Invitation
Join public transportation and sustainability professionals from across the country for this 6th annual APTA Sustainability and Public Transportation Workshop. This premier event focuses on new business practices and innovations in sustainability within the transit industry, the role of public transportation in creating livable communities and the partnerships that can facilitate that.
Highlights
This workshop highlights cutting-edge energy efficient, economically sound, and socially responsible developments and practices and how you measure and manage them. Hear from a variety of speakers, including APTA Sustainability Commitment signatories, with real world experience. Learn how public agencies and private companies can save money and improve efficiency, lessen environmental impacts and promote strategies that encourage public transit use. Understand what good models exist for creating local, regional and state partnerships on sustainability and the opportunities for partnering with the federal government. Last but not least, see firsthand what New York City and its surroundings are doing to make their city and region more livable through smart transportation and land-use policies.
Who Should Attend?
- Transit board members
- Transit system chief executive officers
- Professionals in planning, operations, engineering and capital construction
- Individuals who promote sustainable development and livable communities
- Suppliers and consultants interested in providing "green" services
Registration
Registration will open in April 2010