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TCRP Announces New Ambassadors, Webinars
The Transit Cooperative Research Program has announced the following members of its 2018-2020 class of TCRP Ambassadors:
* Rhonda Allen, director of executive strategy, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority;
* Genevieve Bajwa, corporate and community relations liaison, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Margate, FL;
* Christy Haven, senior project manager, HNTB, Gainesville, FL;
* Jerome Horne, special transit project coordinator, IndyGo, Indianapolis;
* Jennifer McGrath, strategic planner III, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City;
* Joshua Munoz, staff consultant, mechanical, LTK Engineering Services, Ambler, PA;
* Beverly Neff, senior transportation planner, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System;
* Rachel Pallister, grants and contracts officer, Idaho Transportation Department, Boise, ID;
* Lisa Vickery, transportation superintendent, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, CA;
* Cyrenthia Ward, community planner, FTA, New York City; and
* Jake Warr, Columbia Gorge Express manager, Oregon DOT, Portland, OR.
These 11 industry professionals will travel to various parts of the country to enhance the understanding and use of TCRP-sponsored research products. Each ambassador is expected to volunteer for at least two public transportation venues a year.
The TCRP Ambassador Program is a joint effort among APTA, the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), FTA and TCRP, managed by COMTO. For more information, contact COMTO.
TCRP has also released the following reports:
* Draft Report 202: Handbook for Examining the Effects of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Brokerages on Transportation Coordination;
* Draft Report 201: Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation;
* Draft Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources;
* Final Report 197: Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency;
* Final Report 195: Broadening Understanding of the Interplay Among Public Transit, Shared Mobility and Personal Automobiles; and
* Final Report 193: Tools and Strategies for Eliminating Assaults Against Transit Operators.
TCRP also announced three upcoming 90-minute webinars, all free and beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Register at the links below:
Aug. 14, Webinar on Legal Digest 50: Emergency Preparedness Against Infectious Diseases on Public Transit;
Sept. 13, Webinar on TCRP D-17: Detecting and Mitigating Low-Level DC Leakage and Fault Currents in Transit Systems; and
Oct. 2, Webinar on TCRP Web-Only Document 71: A Transit Agency Guide to Evaluating Secondary Train Detection/Protection Systems in Communications-Based Train Control Systems.
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