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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.

Meet with AECOM at our Social Hour Event.

The Metropolitan

1021 NE Grand Ave | Suite 600 | Portland, OR | 5:30pm—7pm

AECOM is excited for the opportunity to connect with you at the upcoming APTA Mobility Conference in Portland! We’re inviting our clients and colleagues to join us following Monday’s sessions from 5:30 – 7:00 pm for a Social Hour, just a short walk from the Convention Center at the Metropolitan, 1021 NE Grand Avenue, Suite 600, Portland. Join us to learn about AECOM’s recent initiatives, network with our subject matter experts in mobility, and hear about our industry-leading efforts in transit decarbonization.

We would be delighted if you could join us and, if possible, kindly ask that you RSVP here. If any other members of your organization or colleagues you would recommend we invite, please let us know.

Please feel free to attend our social hour if your employer’s rules and regulations allow you to accept the food and beverages provided by AECOM. If your rules and regulations require you to pay for or contribute toward the cost of the food and beverages that you consume, we will accept your contribution, as well as provide you with an itemized receipt upon your request.

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.

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AECOM Panels Discussions

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

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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

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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.

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