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Transit Responses to COVID-19

This webinar is led by the ITE Transit Standing Committee.

Webinar Description:
This webinar will provide insights of national trends and major developments in the area of public transportation. Additionally, we will hear from engineering directors from major US transit agencies, who will discuss their respective department’s agencies actions to COVID-19 in their cities.

Discussions will include innovative service scheduling approaches, real-time ridership tracking approaches, technology and service communication advancement, efficient maintenance, cleaning and disinfecting methodologies. We will focus on the physical or digital infrastructure, including lessons learned and ‘what to expect’ in years to come.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the technological and engineering-related challenges that transit agencies have confronted due to COVID-19.
  • Identify tools, treatments, resources, and best practices of transit responses to COVID-19 related challenges.
  • Describe the impacts of the measures taken by transit agencies on operations, quality of service, rider’s experience, safety, and public health.
  • Identify lesson learned from implemented measures and transit (operation) projects related to COVID-19.
Presenters:
  • Brian Alberts, Director of Safety | American Public Transportation Association (APTA) | Washington, DC, United States
  • Kimberly J. Williams, Chief Innovation Officer | Metro (Houston, TX) | Houston, Texas, United States
  • Jerry Guaracino, Chief Engineer, Vehicles | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | Washington, DC, United States
Moderator: 
  • Elad Mokady, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner | Sam Schwartz Engineering | New York, New York, United States
Fees:
ITE Members: $49.00
Non-Members: $99.00

This includes an archived recording with access for 30 days, webinar evaluation, 1.5 PDH/CM credits and a certificate of completion

How to earn PDH Credit:
The credit certificate of completion and 1.5 PDH/CM credits will be made available to the registrant after you have attended the webinar and the evaluation has been completed.

Recordings:
Recordings are available for 30 days following the date of the recording posted. Additional attendees at one location are not eligible to earn PDH credit for viewing an archived recording.

Policy: Once this webinar recording is made available on-demand it will have a shelf life of 60 days to view before it is archived. Register Now before it's too late!

Last Day to Purchase: July 12, 2021