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Transit Research Symposium

2nd Annual Transit Symposium

The UC Davis Transit Research Center invites you to the Second Annual Transit Research Symposium 

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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
Susie Pike Cayar, Director, Transit Research Center, ITS-Davis
Kari Edison Watkins, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

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
 
  • Transit’s fiscal cliff and ridership recovery
    Facilitators: Jesus Barajas and Maha Ahmad
    Discussion Lead: Amy Thompson, Transform
  • Transit data and information flow
    Facilitators: Mollie Cohen D’Agostino and Marcus Chan
    Discussion Lead: Hunter Owens, California Integrated Mobility Project
  • Microtransit as a service model
    Facilitator: Bailey Affolter
    Discussion Lead: Autumn Bernstein, Yolo County Transportation District
  • Electrification of transit
    Facilitors: Gil Tal and Kevin Rios
    Discussion Lead: Katrina Sutton, CalStart
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

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