March 5th, 2018 12:17pm until March 7th, 2018 at 12:17pm | Denver, CO
EXPO 2018!
Where:
Denver, CO - March 5-7, 2018Conference and EXPO: Denver Convention Center - 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
Host Hotel & Wednesday Training: Hilton Garden Inn, 1400 Welton St, Denver, CO 80202
Missing this opportunity would be unBEARable
Sponsors:
SWTA Has Great Prospects for Your Company!
If you are interested in sponsoring an event or a special project, see below for open opportunities. You will NOT register for a booth if you are a sponsor. We will create a special link for you that matches your sponsorship and many options include your booth and personnel costs.
EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (from $2K - $7K and include your booth) SEMI-EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES (from $100 - $1000)
Contact Kristen Joyner for details - kjoyner@swta.org, 615.390.6863
Exhibitors:
We are sold out! To be put on wait list contact Kristen Joyner - kjoyner@swta.org, 615.390.6863
Register Early! Our show is first-come-first-serve for best spots in the room. We are one of the most affordable shows in the region: - 10’ x 10’ Booth ($750 members/$1500 non-members) - 20’ x 10’ Booth ($1500 members/$3000 non-members) - Indoor Vehicle Only ($750 members/$1500 non-members)
Hotel for Denver:
Hooray!! We have a new hotel for sleeping rooms, right next door (469 feet, to be exact) to the host hotel, Hilton Garden Inn, 1400 Welton St, Denver, CO 80202.
Please use the links below to set up your stay in Denver. Both hotels are $180 per night, the government rate.
Bullfeathers: 2018 SWTA Legislator of the Year Award
March 20th, 2018 3:23pm | Bullfeathers Restaurant of Capitol Hill
The South West Transit Association
Cordially invites you to its
Annual Legislative Breakfast and Presentation of the 2018 SWTA Legislator of the Year Award 7:30 a.m. Tuesday March 20, 2018
Bullfeathers Restaurant of Capitol Hill
410 First Street, S.E.
Washington D.C.
Please RSVP by March 13, 2018
kjoyner@swta.org
subject line: Bullfeathers Breakfast
Staff members involved with transportation issues are encouraged to attend.
The SWTA Legislator of the Year award is bestowed upon a member of the House of Representatives or the Senate who has significantly advanced the interests of public transportation in the previous year. The South West Transit Association is a regional public transportation association that represents the interests of transit agencies and related organizations in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
You’ve started your travel training program—now what? Growing and expanding your travel training program to get it off the ground is often the most challenging part of implementing a new program. Join us to learn more about innovative best practices that will help grow your travel training program past the infancy stage, including:
Marketing and outreach techniques to get the word out to the community at large about the program
Garnering interest in travel training through the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) certification process
Leveraging existing staff to complete multiple tasks within the travel training program, including marketing, outreach, accessibility audits, and path of travel assessments
Many thanks to the Professionals at MTM & Ride Right for providing this information for the SWTA Members.
Ashley Hinton
Ashley Wright
Kim Perez
Robyn Bernardy
Sean Powers
NRTAP Disaster Preparedness Peer Call Series: Recovery and Lessons Learned
March 28th, 2018 5:37pm
REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
Operationalizing your disaster plan policies. What worked? What needs to change? What do you know now that you wish you had known before? What do you need to know that will speed your recovery? Hear from Transit Peers on how to and what to expect. They have been through it and stayed in business to tell about it.
Speakers:
Joel Gardner, Executive Director, Ozark Transit, Springdale, AR Gail Lyssy, Deputy Administrator, FTA Region 6, Fort Worth, TX Debbie Collins, Director Public Transportation Division, NCDOT, Charlotte, NC Kevin Coggin, Executive Director, Coast Transit Authority, Gulfport, MS