2024 - Spokane, WA

October 3-4, 2024
Hosted by Spokane Transit Authority (STA)

Conference Agenda

Agency Updates

Photos

Presentations

Capital Projects
• High Performance Transit: What it Means to the Rider, Ryan Brodwater, Spokane Transit Authority
• Facilities Strategic Plans, Joseph Peace, TransLink

Data Analysis
• LOCUS: New Data Tool for Transit Planning, Kate Ito, King County Metro

Pandemic Response
• Changes in peak ridership demand before, during, and after the pandemic on TransLink’s buses, Ning Yan and Geoffrey Chum, TransLink
• Restoring COVID-era Suspensions (Discussion Session), Yingying Huang Fernandes, King County Metro

Planning
• 2024 & Beyond: Leveraging Regional Light Rail to Expand Intra-County Service, Max Henkle, Community Transit
• More than an academic exercise: Public Transit/Public School Partnership, Karl Otterstrom, Spokane Transit Authority
• OnDemand Transit - Learnings from the Launch of a New Service Type, Carl Purvis, BC Transit
• Seattle Transit Measure (STM) Service Prioritization, Matt Yarrow and Carolyn Birkenfeld, City of Seattle

Scheduling
• The City Line - What We Didn’t Know We Didn’t Know or... Twenty-Four Tons of Fun, Chad Johnson, Spokane Transit Authority
• A match made in heaven: Maximizing In-service hours using Route Pairing and other concepts, Ryan Kennett, BC Transit

Speed and Reliability
• Route 44 TPMC Before and After, Andrew Randall, King County Metro
• What's Next for Transit Signal Priority at TriMet?, Luke Norman and Cara Belcher, TriMet

Workforce
• The Role of Relationship Building with Bus Operator Retention, Logan Brouelette, TriMet