The Partnership for Mobility Management, which includes APTA, recently held its first official Mobility Management Conference in conjunction with the Community Transportation Association of America’s EXPO in Indianapolis, IN. More than 300 people attended.

The two-day conference presented innovative and effective programs in the mobility management field. It also helped mobility managers make connections with their colleagues and learn about resources that could support their efforts to coordinate with human services programs and public transportation.

The opening plenary session, “Mobility Management Goals: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed,” focused on how mobility management practices have affected different types of communities, from densely populated cities to rural areas. Other topics included diversification and sustainability, non-emergency medical transportation, and brokerages and statewide leadership perspectives.

During the closing session, mobility management professionals described their visions of the future in terms of professional development and training, events, resources, and peer interaction.

APTA will host next year’s Mobility Management Conference in Long Beach, CA, concurrently with the 2012 Bus and Paratransit Conference. Program development is underway, based on feedback from the 2011 conference. APTA’s Mobility Management Committee—chaired by Ron Barnes, national business development manager, public transportation, Total Transit—also will play a major role in planning next year’s conference.

The partnership is a joint effort of national organizations that work with national, local, state, and regional leaders and organizations to realize the possibilities of improving transportation options for all Americans wherever they live, and to assist those especially in need of alternative transportation options.  APTA is one of eight founding partners in the organization.

Photo courtesy of CTAA FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff addresses the recent conference of the Partnership for Mobility Management.