Cleveland, Ohio
(Field of Study: Finance)
April 29-30, 2010
April 30, 2010 - Business Meeting
Program Content/Learning Objectives
As transit agencies continue to find ways to cut costs, new technologies have evolved in areas such as scheduling, fare collection, security and even rolling stock. This workshop will concentrate on 1) how new and existing technologies can be leveraged to improve efficiency and lower operating costs; and, 2) how societal changes in the U.S. have affected the transit industry. After attending this conference, participants will be able to:
Understand the role of new technologies within a transit agency and how they can lower operating costs.
Learn methodologies for performing life cycle costing analyses to determine the true cost of new technologies.
Understand the role societal changes are playing in effecting changes in the transit industry.
Identify and share best practices through "Needs & Leads
Group-Live Delivery Method
Program Level: Advanced
Pre-Conference Reading Material Provided
No Prerequisites*
Earn 10 CPE credits
* This program is at an advanced level of continuing education. Although no prerequisite course or work experience is needed to participate in this program, working knowledge of finance and transportation practices and policies is required, as well as knowledge of the program topic.
To register for this course, contact, Irene Demers, at 214-749-2630 or visit our Web site, www.tflex.org. For more information regarding refund, complaint and program cancellation policies, please contact Irene Demers at 214-749-2630.
Transit-Finance Learning Exchange (T-FLEx) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org
Workshop Fee
The registration fee for the workshop is $125.
For more information regarding refund, complaint and program cancellation policies, please contact Irene Demers at 214-749-2630.
To complete your registration, mail a check for $125 per participant to:
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Attention: Sharon Leary
POBox 660163
1401 Pacific Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75266-7243
Make check payable to "TFLEx"
Register HERE
| DAILY WORKSHOP AGENDA (updated 3/24/2010) | |
| Day One - Thursday April 29, 2010 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 EDT | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:30 EDT | Welcome and Review of Meeting Objectives Joe Costello - T-FLEx Leadership Committee/CFO - RTA of Northeast Illinois welcomes participants. Joe Calabrese - CEO - Cleveland RTA |
| 9:30 - 10:30 EDT | Using Existing Technologies to Better Manage Operations (Webcast) Greg Kildare - LA Metro - Discusses his agency's experience with Smart Drive Cameras, and cross matching fare collection with GPS to improve reconciliation of receipts. |
| 10:30 - 10:45 EDT | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 EDT | Life Cycle Costing - Does New Technology Really Save Money? (Webcast) Rick Harcum - WMATA - A discussion on his agency's mid-life rolling stock rebuild program. Grace Gallucci - RTA of Northeast Illinois - An update on the RTA's capital planning process and discussion of how life cycle costing is used in the prioritization of projects. |
| 12:00 - 1:30 EDT | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:00 EDT | Transit 101/201 Brett Jones of the Tri Cities Community College will brief members on the partnership TFLEx has begun to provide content for Transit 101 on the TFLEx web site. |
| 2:00 - 2:30 EDT | Update on the TFLEx IT Survey Results of the IT survey submitted by members prior to the workshop will be shared. |
| 2:30 - 4:45 EDT | Needs & Leads (time for break included) Facilitated discussion of learning & development needs and business practices that others can emulate. |
| 4:45 - 5:00 EDT | Wrap-up Day One Irene DeMers, DART |
| Day Two - Friday April 30, 2010 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 EDT | Registration and Continental Breakfast Joe Costello - T-FLEx Leadership Committee/CFO - RTA of Northeast |
| 9:15 - 10:15 EDT | Economic Update (Webcast) What is the current view of the short and long term state of the U.S. economy? |
| 10:30 - 11:15 EDT | Partnering with the FTA to improve the NTD (Webcast) Grace Gallucci - RTA of Northeast Illinois - Preview of a presentation Grace will be giving during the APTA Bus Operations Conference, discussing TFLEx working with the FTA in improving the ability of the industry to generate their annual NTD data. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 EDT | How are Societal Changes Leading to Changes in Transportation Howard Maxer - Northeast Ohio Area-wide Coordinating Agency Policy Board (Cleveland MPO) (Invited) - How does high unemployment lead to lower ridership? Is transit losing discretionary riders? Is telecommuting and car-pooling changing how people ride? Tech - We have to become more customer oriented technologically - where's my bus, etc. What kinds of programs/incentives being used to build ridership, location specific advertising, fare collection. |
| 12:00 - 1:30 EDT | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:45 EDT | Business Meeting Please note that attendance at the business meeting is a must for at least one representative of member agencies. Representatives must be authorized to speak for their agency during the meeting. Meeting Agenda:
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| 3:45 - 4:00 EDT | Overall Workshop Evaluation |
The hotel information is:
Embassy Suites Cleveland - Beachwood
3775 Park East Drive
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
[link]
Phone Number: 1-216-765-8066
Room rate: $109 per night
Group Name: TFLEx
Group Code: TFL
The sessions will be held at:
Corporate College East
4400 Richmond Road
Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
A shuttle will be available to transport attendees from the hotel to the corporate college in the morning and afternoon.
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