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Program

Bus Technical, Maintenance & Procurement Workshop
October 28 – 31, 2007
New Orleans, Louisiana


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Monday October 29, 2007

Clean Propulsion & Support Technology:
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. John Drayton, A Billion Miles on Alternative Fuel  
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Dan Kemper, Improving Transit through Technology
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Gord Exel, Natural Gas Beyond 2010

Bus Technical Maintenance:
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Halsey King, Post Accident Procedures for Maintenance
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Don Leidy, Case Study City of Phoenix Transit Department West Operating Facility
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. David Domine, A Summary of Two Transit Fleets, Brake Performance

Clean Propulsion & Support Technology:
11 – 11:30 a.m. Mark Tellis, Racetrack Technology Applied to Busses

Bus Technical Maintenance:
11 – 11:30 a.m. Bill Burke, Bus Brake Maintenance & Troubleshooting
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Rosaline Blanco Cook, Who is the RTA

Clean Propulsion & Support Technology:
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Jairo Sandoval & W. Scott Wayne, Environmental Benefits of Alternative Fuels & Advanced Technology in Public Transit
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Mitchell Pratt, An Outlook on the Future of Energy
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Nathan Rues, Energy Storage Basics for Hybrid Busses

Bus Technical Maintenance:
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Dan Kelleher, Let There be Light
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Hugh Ferdows, All Electric Transit Bus Air Comfort Systems

Clean Propulsion & Support Technology:
3 – 3:30 p.m. Bobby Kuhn, Diesel: Hybrid It’s Hot Out There
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Dick Ciccone, Bio Diesel: It’s Cold Out There

Bus Technical Maintenance:
3:30 - 4 p.m. Michael Hernandez, Fast Tracking Transit Center Construction – Lessons Learned
4 – 4:30 p.m. Brian Markey, Drum vs. Brake Experiences

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