1. Transit Tech Spotlight Trip Planning – Fare Payment - Integration
Webinar 1 of 2
Tuesday – December 4th, 2018

2. Agenda Purpose for the Transit Tech Spotlight Featured Speakers
How Federal funds/funding opportunities
How CoaST is working to increase opportunities

3. About CoaST Coalition for Smarter Transportation Purpose Analyze
Advance
Educate
Communicate

4. Transit Tech Spotlight Trip Planning – Fare Payment - Integration
Technology is changing the way transit ride can plan and pay for trips. Integrating innovative planning and payment solutions can help agencies streamline operations, improve customer service, and support overall ridership growth. However, adopting the right technologies and figuring out how to pay for and integrate those technologies can be a daunting task.
The Coalition for Smarter Transportation assembled this Transit Tech Spotlight to:
Highlight examples of existing technologies and their uses
Discuss ways agencies can use their Federal funds to plan for and acquire such products
Examine polices that can be enacted to further the integration of such products into transit systems large and small

5. Transit Tech Spotlight Trip Planning – Fare Payment - Integration
Available Tools
Transit Tech Spotlight – PDF
Trip Planning – Fare Payment – Integration Webtool kit
If you have a product or case study that you would like added to the webtool kit

6. Todays Featured Speakers
Larry Breen – Routematch
Larry Breen – Conduent
Steve Gaddy - Iteris
Matt Hansen – King County Metro

7. Using Federal Funds Using FTA Funds for Innovation in Transit:
Procuring Technology – Almost any FTA formula funds can be used to procure trip planning, fare payment, or integration technology. Under the transit title of US code, the term capital project includes: “the introduction of new technology, through innovative and improved products, into public transportation”.
Additionally, discretionary programs such as ‘Bus & Bus Facility’, ‘Mobility on Demand Sandbox’, and the Department of Transportation’s ‘Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment’ program are all programs that can be used to pay for such innovation.
Planning for Innovation – Like procuring technology, most FTA formula funding programs can be used by an agency for planning and partnering with eligible firms to assist with the selection and integration of technology.

8. Policy Recommendations
Increased Investment in Innovation is Smarter Transportation – Technology is improving the way we do almost everything, yet in many ways, transportation agencies are yet to fully embrace innovation. Innovative technology & business practices need to be tested and deployed. A smarter transportation system includes focused investment and policies that encourage innovative solutions and business practices.
Federal Policy
Establish an Innovation Grant Program that allows agencies to focus on integrating innovative transportation business practices and solutions
Promote and require open data sharing between public and private organizations to encourage additional collaboration and integration
Additional technical assistance and guidance should be offered by the FTA including best-practices and technical assistance to agencies looking to implement innovative trip planning & payment technologies

9. Policy Recommendations
Increased Investment in Innovation is Smarter Transportation – Technology is improving the way we do almost everything, yet in many ways, transportation agencies are yet to fully embrace innovation. Innovative technology & business practices need to be tested and deployed. A smarter transportation system includes focused investment and policies that encourage innovative solutions and business practices.
Local Policy
Transit agencies & municipal governments should place a priority on establishing multi-modal trip planning and payment programs that allow for consumers to plan for and pay for multimodal trips
Local land-use and development policies should include provisions that require developers and employers to provide multi-modal trip information for their tenants/employees

10. Why Join CoaST
Advance
CoaST is making an impact in City Hall, the State House, and Capitol Hill.
Examples of What CoaST is doing:
Providing technical assistance and advocating for Transit Benefit Ordinances in the most congested cities in the US
Looking at Statewide policies that work, like the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction legislation, and advancing them across the nation.
Connecting experts in policy fields to State, Federal and local leaders looking to advance smarter transportation policies.
Advancing smarter transportation policies as a part of the upcoming transportation reauthorization
Benefits of Joining
Help shape what we are advancing and where we are advancing policies
Be one of our expert voices that policy leaders call upon
Help Lead The Smarter Transportation Revolution and Shape The Future of Transportation by being involved in CoaST

12. Why Join CoaST
Educate
CoaST is connecting the dots by providing information on programs, products, and technical assistance
Examples of What CoaST is doing:
Transportation 101 Series: minute informational sessions and a variety of transportation topics. These sessions are designed to help create a broader, multimodal understanding of transportation and transportation policies. Examples include our 101 session CMAQ, the Planning process, Positive Train Control.
Spotlight Series – Highlighting the latest in Smarter Transportation
Benefits of Joining
Access and input on Transportation 101 sessions and Spotlight sessions
Technical advice from CoaST staff or other experts in the field
Help Lead The Smarter Transportation Revolution and Shape The Future of Transportation by being involved in CoaST

14. Why Join CoaST Communicate
CoaST is becoming the voice for smarter transportation
Examples of What CoaST is doing:
Developing Speakers Bureau for press and others to connect with experts in a variety of topics
Monthly Smarter Transportation Viewpoints (Starting in Jan 2019)– op-ed pieces from our Members discussing a variety of topics
Spotlight Series – Highlighting the latest in Smarter Transportation
Benefits of Joining
Share your voice and make sure its heard by policy leaders, the press, and stakeholders
Help Lead The Smarter Transportation Revolution and Shape The Future of Transportation by being involved in CoaST

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Dec 11th – Transit Tech-spotlight Part 2
Jan 15th – Congressional Visits (Contact for more information)
January Transportation 101 –Transit Benefits 101 – Date TBD
January Policy Brief - Examples of Successful Statewide Policies that Reduce Congestion – Date TBD
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