2024 Missouri Transit Conference & Expo Registration
Early Bird Registration is Open!
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
Click here to learn more about our exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities or reach out to MPTA at twood@mopublictransit.org or 314-231-7272.
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
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: Mobile Workshop – Bringing Development to Transit, Emerson Park Story, East St. Louis
- Future of Transit: Electrifying Your Fleet 101 – Jeff Peel, Deployment Manager, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- 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 | Transit under the Stars Reception – Windows on Kiener Plaza
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- 7:30 – 10:30 am | Registration
- 8:00 – 9:30 am | MPTA 2024 Annual Meeting & Breakfast – Recognition of Operators, MPTA Elections, FTA, 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
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Cancellation Policy
If commitment is cancelled in writing prior to August 1, 2024, MPTA will provide a 50% refund. There will be NO REFUND after August 1, 2024.