AECOM at APTA Mobility 2024
Join us at APTA Mobility 2024
APTA Mobility is a great forum that addresses critical priorities and challenges facing bus and paratransit systems and explores the changing environment in which systems operate in today's mobility landscape. AECOM is excited to attend and participate and looks forward to connecting and collaborating with transit agency partners on delivering the future of mobility.
APTA Mobility Program: Mobility Conference Program
Celebrating Lynn Feng,
Graduate of APTA's Emerging Leaders Class of 2024
AECOM is proud to celebrate Lynn Feng, a Los Angeles based Transportation Planning Manager, as she graduates and presents her Capstone Project for the APTA Emerging Leaders Program. At AECOM nearly 8 years, Lynn has been a key leader in our Los Angeles planning department as well as our National Transportation Decarbonization team. Lynn has demonstrated her leadership on complex projects across the Southern California region and also delivered emerging and innovative projects supporting how many agencies are shifting to zero-emissions vehicles and infrastructure. We are excited to support Lynn and the her continued success in the transit industry.
AECOM is excited to have the opportunity participate in several conversations as part of the APTA Mobility Program. Below is a list of panels members of the AECOM team will be participating in and a brief introduction to the AECOM representative.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Workshop – Roses are Red and Bus Lanes Are Too: BRT from Plan to Action – Milwaukee BRT
Tuesday 4/30/24 10:00 am – 11:30 am PDT
A107-A109, 1st Floor Oregon Convention Center
Michael Schneider, BRT Project Manager/Transportation Engineer
Description: As part of this half-day workshop focused on BRT, you’ll hear about the planning behind newly-launched BRT projects, how to think differently about what BRT can do in your community, and agency strategies to implement bus lane projects that improve speed and reliability while ensuring safety.
Operating and Maintaining Your Charging Infrastructure
Tuesday, 4/30/24 10:45 am – 11:45 am PDT
C124, 1st Floor Oregon Convention Center
Chelsey Waterman, Senior Planning Manager, Transit/Rail
Description: Infrastructure is just as critical to successful battery bus deployments as the vehicles. This interactive session will feature two different agency approaches on maintaining charging infrastructure including how to structure contracts and measure performance. You will then be invited share your own experience and lessons learned.
Battery Electric Bus Safety: Prevention and Management of Bus Fires through Facility Design and Hazard Analysis
Tuesday, 4/30/24 1:30 – 2:30 pm PDT
C120-122, 1st Floor Oregon Convention Center
Jewels Carter, Vice President, National Zero Emission Facility Lead
Description: Join us for this important session to discuss Battery Electric (BEB) fires, including prevention and management. One speaker will discuss the importance of facility design, including research that has been conducted with NJ Transit. Another business member will dicuss results of a recent hazard analysis conducted for a transit agency, and how these findings will be incorporated into the agency's SOPs and facility designs. A final speaker will discuss types of batteries used in BEB buses.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses: A Roadmap from Procurement to Revenue Service
Tuesday, 4/30/24 3:30 – 4:30 pm PDT
B117-B119, 2nd Floor Oregon Convention Center
Cole Pouliot, Fleet Decarbonization Lead
Description: Transit agency leadership with hydrogen fuel cell bus fleets planned or in operation will share their experiences, challenges, and accomplishments - from their early visions and planning through placing their first fuel cell bus on the road, and beyond. This cross-section of leaders will discuss what they wish they’d known when they started, what they continue to learn and adjust for, and will expand on the reasons they are pursuing the hydrogen fuel cell bus pathway.
Come say hello to our AECOM team, below are a list of AECOM attendees and their Linkedin contact information.
Andrew Bui – SVP, Global Bus & Zero Emissions Lead | LinkedIn
Jewels Carter – Vice President, National Zero Emission Facility Lead | LinkedIn
Angela (Angie) Christo – Project Manager V, Traffic/ITS/Technology | LinkedIn
William (Bill) Crowley- AVP, BRT Technical Lead | LinkedIn
Lynn Feng - (29) Lynn Feng | LinkedIn
Patrick Gough – Transportation Planning & ZE Project Manager | LinkedIn
Jarl Jacobson – Civil Manager, PE | LinkedIn
Brad Kwaterski – Transit Project Manager, Civil Engineering V | LinkedIn
Jihad Maksad - Project Manager | LinkedIn
Annie Merritt – Sr. Project Manager, Transit/Rail | LinkedIn
Jason Phillips – VP, Transit/Rail Project Management Director | LinkedIn
Gavin Poindexter – AVP, New Starts and Small Starts/Federal Funding | LinkedIn
Cole Pouliot – Fleet Decarbonization Lead | LinkedIn
Michael Schneider – BRT Project Manager/Transportation Engineer | LinkedIn
Steve Schupak – VP, National ZE Transit Vehicle Lead | LinkedIn
Stephen (Steve) Sheerer - Civil Supervisor, BRT Technical Lead | LinkedIn
Eric Stroud – Transit/Rail Engineer III | LinkedIn
Chelsey Waterman – Senior Planning Manager, Transit/Rail | LinkedIn
Transportation Decarbonization Brochure
High-Speed Rail Brochure
Bus Rapid Transit Brochure
