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APTA Holds First Rail Infrastructure Maintenance Summit
More than 25 public transportation professionals participated in APTA’s first Rail Infrastructure Maintenance Summit at its offices in Washington, DC, Feb. 6 -7.
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Acting President & CEO Richard White and Acting Vice President-Member Services Randy Clarke welcomed attendees to APTA’s first Rail Maintenance Infrastructure Summit and joined in discussions of critical challenges.
| The goal of the inaugural summit was to bring together experts to discuss critical issues facing rail transit system operators and maintainers, share best practices and reaffirm priorities for standards, research and analysis. Attendees included chief engineers, assistant general managers, chief operating officers and directors of infrastructure.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Assistant Chief Engineer Andy Off and Laura Mason, director, WMATA’s SafeTrack program, spoke about the initiative’s challenges.
FTA National Transit Database Program Manager John Giorgis updated the group on guidance for developing a Transit Asset Management plan. In a peer briefing, Erick Stoothoff, deputy chief operating officer, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, shared insights into infrastructure resiliency issues at his agency.
Several roundtable discussions focused on timely issues facing rail agencies, including tunnel ventilation, stray current corrosion and mitigation, maintenance scheduling, challenges of “Buy America” products and maintenance workforce development.
APTA is developing the next forum with international transit systems to be held June 10 as part of the annual Rail Conference, similar to Maintenance Monday and BRT Tuesday at the Bus Conference.
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Industry experts shared insights and best practices in a two-day gathering at APTA offices to explore the complex issues related to rail maintenance infrastructure.
Photos by Mitchell Wood
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