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Tuesday, June 3, 2008 
University Union Ballroom, Sacramento State (6000 J Street)

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Welcome!  Regional Transit (RT) and Sacramento State University invite you to participate in the Modern Bus and New Technologies Seminar scheduled for Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Sacramento State University Union Ballroom. This seminar will explore emerging modern bus technologies and the role such vehicles will play in future development of the Sacramento Regional Transit District. The seminar is spurred by the development of RT’s Transit Master Plan (TMP), which will involve community participation over the next six months and will conclude by the end of this year. In addition, the elements of the seminar will be directly supportive of the following initiatives:

• The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Blueprint principles that promote Smart growth development;
   

• Connecting communities to the RT regional transit network via modern, stylized, "next generation" vehicles;
   

• New fuels and propulsion systems;
   

• Potential impact on vehicle miles traveled and reduced congestion on regional highways; and
   

• Improved regional air quality, and reduced greenhouse gases.

It is our intent that the seminar will also feature a display of modern buses that are being produced today. The seminar and vehicle displays will educate the community about modern vehicles and new technologies, including alternative fuels and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) components. Nationally renowned speakers, including the keynote speaker Bill Millar, President of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), will make  presentations throughout the day to explain what buses have to offer the community in 2008 and in the future.

We look forward to your participation and hope to see you there. 

Sincerely,

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8 - 8:30 a.m.         Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
  Welcome:   Steve Cohn, Vice Chair, RT Board/ Sacramento City Council Member;
                        Mike Wiley, RT GM/CEO
   

• 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
  
  Track 1:   Safety  (Ben Louie, RT Police Services)

Bus Stops (Maribeth Feke, Director of Programming and Planning, Greater Cleveland RTA)

Transit Centers (Dr. Minnie Fells Johnson, Former CEO/Executive Director, Greater Dayton RTA)

Track 2:    Speeding Up Buses (Dr. Don Dean, Chief of Public
                   Transit Research, Caltrans)

Vehicle Assist and Automation (Wei-Bin Zhang, UC Berkeley, PATH) EDAPTS Smart Transit System (Bruce Chapman, Caltrans)

• 10:30 - 11 a.m.                        Break and Exhibit Viewing
   

• 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  Track 1:   Modern Bus Features (Cliff Henke, Senior Analyst, PB  Americas Inc.)
          Double Decker Bus Study (Paul Bignardi, San Francisco MTA)

  Track 2:  Fuel Technology (Dr. Marshall Miller, UC Davis Institute of  Transportation Studies
          Alternative Fuels Study (Jaimie Levin, Director of Marketing and Alternative Fuels
          Policy, AC Transit)
   

• 12 - 1:15 p.m.          Lunch and Keynote Speaker:
          Bill Millar, APTA President, Washington D.C.
   

• 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.       Case Studies:
          Lane County:  EMX BRT (Jack Gonsalves, PB World)
          MTA – Orange Line
          (Lisa Callaghan, Breakthrough Technologies, Washington D.C.)
   

• 2:30 - 2:45 p.m.     Break and Exhibit Viewing
   

• 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.     Buses throughout the World (Michael May, Steer Davies Gleave, UK)
   

• 3:45 p.m.                 Closing Comments
   

• 4 - 4:30 p.m.           Exhibit Viewing

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