Wednesday, September 25, 2024 12-1pm CST
The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the business environment have led to a decline in intercity bus service in recent years. But with ridership projected to rebound and soon surpass pre-pandemic levels, state DOTs can play a role in expanding intercity bus service, a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation than solo vehicle travel that can provide enhanced mobility and connection between rural and urban areas.
Join us for this webinar with The Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, which produces an annual report on the state of the intercity bus industry, and Colorado DOT, which manages the expanding Bustang system and Mobility Hub program, to learn about opportunities for state DOTs to become more involved in providing intercity and rural mobility in their states.
This webinar offers one AICP credit.
Meet Our Speakers
Joseph Schwieterman
Joseph Schwieterman is a Professor in the School of Public Service at DePaul University and the director of the university’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, which studies public policy, transportation, and urban planning. Dr. Schwieterman is a past president of the Transportation Research Forum, an international organization founded in 1958 and having chapters in five cities. He authors the annual Outlook for the Intercity Bus Industry report, released each January, and is editor of the Intercity Bus E-News, an online newsletter.
Ben Gellman
Ben Gellman is the Bustang Program Manager at Colorado Department of Transportation.