Hear from expert and transport “evangelist” about the future developments coming to cities and transportation within the next 10 years in America.

Karti Subramanian, Director Digital Ride, MBTA

• Discuss ways in which operators can adjust to consumer demand and provide a more efficient service, ensuring services do not run at a loss at some parts of the day.
• Assess strategies being used by transit operators to provide a more streamlined service, reducing expenditure when not necessarily required.
• Understand the long term cost benefits of using automated technology.
• Review ways to speed up project execution post pandemic through remote activity.
  

Lynsey Heffernan, Assistant General Manager for Policy & Transit Planning

• The pandemic effect on stages of digital transformation in rail
• Digital transformation throughout the pandemic: See how Keolis Commuter Services has transformed its document management and distribution process
• Beyond the pandemic: Smart content and data sharing/interoperability for safer and more efficient operations
  

Zekeriya Polat, Co-Founder, VisionIT

An 'Integrated Travel’ experience seeks to make riding by rail and bus simpler and more cost-effective, for transit providers and customers. This session will explore how Xentrans assisted the State of California in researching, planning and launching the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP), which aims to enable contactless payments, automate customer discounts and standardize information for easy trip planning.

The evolution of payment technologies has had a dramatic impact on Transportation service providers. The transition from ‘agency based ticket structures’ to ‘bring your own payment’ has created a significant opportunity for transit and transportation providers to lower costs, increase security, and improve the overall customer experience.

SNCF will provide a presentation of the context, the goals and the first results of the OCORA initiative.

OCORA is an ETCS based ATP CCS, enhanced by ATO, GNSS based train localization, FRMCS,… The approach is focusing on an open architecture based on functional modularity and open interfaces.

• What technologies are available that can effectivley collect and distribute information?
• How can the service visualization enhance operations and overall service to the customer?
• Understand the ways in which the software can increase saftey, as well as operational efficiency and passenger comfort.
  

Scott Margolis, Chief Information Security Officer, MBTA

Successful cyber-attacks on our transportation systems have a debilitating effect on the economy and public safety. They are on the increase and pose a threat to critical operations such as bus operations, system operations, and fare management. Many transit agencies are ill prepared of the inevitable back. Scott Belcher, Mineta Transportation Research Associate, will speak about MTI’s recently released study entitled Aligning the Transit Industry and Their Vendors in the Face of Increasing Cyber Risk: Recommendations for Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges and provide insights into the nature, threat, and public policies that surround cybersecurity and how your vendors can help provide additional protection.

Chelsey Waterman, COO, MetroLINK

• How has the threat of cyber-attacks developed over recent years with the constant modernization of data and technological capabilities?
• In a world that relies heavily on digital assets, how damaging could a severe cyber-attack potentially be?
• How are transport authorities dealing with increased cyber security threats?
  

Rail trespassing – intentional and unintentional is still the primary cause of fatalities on North American railroads.

This session will look at the newest technologies being implemented and created to prevent trespassing incidents on railroads and prevent fatalities.