Transit services will continuously adjust to accommodate post-pandemic trip demands as they emerge and evolve. How can public transportation providers best serve new commuting and work-from-home patterns? How can schedules adjust to serve off-peak and non-commute trips? How can route networks ramp-up to meet rider and community needs in core ridership corridors and essential workers? How can service design aide the recovery of Central Business Districts? How are new housing patterns affecting service?

Kicking off this dynamic general session is the 2022 Bus Safety & Security Awards. The APTA Bus Safety and Security Excellence Awards, recognize bus systems in North America for their excellence in safety and security. Winning systems were chosen based on the innovation, effectiveness, benefits and transferability of their program or project.

Launched by FTA last June to help advance President Biden’s ambitious GHG reduction goals, the Sustainable Transit for a Healthy Planet Challenge calls on transit agencies to develop strategies to reduce emissions, such as converting fleets to electric buses, making facilities more energy efficient, and generating power through renewable energy sources.

Our keynote Wesley Hamilton, a dynamic change agent will close out this session, sharing his inspiring story of recovery, transformation, resilience and bravery. ​

Presenters from the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC), the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Deloitte will delve into the cybersecurity threat, attacks to IT and OT systems, mitigation strategies and best practices.

As transit agencies and transit businesses advance diversity, equity and inclusion in their own organizations, they are using tools such as climate assessments to gain insight on the perceived employee experience of existing internal policies, practices and procedures. Join a panel of DEI experts and industry practitioners for a robust discussion.

Let’s talk about the way states, freight railroads, and Amtrak can work together to deliver the future we need.

This roundtable session explores public-private financing options with perspectives from the Surface Transportation Board, the Build America Bureau, an Owner/Agency, and a Financial Advisor.

This closing session brought together three days of high-energy discussions at APTA's High-Speed Rail Conference.

The students will be asked to develop concepts addressing one or more of the following needs: Sustainability (make it greener), Economics (reduce cost to build and operate) and Societal (get people to take the train rather than fly or drive).