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Friday, September 11
Knowledge & Growth
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM · Café Con LIT - Fueling the Future: Advancing
America's Transit Projects through Voter-approved Initiatives, Pheoris
West Room, Tower 402, Third Level
Voter-approved initiatives are responsible for some of the nation's most transformative
public transit projects, reimagining and redefining how communities will connect, grow and
thrive for decades to come. This fireside chat will take us behind the scenes of how agencies
across the country are delivering on projects their communities voted for—covering funding,
innovation, project delivery methods, sustainability, workforce development, and
community engagement. Whether someone's a transit leader, project manager, consultant,
or emerging professional, the goal is to leave them with real insight on what it takes to get
community buy in, current best practices to deliver projects on time and on budget, and
how agencies communicate success throughout the project lifecycle.
Sponsored by
Megan Perrero
LIT Board Vice President and Editor in
Chief at Mass Transit Magazine
Moderator
Monica Tellez-Fowler
CEO at Central Ohio Transit Autority
(COTA)
Veronica Vanterpool
Senior Vice President - Americas Transit
Lead, AECOM and Former Acting
Administrator of the Federal Transit
Administration
Michael Pimentel
Executive Director
California Transit Association
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