GIS in Public Transportation Conference
September 13-15, 2011 - St Petersburg, Florida
Sponsored by URISA and the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR)
URISA and the University of South Florida’s National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) were pleased to present the 2011 GIS in Public Transportation Conference at the Hilton Bayfront in St. Petersburg, Florida, September 13-15, 2011.
Conference Highlights Press Release
Conference Objectives
The conference helps transportation professionals for all areas within public and private transportation by:
- Providing professional development opportunities
- Facilitating the sharing resources and industry information
- Enabling peer-to-peer networking
- Engage and learn about new vendor technologies
Conference Committee
Conference Chair
Martin Catala, GIS Manager, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Southern Florida - Tampa, FL
Co-Chair
Amber Reep, Center for Urban Transit Research - Tampa, FL
- Brian Bollas, GISP, Parsons Brinkerhoff - Tampa, FL
- Elizabeth Donahue, Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago, IL
- Greg Ferrara, North Carolina State University- Raleigh, NC
- Larry Harman, GeoGraphics Laboratory - Bridgewater, MA
- Dennis Hinebaugh, National Center for Transit Research - Tampa, FL
- Allen Ibaugh, GISP, Data Transfer Solutions - Orlando, FL
- Anurag Mehta, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Washington, DC
- Glenn Newman, New Jersey Transit - Newark, NJ
- Will Walter, GISP, PBS&J - Tampa, FL
- Kirk Weaver, PMP, GISP, Michael Baker Jr. - Hamilton, NJ
- Ed Wells, GISP, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Washington, DC
Conference Sponsors
The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) is located at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida. NCTR strives to make public transportation and alternative forms of transportation, including managed lanes, safe, effective, efficient, desirable, and secure. The goals of NCTR are: to minimize traffic congestion, maximize mobility options, promote safety and security, improve the environment, and enhance community sustainability. This will be accomplished by conducting applied and advanced research, energetically disseminating the results, and expanding the workforce of transportation professionals through education and training to address the challenges and opportunities of the future. The National Transit GIS Conference is one of the many efforts by NCTR to forward its goals. For more about NCTR please visit: www.nctr.usf.edu
About the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association - URISA is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems. It is a multidisciplinary association where professionals from all parts of the spatial data community can come together and share concerns and ideas. Since 1963, URISA has been the professional home of choice for Public Sector GIS and IT Executives throughout the United States, Canada and other countries worldwide.
Conference History:
2011 GIS in Public Transportation Conference
September 13-15, 2011
St Petersburg, Florida
- Conference Program, click here.
2009 GIS in Public Transit Conference
November 10-12, 2009
St Petersburg, Florida
- Conference Program:click here.
- To review the Conference Proceedings from the 2009 GIS in Transit Conference, click here.
