American Public Transportation Association 2019 TRANSform Conference

New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway New York, NY 10036

Agenda

Streetcar Subcommittee

Sunday October 13, 2019 11:30am to 1:00pm Room: Salons 1-2, 5th Floor, New York Marriott Marquis

Timothy R. Borchers Chair Eric Sitiko Vice Chair James D. Schantz Secretary

MISSION STATEMENT The APTA Streetcar Subcommittee promotes streetcar services in urban centers and the exchange of information among individuals or organizations promoting, planning, funding, designing, building, operating, and maintaining such services. This is done by organizing forums for the dissemination of best practices and the experience of practitioners; by assisting in the development of appropriate safety and technical standards and by providing guidance to regulators in setting sensible and reasonable regulatory measures.

Agenda

1. Welcome Tim Borchers 11:30 am Welcome from our lunch sponsor Norm Jester

2. Meeting minutes from Toronto, ON Jim Schantz

3. Old Business/ New Business Tim Borchers • FY19/20 Work Plan Jim Schantz

4. Presentations • Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) - Planning Update Christopher Hrones 11:40 am Director of Strategic Transit Initiatives New York City Department of Transportation

5. Round Table Discussion • Panel Topic: Current state of the streetcar industry and where it’s headed from an agency perspective 12:05 pm Panelists: Scott Smith, CEO, , Phoenix Arizona Tom Gerend, Executive Director, KC Streetcar Authority, City, Third Panelist- TBD

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6. Updates 12:45 pm • Technical Forum Tom Furmaniak • Web Site Update Jim Schantz • Suggested topics for 2020 Streetcar Summit- Milwaukee, WI April 26-28, 2020 All • Election Results Marie Benton

7. Discussion All

8. Other Business/Q&A Eric Sitiko

9. Next meeting: Community Streetcar Coalition – Streetcar Summit April 26-28, 2020 Milwaukee, WI.

APTA Rail Conference June 14-17, 2020 San Francisco, CA

Lunch sponsored by

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