Public Transportation - 3rd Annual Regional Transit Roundtable Presentations

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On May 20th 2010 in Fort Walton Beach, the Florida-Alabama, Okaloosa-Walton, and Bay County Transportation Planning Organizations (TPO) hosted the 3rd Annual Northwest Florida Regional Transit Roundtable. The 2010 theme was: "Sustainable Transportation and Economic Growth - Public Transit Regionally looking forward and moving onward".

Purpose:

The purpose of this Annual Public Transportation Technical Workshop was to bring together transit stakeholders in an effort to gather input and provide informational tools for promoting public transit's sustainable transportation and economic development benefits withing the Northwest Florida Region.

A few of the Special Guests and Speakers that attended include:

Matt Gaetz, Florida State House of Representatives, District 4

Ron Garrison, Executive Director of Star Metro Transit

Rob Gregg, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South FL.

Kelly Roberston, APR, Principal at BowStern Marketing Communications

Diane Quigley, Florida Department of Transportation Central Office

Thomas Crumpton, Regional Account Manager, Zonar Systems

Scott Costantini, Digital Recorders Inc.

Transit Planning Network (TPN) Website - Link to Roundtable Powerpoint Presentations

May 20, 2010 - Transit Roundtable Program Agenda (Adobe PDF File)