2018 Streetcar Summit Westin New Orleans – Canal Place All Sessions in the Grand Ballroom Sunday, April 15, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 pm The Next Generation: Conversations between students from local universities and experts in the field 5:00 – 7:00 pm Reception at the Hotel Monday, April 16, 2018 8:00 – 9:00 am Registration, Check in and Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 am Welcome and brief updates on projects DJ Baxter, SOJ, Chair Community Streetcar Coalition Board 10:00 – 10:30 am Legislative Update Jeff Boothe, Executive Director, Community Streetcar Coalition 10:30 – 10:45 am Break 10:45 – 12:00 pm Evolving Technology – Off-Wire Vehicles and Autonomous Streetcars Moderator: Barbara Schroeder, Alstom Transport Curtis Ailes, City of Seattle Jim Barbaresso, HNTB Mark Dorn, AECOM 12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 – 3:00 pm Evolving Role of Streetcars in Urban Transit Systems Moderator: Ethan Melone, Parsons Robin Aredondo-Savage, Vice Mayor, City of Tempe, AZ Jeff Boothe, Boothe Transit Consulting Tom Gerend, Kansas City Streetcar Authority Keith Jones, RATP Dev America, Washington DC Streetcar Luis Mota, Valley Metro 3:00 – 4:15 pm Planning for the next 10-100 years: Stories from the Veterans Moderator: Jeff Boothe, Community Streetcar Coalition Dan Bower, Executive Director, Portland Streetcar, Inc. Chris Eilerman, City of Seattle Adelee Le Grand, Transdev, New Orleans 4:15 – 4:45 pm Statistics Tracked – what do we choose and why? DJ Baxter, SOJ, Chair Community Streetcar Coalition Board 4:45 – 5:15 pm Opening 2018! – Special look at the new systems opening this year Oklahoma City Streetcar – Kharlie Barnaby, General Manager, Oklahoma City Streetcar & Rick Gustafson, Shiels Obletz Johnsen The Hop – Milwaukee, WI – Ghassan Korban, City of Milwaukee 5:30 – 7:00 pm Reception Hosted by Transdev Tuesday, April 17, 2018 8:00 – 8:45 am Breakfast 8:45 – 9:45 am Community Streetcar Coalition Business Meeting & Update on Communications Jeff Boothe, Executive Director, Community Streetcar Coalition DJ Baxter, SOJ, Chair Community Streetcar Coalition Board 9:45 – 10:00 am Break 10:00 – 11:15 am Lessons Learned from Construction to Startup Moderator: David Vozzolo, HDR Andy Auxier, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. Rick Gustafson, Shiels Obletz Johnsen Norman Jester, Herzog Transit Services, Inc. 11:15 – 12:30 pm Congestion Control – How do we keep streetcars moving safely? Moderator: Ashley Booth, HNTB Dan Bower, Portland Streetcar, Inc. Chris Eilerman, City of Seattle Tom Gerend, Kansas City Streetcar Authority 12:30– 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 – 4:00 pm Tours (Please RSVP to Julie Gustafson no later than lunch on Monday): Option 1: Guided tour of New Orleans Streetcar Facility with APTA Option 2: Self-Guided Tour of New Orleans Streetcar System .