January 5, 2009
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ITSP Seeks Team Leader for Fall Study Mission
The International Transit Studies Program (ITSP) is seeking nominations by Jan. 23 for a team leader for its fall 2009 study mission, which will focus on managing increasing ridership demand in South America. Participants in the study mission will meet with transit operators and agencies in several cities in South America that have successfully managed sudden and significant increases in ridership demand.
Rising fuel prices, a weakening economy, and growing concerns about global climate change have pushed transit ridership numbers to record levels in the United States. However, this increase in ridership has come as transit agencies are coping with declining revenues and increasing fuel costs, which severely strain their operations and services.
The team leader must be an experienced, highly motivated general manager at a U.S. transit agency and should have a background in, and extensive knowledge of, managing increasing ridership demand. The role of the team leader is threefold:
• To serve as the official spokesperson for the team and the U.S. transit industry during the two-week mission;
• To serve as a mentor to the team members, helping them understand what they see and hear and how it relates to, or might have application to, U.S. practice; and
• To assign report topics to the team members and serve as a resource during the preparation of the reports.
The ITSP covers all travel expenses for the team leader.
Application instructions and eligibility information are available online at www.tcrpstudymissions.com or from Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, ITSP program manager, at (410) 770-9192 or khh@tcrpstudymissions.com.
ITSP is sponsored by the Transit Cooperative Research Program and funded by the Federal Transit Administration. More than 400 transit managers in urban and rural communities throughout the U.S. have participated in the program since its inception in 1994.
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