The UC Davis Transit Research Center invites you to the Second Annual Transit Research Symposium
May 10 at The UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center!
This invitation-only event showcases transit research underway at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Transit Research Center.
Morning Research Sessions
- Innovations in Transit
- Shared use mobility challenges and opportunities
Afternoon Workshops
Join us in the afternoon for a hands-on workshop where public transit stakeholders, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers will formulate a critical research agenda for public transit. Come prepared to dig into
- Transit’s fiscal cliff
- Ridership recovery
- Microtransit as a service model
- Electrification of transit
The cost of the symposium is $25 until April 21, then $40 until May 5. Scholarship opportunities will be available if requested. If you have any questions pertaining to registration or scholarship opportunities please contact Cristina Etcheverry, Event Coordinator at cfetcheverry@ucdavis.edu.
Symposium Agenda
8:30 a.m. | Coffee and Registration/Check in |
9:00 a.m. |
Welcome / Opening Remarks |
9:15 a.m. | Keynote Michael Pimental, Director, California Transit Association |
9:45 a.m. | Session 1: Innovations in Transit Moderator: Avital Shavit, Senior Director of Innovation at LA Metro Presenter 1: Kari Edison Watkins – Innovations to Reverse Transit Ridership Declines Presenter 2: Brian Harold – The Los Angeles Mobility Wallet: A Universal Basic Mobility Pilot Presenter 3: Susie Pike Cayar – Agency Adoption Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities |
10:45 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. | Session 2: Multimodal Transit Planning Moderator: Dillon Fitch Polse, Co-Director BicyclingPlus, ITS-Davis Presenter 1: Elisa Barbour – Transportation funding (active modes and transit vs. Infrastructure) Presenter 2: Caroline Lecompte – High-Speed Rail: Lessons Learned from Abroad Presenter 3: Reid Passmore – Modeling Bike + Transit Trips Using Shortest Path Routing and RAPTOR |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 p.m. | Research Needs Workshops Small group discussions |
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3:00 p.m. | Report back / mix up groups and share outcomes |
3:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks Susan Handy, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis |
4:00 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception |
6:00 p.m. | End of Symposium |