2025 Midwest Transit Conference Educational Resources
Midwest Transit Conference – Educational Resources
Thank you for attending the 2025 Midwest Transit Conference in Kansas City, MO. Transit professionals, stakeholders, and elected and interested citizens from across the Midwest enjoyed the opportunity to share innovative ideas and best practices with a variety of presentations, mobile workshops, vendor displays, and panel discussions. A selection of conference presentations are available below. Please reach out to twood@mopublictransit.org for additional information.
Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the 2026 Missouri Transit Conference which will take place in Columbia, MO, September 2-3. The event will be held at the Broadway Hotel located at 1111 E Broadway Columbia, MO 65201.
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2025 Midwest Transit Conference Presentations
The following presentations are being shared with permission from the presenters and the content is the sole responsibility of those presenters. Please click on the title slide of each presentation to download and view a copy.
Welcome Plenary: FTA Region VII Administrator Carrie Butler, KCATA CEO Frank White, Buffy Smith, MO Chief of Staff for Congressman Graves, Taulby Roach, CEO of Bi-State Development
Doing Business with FTA – Bill Kalt, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator; Cindy Moses, Regional Engineer, Acting Director of Operations and Program Oversight
Show Me the Data: Transparency and Optimization – Tyler Means, KCATA
Numbers Matter: Value of Research in Transit Advocacy – Carl Lingen, Iowa Public Transit Association, Kim Cella, Missouri Public Transit Association, Peter Williams, Lochmueller Group
Public Transportation in 2025 – A New Administration, New Priorities and A New You – Keynote speaker, Paul Comfort, SVP Customer Officer at Modaxo Americas & Host/Producer of Transit Unplugged
May the Force Be with You: TWC Frontline Worker Foundational Skills – Kristen Ribaudo, Transit Workforce Center and Frank Burnett, Training Specialist
Missouri Meet Up – Christy Evers, Missouri DOT, and Heath Pickerall, Missouri RTAP
What is Statewide Mobility Management? The Oklahoma Story – Olivia Hook, Mobility Management Director at Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Learning from our Peers: Small Urban & Rural Transit Research Project Case Studies – Alvaro Villegrand, Shared-Use Mobility Center
Are You at Risk? Determining Cyber Security Risks at Your Agency – Lauren Ellis and Andrew Carpenter, National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CAAT), CTAA
Where Are We Going from Here? Transit’s Future – Scott Bogren, Executive Director of CTAA
Due to weather, Scott Bogren’s travel to Kansas City was interrupted, preventing him from joining us for the closing keynote. Instead, Scott will be joining us via a virtual webinar on October 21 to update attendees on the latest developments in the transit industry from the national perspective as the industry navigates uncertainty at the federal level. Registration is available here. We look forward to having you join us on that call.
To view the complete conference agenda, visit www.midwesttransitconference.com.
Special thanks to the 2025 Midwest Transit Conference sponsors:
