2021 MN/WI Public Transit Conference

Join us at the Duluth Event and Convention Center for networking, training, learning, and more! 
https://www.mpta-transit.org/event/2021-mnwi-public-transit-conference

Vendor information:  https://www.mpta-transit.org/event/2021-mnwi-public-transit-expo-vendors-and-sponsors

Register Now!

Volunteers needed to help with Registration!  Contact: Margaret, margaret@transportationalliance.com 651-659-0804

Event Schedule

Receptions and Tours:

• $25 Vista Harbor Tour, October 5 at 2:00 p.m. (Limited to first 50 tour registrants - *Conference Attendees Only)

Monday, October 4, 2021  Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC)

8:00 AM — Registration Opens

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Operations/Paratransit Committee

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Training Session I - Safety and Security with TSA: Brooke Boesch, Transportation Security Inspector

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Training Session II - Mobility Management: Judy Shanley, Ph.D, Easterseals Director, Nat Ctr for Mobility Management (NCMM)

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM — Transit System CEO Summit

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM — MPTA/WIPTA Annual Meetings

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM — Welcome Reception

Tuesday, October 5, 2021  Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC)

7:30 AM — Registration Opens

8:30 AM to 12:00 PM — Maintenance Committee

8:30 AM to 10:00 AM — General Session / Welcome / Keynote Speakers

Duluth Mayor Emily Larson - Welcome

Federal Transit Funding Update - Art Guzzetti, APTA; Scott Bogren, CTAA; Kelley Brookins, FTA

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM — Break in Expo Hall

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Break-Out Sessions                           

                 Recovering From COVID - Scott Bogren, CTAA

                 Vehicle Maintenance: Bus Air Conditioning
                              - George M Zimucha, Mobile Climate Control

                 Micro/Macro Transit - Jeremy Eves, Pantonium, Matt
                                 Fyten, SouthWest Transit, Patty Kiewitz, Green Bay
                               Metro Transit,  Matthew Deery, Via Transit System
                               Planning  - Lisa Raduenz, MnDOT Office of Transit
                               and Active Transportation; Jeff Sponcia, Milwaukee
                               County Transit System

12:00 PM to 2:30 PM — Lunch In Expo Hall

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM — Tours of Duluth Transit Authority

3:30 PM to 5:30 PM — Duluth Harbor Tour (Pre-Registration
                                    Required)

6:30 PM —  First Transit Reception

Wednesday, October 6, 2021  Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC)

7:30 AM — Registration Opens

8:30 AM to 9:15 AM — General Session - Minnesota and Wisconsin Agency Updates

Tori Nill, MnDOT; Ian Ritz, WisDOT; Nick Thompson, Metropolitan
      Council

 9:15 AM – 11:45 AM - Let’s Get Going with On-line Trip Planning &
       General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)! - Marcy
       Jaffe, Transnnovation, Inc.

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM — Break-Out Sessions                              

              Alternative Fuels/Electric Buses - Tony Kellen, Wendel; 
                     Ron McCorkel, Milwaukee County Transit System

             Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Idea Café - Bobbi
                     Craig, Wisconsin Assn of Mobility Managers, Moderator

                                       FTA Update – FTA Staff

             Customer Service/Marketing - Jill Brown, PR
                    Consultant; Kristina Hoffman, Milwaukee County Transit
                    System

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM — Break

 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Break-Out Sessions                                       

                   Better Bus Project - Chris Belden, Director of Planning &
                        Grants and David Clark, Director of Marketing, Duluth Transit
                                   Authority

                    Transit Association Participation - Margaret
                                    Donahoe, MPTA; Tom Wagener, WIPTA

                    Entry Level Driver Training Requirements - Matthew
                                   Marrin, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin (FMCSA)

                    Transit Technology/Software - Kirby Becker 
                             MnDOT OTAT, Elliott McFadden, MnDOT
                             OTAT , Chuck Morris, MnDOT OTAT

                    Drug and Alcohol Training - Michael Redington, US
                           DOT Volpe Center

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM — Lunch with Keynote Speaker - Diversity and
                      Equity in Transit: Alonzo Kelly

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Tribal Transit Training Opening FTA Region

3:00 PM – Break

3:15 PM – Tribal Transit Training 2

Speaker:  Kristen Joyner

 6:00 PM – National RTAP Reception

Thursday, October 7, 2021   Radisson Hotel (505 W. Superior St.) Duluth

7:30 AM – Breakfast

8:00 AM - National RTAP Update

8:45 AM — Tribal Transit Training 2 - FTA Tribal Transit Technical Assistance Program

10:15 AM — Break

10:30 AM — Tribal Transit Training 3 - Procurement

12:15 PM — Lunch - Robin Phillips, Executive Director, National RTAP

1:30 PM — Tribal Transit Training 4

3:00 PM — Break

3:15 PM — Tribal Transit Training 5

4:30 PM — Tribal Transit Training 6

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