Early Bird Registration is Open!

Westin STL Exterior 1 — Image courtesy of Westin St. Louis

Register today for the 2024 Missouri Transit Conference in St. Louis, MO. This two-day conference will provide opportunities to meet with other transit professionals, stakeholders, and elected and interested citizens from across Missouri and the Midwest. This event is set for September 3-5, 2024, and is a unique opportunity to share innovative ideas and best practices with a variety of top presentations, mobile workshops, vendors, and panel discussions. Highlights include:

Drug and Alcohol Training
CTAA Executive Director Scott Bogren
Mobile Workshops, including highlighting Metro Transit’s Maintenance and Mentorship Programs
Tracks including rural transit, collaborations and partnerships, as well as the future of the transit industry
Keynote on Marketing your Brand with Billy Terry from NTI
FTA and Transit Operator Awards
Networking opportunities
Steps from the home of St. Louis Cardinals and world-famous Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village amenities

When: Tuesday, September 3 – Thursday, September 5

Where: The Westin St. Louis, 811 Spruce St., St. Louis, MO 63102

Contact: Travis Wood, MPTA, twood@mopublictransit.org or 314-231-7272

Early bird registration runs through August 1, 2024.

Registration

Early Bird Registration – $350

5311 Providers

Hotel Information

Use the link below to reserve a room in the MPTA Conference block.

The Westin St. Louis

811 Spruce St.
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: 314-621-2000

Click here to reserve your room.

Exhibitor & Sponsorship Opportunities

The exhibit hall is currently full. Reach out to Travis Wood, Program Director at MPTA (twood@mopublictransit.org or 314-231-7272) to be added to the wait list.

Schedule at a Glance

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

12:00 – 1:00 pm | MPTA Board Luncheon
1:00 – 4:30 pm | Registration for 2024 Missouri Conference & Expo
2:00 – 4:30 pm | REQUIRED for 5311: Substance Abuse Training by VOLPE – Instructor: Mike Redington
4:30 – 6:00 pm | Welcome Reception: Transit is a Home Run in Exhibitor Hall

Thanks to our Welcome Reception Sponsors:

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

7:00 am – 4:00 pm | Registration for 2024 Missouri Conference & Expo
7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 – 8:30 am | Welcome: Invited City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones (invited); Bi-State Development CEO Taulby Roach; FTA Region VII Interim Administrator Mark Bechtel; Invited MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna (invited)
8:30 – 9:30 am | Plenary I: Funding Landscape on the National Front Halfway through IIJA – CTAA Executive Director Scott Bogren
9:30 – 9:45 am | Break
9:45 – 11:00 am | BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Rural Transit Operations: Recruitment & Retention Rural Transit Systems – Pat Greenfield, Transportation Workforce Center
- Building Partnerships for Transit Success: First Last Mile for Missourians: Current Practices and Future Opportunities – Shared Use Mobility Center (SUMC)
- Future of Transit: Alternative Fuels: Propane Autogas and Electrifying Your Fleet 101 – Luke Fitzpatrick, Missouri Propane Education & Research Council (MOPERC) and Mike Jones, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Mobile Workshop: Metro Transit – New View of Security – Real Time Camera Center Tour
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Break and Visit with Exhibitors
12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch Session – Plenary II: Creating Leaders in the Transit Industry – Paul Comfort, SVP, Chief Customer Officer, for Modaxo Americas and Host of Transit Unplugged
1:00 – 1:15 pm | Break
1:15 – 2:15 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Rural Transit Operations: FTA Rural Connections – Region VII Staff
- Building Partnerships for Transit Success: Disability Inclusion in Public Transportation – Lori Becker, CEO of Starkloff Disability Institute, and Jason Hartsfield, Disability Inclusion Lead Consultant at Starkloff Disability Institute
- Future of Transit: Technology Summit – Scheduling & Dispatching Technologies – National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT), CTAA
- Mobile Workshop: Making it to a Million Miles – Metro Transit Maintenance Program and Tour
2:15 – 3:15 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Rural Transit Operations: Rural Transit Operator Panel – Opportunities and Challenges on the Driving Front – OATS Driver Sandy Nolan; SMTS Operators Jimmy Gilliam and Jerry Williams; Moderator – Daniel Smith, SMTS
- Building Partnerships for Transit Success: New Avenues for Recruitment & Retention – Shayna Gleason, Transit Workforce Center
- Future of Transit: Technology Summit – Fare Payment – National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT), CTAA
- Mobile Workshop: Making it to a Million Miles – Metro Transit Maintenance Program and Tour, continued
3:15 – 3:30 pm | Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Rural Transit Operations: MoDOT & RTAP Transit Update – Christy Evers, MoDOT, and Heath Pickerill, Missouri RTAP
- Building Partnerships for Transit Success: Roundtable Conversations:
  - Alternative Fuels, Table Captaint: MOPERC
  - Placemaking/Stop Improvements
  - Adopt-A-Stop Maintenance Programs, Table Captain, Cindy Baker, KCATA
  - Transit-oriented Development
  - Social Service Partnerships, Table Captain: Ted Zimmerman, Metro Transit
  - Evaluating Transit Operations, Table Captain: Matt Crawford, City Utilities of Springfield Transit Services
- Future of Transit: FTA Workshop
- Mobile Workshop: Training and Mentorship – Onsite Tour of Metro Training Facilities and Update on Mentor Program
5:00 – 6:30 pm | Networking Reception at Sports & Social at Ballpark Village

Thursday, September 5, 2024

7:30 – 10:30 am | Registration
8:00 – 9:30 am | MPTA 2024 Annual Meeting & Breakfast of Transit Champions – Recognition of Operators, MPTA Elections, FTA Awards, MPTA and Operator Awards
9:30 – 10:45 am | Plenary III: You are a Brand: Build it Wisely – Billy Terry, Executive Director, National Transit Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
11:00 am | Conference Adjourns