Past Events

Step into the future of transportation at this Bay Area in-person summit to consider how abundant, affordable, accessible, and safe transportation transforms the ways we move and live. Connect and collaborate with industry leaders, elected officials, disability & environmental justice advocates, and more in a discussion moderated by Mineta Transportation Institute’s Executive Director Dr. Karen Philbrick. Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of change and discover how we can thrive as a region!

Keynote: Carl Guardino, Chair, California Transportation Commission

Moderator: Dr. Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute

Speakers:

● Mountain View City Councilmember Margaret Abe Koga

● Nathaniel J. Arnold III, Vice President of ATU 192

● Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County

● Dylan Fabris, San Francisco Transit Riders, Voices for Public Transportation

● Christine Fitzgerald, Silicon Valley Independent Living Center, Voices for Public Transportation

● Ren Fitzgerald, Chair of the Berkeley Transportation and Infrastructure Commission, UC Berkeley Student

● Political Director, Rudy Gonzalez, San Francisco Building Trades

● Lateefah Simon, Bay Area Rapid Transit Board Director

*MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.

The 2024 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium took placeOctober 22-24, 2024. The symposium was hosted online and streamed on YouTube. As the transit industry is poised to take advantage of the largest transit and rail investment in our lifetimes, the symposium provided a platform where transit experts share insights on how evidence-based research is being or can be, used to make the most of these opportunities in a changing environment. This year’s symposium focused on the following topics:

• Transit leaders’ perspectives on the future of transit
• Practical applications of transit data
• Transit fare policy
• Transit equity
• Women in transit
• Transit infrastructure costs
• Transit research implementation

The Symposium was convened by a partnership between APTA, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), University of Florida Transportation Institute, the T-SCORE University Transportation Center, and the Mineta Transportation Institute. 

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MTI was joined by eager middle school students, dedicated parents, and passionate educators at the Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition Information Night. This event served as a gateway to an extraordinary national STEAM competition crafted to educate and engage students by solving our nation’s critical transportation issues. Participants learned how they can participate in the competition, and win prizes as we revealed this year’s Get Going, Go Green competition prompt. 

Learn more about the competition: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/workforce-development/garrett-morgan-program

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View the 2025 Competition Prompt.

This Research Snaps webinar was co-sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).

Public transit agencies function best when the diversity of their workforce represents the communities they serve—yet research finds mismatched representation, with fewer women and people of color in leadership positions and an overconcentration of men and people of color in operational roles. This Research Snaps was based on the MTI report Understanding Workforce Diversity in the Transit Industry: Establishing a Baseline of Diversity Demographics. The report authors shared the latest data on racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in the U.S. transit workforce. They also dove into promising practices to help transit agencies attract and retain staff who reflect and embrace the vibrant diversity of their communities. 

Presenters: 

• Asha Weinstein Agrawal, PhD, Research Associate & Education Director, MTI
• Evelyn Blumenberg, PhD, Professor; Director, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA
• Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, PhD, Distinguished Professor; Interim Dean, Luskin School of Public Affairs and Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA

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Silicon Valley Clean Cities’ annual Ride-and-Drive event is a great opportunity that allows participants to test drive electric and alternately fueled vehicles. Ride-and-Drive participants had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of vehicles from different manufacturers including Hyundai, Jaguar, Range Rover, Tesla, and Toyota. We hope that having this opportunity will both inspire test-drivers to consider purchasing an electric vehicle and educate attendees about the world of electric and alternatively fueled vehicles.

*MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.

Cybersecurity threats are everywhere, and no organization is immune. While the volume of cyberattacks has increased exponentially, the bigger concern for most transit agencies is that the  average cost to recover from successful attacks has skyrocketed. While many transit operators have taken steps to improve cyber resiliency, others continue to assume they will not be targeted. How are insurance companies and regulators responding? This Research Snaps webinar featured discussion about recent evolutions in the cyber risk landscape and the impacts on transit. Expert speakers provided recommendations on how the different segments of the market can work together to manage the risk of cyber attacks in “Uncharted Territory: 2024 Cybersecurity Insurance and Transit Landscape.” 

Presenters: 

• Scott Belcher, Research Associate, MTI; Co-Founder, Cybrbase, LLC
• Todd Chollet, Risk Advisor and Cyber Practice Leader, Sunstar Insurance Group

Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

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To ensure the efficient movement of people and products, we must prepare a new cohort of transportation professionals who are ready to lead a diverse, inclusive, and equitable transportation industry. To that end, MTI held its 32nd Annual Banquet and Convocation Celebration at San José State University on June 29, 2024. Joined by our distinguished Board of Trustees, we celebrated our 2024 MSTM graduates, alumni of the year, the winners of the Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition, and much more. 

This exciting MSTM celebration included individualized recognition of each graduate and award presentations.

15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit

While the climate benefits from booming electric vehicle sales, the nation’s transportation system faces an unfortunate predicament: less gasoline and diesel purchased means dwindling fuel tax revenue. Fuel tax revenue provides a core funding source for operating, maintaining, and improving transportation systems, so policymakers must find a replacement as soon as possible. This event explored such options as mileage fees, higher annual vehicle fees, or abandoning the user-pay principle and relying on general fund revenue.

See here for more information and recordings from past events in the series.

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CM Credit

MC	MTI Tax Survey Presenter	Federal Funding, Past and Future	Panel Moderator
Karen Philbrick, PhD Executive Director Mineta Transportation Institute	Asha Weinstein Agrawal, PhD Director MTI National Transportation Finance Center	Jeff Davis Senior Fellow Eno Center for Transportation	David “Davey” S. Kim MTI Trustee Senior Vice President & Principal, National Transportation Policy and Multimodal Strategy WSP

Panelist	Panelist	Panelist
Carlos Braceras Executive Director Utah Department of Transportation	Tim Gatz Executive Director Oklahoma Department of Transportation	Ed Sniffen Director Hawaii Department of Transportation

Join Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition for Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Days!

Whether you bike every day or once every couple of months — or want to learn how — you’re invited to join thousands in celebration of the humble bicycle. May is Bike Month, and we’d love to have you, your friends and your family pledge to ride with us for Bike to Wherever Days, Thursday - Saturday, May 16 - 18.

Here’s how to get started:

• Pledge to Ride during Bike to Wherever Days. Your pledge is free. It supports healthy, safe and joyful community and biking. And we’ll help make your great rides happen.

• Bay Area Bike Challenge - 30,000 Miles for 30 Years of BTWD. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bike to Work Day by participating. Take the Challenge.

• Celebrate with our great lineup of free biking classes and rides in your area to help you roll, our events calendar, plus a free, specially designed Bike to Wherever Days 2024 tote bag, enthusiastic support from Energizer Stations in your neighborhood, and chances to win prizes from local bike shops.

• Spread the word of Bike to Wherever Days 2024 — see the media kit.

• We need you! We’re seeking Energizer Station hosts now and volunteers for bike-bag stuffing and distribution parties and more!

*MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.