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MORE FROM THE 2011 APTA RAIL CONFERENCE |
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Scenes from the 2011 Rail Conference |
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Chatting at the Sunday night Opening Reception are, from left, Selene Faer Dalton-Kumins, deputy director, FTA Office of Civil Rights; APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon; APTA Vice Chair Gary C. Thomas; FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff; and Jeffrey B. Mullan, secretary and chief executive officer, massDOT. |
Speakers at the APTA Rail Conference included, from left: Jerome C. Premo, representing AECOM, which sponsored the Opening General Session; Yoshio Ishida, East Japan Railway Company; APTA President William Millar; FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff; Justin Augustine III, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, inviting guests to the 2011 APTA Annual Meeting and EXPO in October; FRA Administrator Joseph C. Szabo; MBTA General manager and Rail and Transit Administrator Richard A. Davey; Jeffrey B. Mullan, secretary and chief executive officer, massDOT; and APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon. APTA invites its members to upload photos of the EXPO Rally Towel, like the one Augustine is holding, to its Facebook page; contest winners will receive a free trip to EXPO 2011 and a complimentary registration to the APTA Annual Meeting. |
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APTA President William Millar and Yoshio Ishida, vice chairman of East Japan Railway Company (JREast), celebrate the signing of an agreement between the two organizations under which a JREast employee will be “seconded”—transferred temporarily from one duty station to another—to APTA for a year. |
Photo by Susan R. Paisner
James Graebner of Lomarado Group, right, chair of the APTA Streetcar Subcommittee, receives a gift recognizing his 50 years of contributions to the public transportation industry from Thomas Hickey of Parsons Brinckerhoff, subcommittee vice chair. |
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Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray speaks about the success of rail in his state and throughout New England at the General Luncheon on June 13. |
A jam-packed audience attends the June 13 High-Speed Rail Update session. |
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Plaques for the winners await their presentation during the APTA International Rail Rodeo Banquet. |
Possibly the youngest guest in attendance at the rodeo banquet. |
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There were 200 exhibitors and 60 booths displaying their products and services at the Product Showcase. |
MBTA Chief Operating Officer John Lewis, left, chats with an exhibitor during the showcase. | |
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