March 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
America/Los Angeles Timezone
2021-03-24T10:00:00-07:00
2021-03-24T11:30:00-07:00
Where:
Online
We invite you to join us at our virtual panel event on Wednesday, March 24th, at 1 pm EST.
Please RSVP here and please feel free to share the invite with your networks.
Hosted by our Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley, this2-part panel event dives deep into the issues facing public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlined in Gurley’s article here.
With keynote address by Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-4), we’ve invited top public transportation professionals from across the country to define the crisis and to discuss visions for the post-COVID future.
Panelists include:
India Birdsong, General Manager, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Barb Cline, Executive Director, Prairie Hills Transit, Spearfish, South Dakota
Julie Kirschbaum, General Manager, Director, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Dr. Beverly Scott, Consultant/CEO, Beverly Scott Associates; Founder, Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc., Former General Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and CEO, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit Seattle, former US Department of Transportation Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy 2014-2015; Federal Transit Administrator, 2009-2014.
Jarred Johnson, Executive Director, Transit Matters, Boston
John Costa, International President, Amalgamated Transit Union
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you there!
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