Schedule of Events:

• 9:30-10:00 Registration & Poster Session
  • Utilizing Technology to Coordinate Transportation Services
  • CRRAFT Implementation in the New River Valley/ Roanoke Valley
  • Demand-Response Transportation Services
• 10:00-10:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Ray Pethtel, Virginia Tech University Transportation Fellow; Associate Director, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; Director, Center for Transportation Policy
• 10:15-11:15 Panel One: Cases in Coordination
  • Gary Lofton, Director, Winchester, VA Transportation Department
  • Betty L. Newell, Community Volunteer, Former CART Board President
  • Neil I. Sherman, Specialized Program Manager, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
• 11:15-11:25 Break
• 11:25-12:25 Panel Two Coordination Resources
  • Yehuda Gross, ITS Transit Program Manager, USDOT ITS Joint Program Office
  • Presentation: Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)
  • Chris Shively, Senior Programmer/ Analyst, IDD Inc.
  • Bill Ziesser, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
  • Presentation: Medicaide Transportation: A Resource for Coordination
• 12:25-12:35 Break
• 12:35-1:45 Plated lunch with keynote speaker, Jon Burkhardt
  • Keynote Speaker Mr. Jon Burkhardt is a Senior Study at WESTAT in Rockville, Maryland and is the author of several coordination resources including "Coordinated Transportation Systems: Programs that Work" and "TCRP Report 91: Economic Benefits of Coordinating Human Resource Transportation and Transit Services."
  • Presentation: More Coordination, More Mobility
• 1:45-2:15 New River/ Roanoke PDC Project Presentation, Ray Pethtel/ Bethany Stich
  • Ray Pethtel and Bethany Stich, Associate Director, Center for Transportation Policy
  • Presentation: Public Mobility in the New River, Roanoke, and Alleghany Valleys
• 2:15-2:30 Concluding Remarks