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APTA And UIC To Host RegioNnal Seminars On High-Speed Rail
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 29, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Mantill Williams
202-496-4869
williams@apta.com
Virginia Miller
202-496-4816
vmiller@apta.com
APTA AND UIC TO HOST REGIONAL SEMINARS ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the International Union of Railways (Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer, or UIC) announced they will host three regional seminars in early 2010. The goal of these seminars is to provide U.S. decision makers the information necessary to implement high-speed rail.
The seminars, titled "International Practicum on Implementing High-Speed Rail in the United States," will be held on February 8-9 in Washington, DC; February 9-11 in Chicago, IL; and February 11-13 in Los Angeles, CA. The programs will feature practitioners from high-speed rail systems around the world and will focus on best practices and lessons learned from European and Asian systems. The curriculum will be tailored to the different issues in each city.
The seminars are designed for local decision makers and practitioners, including executive and senior transportation managers, strategy experts, chief engineers, economists and stakeholder organizations who must understand the issues that they will face as their regions develop high-speed rail.
This is the first set of seminars developed under a new partnership between APTA and the UIC. The two groups will now be able to engage in extensive information sharing that can cover the various technical, marketing, finance and management aspects of high-speed rail systems.
APTA is the legacy organization of the former High Speed Ground Transportation Association, which, in 2007 integrated its members and assets into the APTA structure and now functions through the constituent high speed and intercity rail committee.
More details will be coming soon at www.apta.com.
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit international association of over 1,500 public and private member organizations, including transit systems and high-speed, intercity and commuter rail operators; planning, design, construction, and finance firms; product and service providers; academic institutions; transit associations and state departments of transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing safe, efficient and economical transit services and products. More than 90 percent of the people using public transportation in the United States and Canada are served by APTA member systems.
Contact:
Mantill Williams
202-496-4869
williams@apta.com
Virginia Miller
202-496-4816
vmiller@apta.com
APTA AND UIC TO HOST REGIONAL SEMINARS ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the International Union of Railways (Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer, or UIC) announced they will host three regional seminars in early 2010. The goal of these seminars is to provide U.S. decision makers the information necessary to implement high-speed rail.
The seminars, titled "International Practicum on Implementing High-Speed Rail in the United States," will be held on February 8-9 in Washington, DC; February 9-11 in Chicago, IL; and February 11-13 in Los Angeles, CA. The programs will feature practitioners from high-speed rail systems around the world and will focus on best practices and lessons learned from European and Asian systems. The curriculum will be tailored to the different issues in each city.
The seminars are designed for local decision makers and practitioners, including executive and senior transportation managers, strategy experts, chief engineers, economists and stakeholder organizations who must understand the issues that they will face as their regions develop high-speed rail.
This is the first set of seminars developed under a new partnership between APTA and the UIC. The two groups will now be able to engage in extensive information sharing that can cover the various technical, marketing, finance and management aspects of high-speed rail systems.
APTA is the legacy organization of the former High Speed Ground Transportation Association, which, in 2007 integrated its members and assets into the APTA structure and now functions through the constituent high speed and intercity rail committee.
More details will be coming soon at www.apta.com.
# # #
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit international association of over 1,500 public and private member organizations, including transit systems and high-speed, intercity and commuter rail operators; planning, design, construction, and finance firms; product and service providers; academic institutions; transit associations and state departments of transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing safe, efficient and economical transit services and products. More than 90 percent of the people using public transportation in the United States and Canada are served by APTA member systems.
Virginia Miller
Senior Manager-Media Relations
American Public Transportation Association
Washington, DC
202-496-4816
