Main Navigation:


  • Home
  • Seminars
  • The Seventh Annual Statewide Transportation Curriculum and Research Needs Conference


The Seventh Annual Statewide Transportation Curriculum and Research Needs Conference

Agenda

Statewide Needs PDF April 16, 2009

  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration
      James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center Staff
  • 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Welcome
      Mr. Lamar Tisdale
    Technology Transfer and Training Coordinator
    Greetings/Introduction
      Dr. Reinhardt Brown, Interim Executive Director
    James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center
    Opening Remarks
      Mr. Myers Rollins, General Manager / CEO
    Coast Regional Transit Authority
    Mr. Michael Chestnut, Councilman
    Myrtle Beach City Council
    Mr. Jack Walker, Planning Director
    City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
    Mr. Glennith Johnson, Deputy Secretary for Mass Transit
    South Carolina Department of Transportation
    OPENING SPEAKER (Introduction of Speaker – Dr. Reinhardt Brown)
      DR. YVETTE TAYLOR, Regional Administrator for Region IV
    Federal Transit Administration Regional Office
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING TRANSIT AGENCIES, AND TRANSIT NEEDS RELEVANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA’S TRANSIT PROVIDERS
    (Session Moderator – Derrick Green)
      Mr. David Burgess, Transit Planner
    South Carolina Department of Transportation
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM LUNCH (On Your Own)
  • 1:30 PM CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF TRANSIT OPERATIONS- AN OUTLOOK AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN RECOVERY &RE-INVESTMENT FUNDS
    (Session Moderator – Lavern Glover)
      Ms. Ann August, Executive Director
    Santee Rural Transit Authority
    Mr. Howard Chapman, Executive Director
    Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
    Mr. Al Babinicz, Executive Director
    Clemson Area Transit
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM BREAK TIME
  • 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM DISADVANTAGE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (DBE)
    (Session Moderator – Catherine Summers)
      Mr. Bruce Watts, DBE Program Director
    Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon


April 17, 2009

  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center Staff
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM DEVELOPING, PROMOTING AND EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES (Session Moderator – Larrie B. Butler)
      Mr. Dan Burden, Principal and Senior Urban Designer
    Glatting Jackson and Kercher Anglin
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM A REAL TIME GIS/HYDROLOGY FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM FOR FIRST TIME RESPONDERS IN RURAL AREAS (Session Moderator – Maria Hubbard)
      Dr. Tom Whitney, Principal Investigator
    South Carolina State University
    Mr. Otukile Lekote, Research Assistant
    South Carolina State University
  • 12:30 AM – 2:00 PM LUNCHEON (Introduction of Speaker – James Gordon)
      KEYNOTE SPEAKER MS. JULIE CUNNINGHAM, President/CEO Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
  • 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM CLOSING COMMENTS
     Mr. Lamar


Presentations