The 2024 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium will take place October 22-24, 2024. The symposium will take place online and streamed on YouTube. As the transit industry is poised to take advantage of the largest transit and rail investment in our lifetimes, the symposium provides a platform where transit experts share insights on how evidence-based research is being or can be, used to make the most of these opportunities in a changing environment. This year’s symposium will focus on the following topics:
- Jarrett Walker on Human Transit
- Cutting-edge Transit Technology
- Innovation in Contracting and Procurements
- Leslie Richards on SEPTA
- Women in Transit
- Homelessness and Transit
- Susan Handy on Shifting Gears
- Transit Agency-University Partnerships
- Transit-Oriented Developments/Communities
In addition to the opening and closing plenaries, the symposium features two types of sessions:
- Researcher + practitioner sessions: researchers and practitioners will jointly present a research project that addresses a practical issue important to a transit agency, metropolitan planning organization, or department of transportation. Please describe the project background, the partnership, and how the research findings are or will be used to improve transit practice.
- Regular sessions: traditional presentations where an individual presenter shares transit-related research.
AICP credits are available for this event.
Information about previous years’ events can be found here.
Questions? Contact the following:
Chad Riding
Caltrans Division of Planning and Modal Program Management
(916) 907-2212
chad.riding@dot.ca.gov
Dr. Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan
Assistant Professor & UFTI Transit Lead
Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering
xiangyan@ufl.edu |
Event Schedule (coming soon)
Full Program & Speakers (coming soon)
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The Symposium is convened by a partnership between APTA, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), University of Florida Transportation Institute, the USDOT Tier-1 Center for Equitable Transit-oriented Communities University Transportation Center, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, and the Mineta Transportation Institute. Organizing Committee members:
- Chad Riding, Andrew Furillo, Kevin Spiker, Connor Campbell, Mina Rezaei, Afnan Mohammad, Keith Sirisack, Alex Opulencia & Wendy Moran, Caltrans
- Jacob Yan & Xilei Zhao, University of Florida
- Art Guzzetti, APTA
- Hilary Nixon, Mineta Transportation Institute
- Kari Watkins, UC Davis
- Greg Newmark, Morgan State University
- Brendon Hemily, Public Transportation Consultant
- Roderick Bailey, Mississippi DOT
- John Andoh, City of Redding, CA
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