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MPTA Vendor Spotlight: Innovative Transit Solutions to Improve Your Fleet
As transit fleets look for ways to improve their service experience, not only for riders, but also for operators, transit managers, and their communities as a whole, more and more innovative solutions are needed. Reducing emissions with alternative fuels or vehicle options, or installing mobile digital video recording with live tracking and streaming capabilities are two ways to make these sorts of improvements. Chris Ishmael, president of CWI Digital Systems, will discuss the benefits to the entire transit organization of…
Find out more »2021 Midwest Transit Conference
The 2021 Conference will provide several opportunities to meet with other transit professionals, stakeholders, elected and interested citizens across the Midwest. Three state public transit associations are hosting this informative and not to be missed event, including: Iowa Public Transit Association, Kansas Public Transit Association, and Missouri Public Transit Association. Hosted at the Mariott St. Louis Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, this tri-state event brings forth a unique opportunity to share innovative ideas and best practices with a variety…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series: TRANSIT CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE
CTAA Highlights Case Studies of Success During the Pandemic An unknown foe, unfolding crisis and unprecedented impact. Transit agencies, just like every other element of American life, faced these three challenges in 2020 during the height of the global COVID- 19 pandemic. In order to better understand how agencies served their communities and persevered through the last year and a half, the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) published an analysis of how transit proved to be a catalyst for…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series Presents: An Introduction to the Transit Workforce Center
The next MPTA Education Series event will highlight and explore the new Transit Workforce Center (TWC), the FTA’s first ever national technical assistance center to help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain a diverse workforce. The TWC will support public transit agencies’ workforce development needs for all methods of public transit across urban and rural providers. The TWC will also work to address the national transit worker shortage. Through technical assistance activities to help develop frontline transit workers’ skills,…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series: Addressing Behavioral Health on Transit Systems – December 8, 2021, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The next MPTA Education Series will look at Addressing Behavioral Health on Transit Systems with Stacy Nonn, Associate Director of Comprehensive Integration with Chestnut Health, Emily Schwaegel, Behavioral Health Outreach Coordinator with Chestnut Health. Stacy and Emily will talk about the work their team is doing on the MetroLink system in Illinois and protocols that could be used on any system. Since the program launch in April 2021, Chestnut staff have provided services to more than 700 riders including shelter, food, treatment,…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series – In the Weeds: Challenges, Conditions, and Considerations of Transportation Service Coordination
According to the Federal Transit Authority, Mobility Management is an innovative approach for managing and delivering coordinated transportation services to customers, including older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes. Mobility management focuses on meeting individual customer needs through a broad transportation network—public transit, private operators, cycling and walking, volunteer drivers, and others—working together with customers, planners, and stakeholders to deliver the transportation options that best meet the community’s needs. What role do Mobility Managers play in working…
Find out more »MPTA Vendor Spotlight – Solutions to Prevent and Prepare for Accidents
Transit providers work tirelessly to get people where they need to go every day and ensuring the safety and timeliness of staff and riders is always a top priority. While accidents are inevitable, they are often preventable. If an accident does occur, it is important to be prepared to handle the consequences of those accidents. Join us for a chat with MPTA Vendor Members that are providing the solutions transit providers need to help reduce preventable accidents and navigate the…
Find out more »MPTA Vendor Spotlight: Products for Passenger Safety with Luminator
Join us for a chat with MPTA Vendor Members that are providing the solutions transit providers need to help reduce preventable accidents and navigate the outcomes of accidents that do happen. Rich Medina of Luminator Technology Group will discuss Geotab Surfsight (Surfsight automatically detects and alerts distracted driver behavior and harsh driving incidents in real-time), video mirror Solutions, and passenger information solutions addressing some of the leading causes of preventable accidents. Time: 9 a.m. CST Date: May 11, 2022 Location: Zoom RSVP Required – Click here to register…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series Presents Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Training
Don’t miss this unique training for anyone in the transit industry. The Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Training (OEND) training covers a variety of information to assist in allowing persons to learn more about several areas concerning addiction and overdoses. Topics that will be covered include: What is Addiction, The Changing Landscape of Drug Use, Saving Lives / Using Harm Reduction, Opioid Overdoses, and Resources. Those attending will be informed on existing efforts to combat the opioid crisis and legislative…
Find out more »MPTA Education Series Presents: Results of MO Statewide Transit Needs Assessment
The Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA) selected St. Louis-based Lochmueller Group – a full-service survey, planning, engineering and environmental firm – to lead a Statewide Transit Needs Assessment Study last fall. Lochmueller Group will present the results of those findings as well as policy recommendations moving forward. The firm examined public transit access across Missouri, identified existing and potential service gaps and helped establish a guide for the development of optimum personal mobility as transit providers are forced to make…
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