APTA Concludes Transit Board Members, Board Administrators Seminars

APTA held its Transit Board Members and Board Administrators Seminars in Kansas City, MO, July 19-22, with more than 100 transit board members and 50 board administrators in attendance.

APTA Immediate Past Chair Michele Wong Krause, past chair, Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Frank White III, president and CEO, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA), and Reginald Townsend, board chair, KCATA, welcomed attendees.

Reps. Sharice Davis (D-KS) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), and APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas, delivered remarks.

Other speakers at the Opening Session included Denise Figueroa, chair, APTA Transit Board Members Committee and board member, Capital District Transit Authority, Albany, NY; and Rosa Diaz, chair, APTA Transit Board Administrators Subcommittee; and chief of staff/board support, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro).

Discussions centered on such topics as building local support for public transit, rider and operator security, accessibility, procurement, and transit-oriented development, to board governance, management, and strategic planning.

Governance sessions challenged the audience to think differently about what contributes to effective decision-making.KCATA offered special briefings on their experience with zero fares and their preparations for the World Cup next summer.

All images courtesy Estuardo Garcia, KCATA.