCRP Project B-36) |
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Frank Spielberg |
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| Tuesday, 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Room 215 |
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Hot Topics for New Managers |
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| Tuesday, 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Room 216 |
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Tribal Transit Funding: Program Experience wih SAFETEA-LU |
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| Tuesday, 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Room 214 |
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Lessons Learned: State Experiences with JARC and New Freedom |
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Lessons Learned: Minnesota's JARC and New Freedom Grants |
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Tom Gottfried |
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| Tuesday, 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Room 213 |
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Filling the Void: Connecting Rural Feeders with Intercity Bus Services |
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| Tuesday, 8:45 AM-10:00 AM |
Ballroom A |
| Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go From Here? |
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| Tuesday, 10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
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| Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 212 |
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Mobility and Emerging Transportation Needs of Seniors |
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Transportation and Aging - A Community Approach |
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Jim Courtney |
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The Aging Tsunami |
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Al Abeson |
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How Transportation Services Make Rural Communities Livable. |
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Robert Courtney |
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Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Critical Populations |
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Jeffrey Arndt |
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| Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 213 |
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New Tools for Public/Stakeholder Involvement |
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Human Services Transportation Coordination - Hands On Exercise |
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Bethany Whitaker |
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Public and Stakeholder Involvement: Recruiting the General Public and Stakeholders at the Grass Roots |
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Beverly Raymond |
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Profiling Stakeholders and Identifying Client Transportation Needs |
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Pam Couch |
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| Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 216 |
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Technology to Support System Management |
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Dealing with the Data: Minnesota's Public Transit Administration Database and Application Project |
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Charles A. Morris |
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Electronic Grants Management: Plain and Simple Success |
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John Valerio |
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Online Expenses, Passenger and Vehicle Information Reporting: Oklahoma's Web-Based MYLEO-Net |
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Kenneth LaRue |
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| Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 215 |
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Tools for Successful Transit Managers |
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Employee Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas |
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Sue Knapp |
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Developing a Compliant Substance Abuse Education and Training Program |
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Diana Byrnes |
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Bus Accident Investigation- What's a Rural Agency to Do? |
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Debbie Sapper |
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How To Build A Better Bus Barn: Minnesota's Facility Guidebook |
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Gerry Weiss |
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| Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
Room 214 |
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National Transit Database for Rural Systems: What We've Learned So Far |
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| Tuesday, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM |
Ballroom B |
| FTA Administrator's Awards Luncheon |
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| Tuesday, 1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
Room 214 |
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Rural Transit Achievements: Assessing the Outcome of Increased Funding for Rural Transit |
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| Tuesday, 1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
Room 216 |
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Best Practices for Online Tools in Rural System Operations |
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Up Close and Personnel: Distance Learning can take you places you need to go. |
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Karen Wolf-Branigan |
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Virtual Training Delivers Real Information |
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Henrika Buchanan-Smith |
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Are You Surfing Without a Life-Jacket?
Navigating the Pros and Cons of Web-Based Software |
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Karen Burkhardt |
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| Tuesday, 1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
Room 215 |
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Mobility Management in Rural Environments |
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If You Want Something to Happen, You Have to Make a Space for It: A Best Practice on Increasing Mobility Options in Rural Areas |
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Lisa Love |
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Mobility Management in Wisconsin |
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Ingrid Koch |
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Developing a One-Call Center: The Path to a Travel Management Coordination Center |
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Todd Allen |
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| Tuesday, 1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
Room 213 |
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Partnerships Not on your Radar Screen -- That Work! |
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Cabs to Augment the Bus System (CABS): Collaboration at Its Best, Surely! |
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Ann Hearn |
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The Town-Gown Connection That Works: UMass and PVTA |
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Allan Byam |
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Partnering with School Districts in Rural Washington State |
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Kelly Scalf |
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| Tuesday, 1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
Room 212 |
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New Directions in Rural Transit: Student Paper Competition Winners |
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Demand Analysis of Rural University Bus Systems through Network Flow Theory and GIS Applications |
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Craig Yannes |
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Using Third Party Concept to Design Innovative Services to Foster Mobility and Access in Rural Areas through Partnership and Coordination |
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Marc Scott |
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Improving Intercity Bus Reliability by Automatic Vehicle Location and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration |
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Chung-Jen Hsu |
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| Tuesday, 3:15 PM-3:45 PM |
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function |
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| Tuesday, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM |
Room 212 |
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Specialized Medical Transportation in Rural Communities |
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Community Partnerships for Innovative Medical Transportation in Rural North Dakota |
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Pat Hansen |
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Medicaid Transportation and Rural Public Transit: Seeking Business Opportunities |
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Kenneth Hosen |
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| Tuesday, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM |
Room 216 |
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Can Fuel Costs Get Any Higher? How Can I Possibly Get Any More People on This Bus? |
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Effects of Rising Fuel Prices on Bus Ridership for Small Urban and Rural Transit Systems |
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Jeremy Mattson |
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Meeting Rider Needs in an Era of High and Unstable Fuel Costs: The OATS' Experience |
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Scott Kosky |
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Community Transportation Energy Management Initiative
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Dale Marsico |
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| Tuesday, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM |
Room 213 |
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Innovative Strategies in Rural Transit Planning |
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Measuring Rural Transit Availability |
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Nicholas Lownes |
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Challenges and Benefits of a Free-Fare System: Is It Sustainable? |
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Van Chesnut |
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Rural-Urban Partnerships |
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Curt Simon |
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| Tuesday, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM |
Room 214 |
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New Partnerships for Funding Intercity Bus Programs |
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| Tuesday, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM |
Room 215 |
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Human Factors in Transportation Coordination: Organizational Development Approaches for Success |
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| Tuesday, 6:00 PM-10:00 PM |
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Return to Top Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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| Wednesday, 7:00 AM-8:30 AM |
Ballroom B |
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| Wednesday, 8:30 AM-10:30 AM |
Ballroom A |
| Town Hall Meeting: Rural Transit Achievements Under Safetea-LU |
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| Wednesday, 11:00 AM-3:30 PM |
Ballroom A |
| FTA's State Programs' Meeting |
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