Bus Rapid Transit Conference
Seattle, Washington
May 4 - 6, 2009 

The Fourth Bus Rapid Transit Conference, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board and the American Public Transportation Association, will be in Seattle, Washington, May 4-6, 2009.  The conference is coordinated with the APTA Bus and Paratransit Conference, May 1-6, 2009.

Five special technical tours include the Community Transit BRT Line, South Base Operations and Vehicle Maintenance Facility, Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, Transit Communications and Control Center, and the ACCESS Control Center.  BRT vehicles and equipment will also be on display.

In eleven sessions important topics to be discussed are:

• BRT in the Pacific Northwest
• BRT Standards Project
• Accessible BRT
• BRT and the New Starts/Small Starts Program
• Fitting BRT to Small and Medium Systems
• BRT “Down Under”  
• BRT Enabling Technologies
• The Right Vehicle for BRT
• Partnership Strategies Help Transit Move Forward
• BRT Land Use, and Ridership
• BRT: What in the World

Questions? Please contact Pete Shaw, TRB or Lurae Stuart, APTA