Public transportation planners and schedulers will benefit by participating in the 2012 APTA Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop, July 30-Aug. 1 at the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD. The Maryland Transit Administration is hosting this year’s workshop, which provides information-sharing opportunities for both established professionals and individuals new to the field.

Topics to be addressed include looking for efficiencies; broadening relationships among planners from various jurisdictions; innovative operations scheduling concepts; facilities planning; innovations in vehicles, service planning, and scheduling; and transportation planning for special events and natural disasters.

More information about the workshop is available at the APTA web site.