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National Transit Renewal Summit Slated for Friday, Aug. 27, 11:00 AM (ET); Please Register

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will hold a National Transit Renewal Summit as the culminating event of the FTA's series of listening sessions to promote best practices to improve ridership on transit systems across the nation. Over 45 speakers from transit agencies, industry partners and advocacy organizations joined more than 2,300 participants as part of the national conversation about what is working to increase ridership during the FTA's America’s Open and Transit's Open campaign across America this summer. 

The National Transit Renewal Summit will showcase the "best of the best" from the three listening sessions with a moderated discussion among transit leaders in a "lightning roundtable" format. FTA will present a curated collection of best practices, resources and tools transit agencies can use to increase ridership while continuing to protect worker and rider safety, particularly important during this stage of the pandemic. The presentations, recordings and related materials from the three listening sessions are available on FTA's website.

Media are invited to register for the National Transit Renewal Summit, scheduled for this Friday. Here are the details:

WHAT: FTA "America's Open, Transit's Open" National Transit Renewal Summit
WHEN: Friday, August 27th, 2021 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Virtual via Zoom. Please register here.
WHO:

• FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez (introduction and concluding remarks) 
• Alex Wiggins, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
• Eulois Cleckley, Miami-Dade Transit
• Robbie Makinen, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA)
• Sharon Cooney, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
• Paul Wiedefeld, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
• Kendra McGeady, Pelivan Transit
• Chris Van Eyken, TransitCenter 
• Harriett Tregoning, New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO)
• Zabe Bent, National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)
• Joi Chaney, National Urban League
• Tanya Adams, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
• Paul Skoutelas, American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
• John Costa, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
• Jim Tymon, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• Scott Bogren, Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)

To learn more, please visit : https://www.transit.dot.gov/transitisopen#NTRS and register for the National Transit Renewal Summit, a culmination of the three listening sessions to be held on Friday, August 27 at 11:00 a.m. 

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