2nd Annual Transit Symposium

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 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