Upcoming Events

The Mineta Consortium for Equitable, Efficient, and Sustainable Transportation organizes or participates in numerous transportation-related events each year. These include national summits, regional forums, industry conferences, or special events and broadcasts. You can find leading transportation experts at all of these events, making them an excellent resource not only for professional and research insights, but also for networking.

Dates Events
March 5, 2025 to March 9, 2025 Fresno International Transportation Innovations / S.T.E.P. Summit 2025  -  Valdez Hall, Fresno, CA

The Fresno International Transportation Innovations / S.T.E.P. Summit 2025 is a global conference, assembling leaders in the transportation energy sector, along with policymakers, engineers, and advocates for sustainable transportation worldwide. The goal of the 2025 S.T.E.P. Summit is to promote innovations in sustainable transportation design, planning, and policy, focusing on alternative energy like hydrogen, biofuels, and electrification. To learn more about this Summit, visit the event website

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

March 5, 2025 Berlin, Beijing, Bakersfield: Station Design Insights for U.S. Rail  -  Online

12:00-1:00p.m. (PT) | Link to register

On the Right Track: The Transformative Potential of Rail

Discover the secrets behind over 50 years of global high-speed rail innovation in MTI’s newest webinar series! Explore station planning, station design development best practices, and groundbreaking projects from France, Germany, and Spain, featuring actionable insights from expert speakers. Join us as we explore how international high-speed rail success can guide U.S. professionals to shape the future of transit in our communities.

This webinar series is co-sponsored by APTA High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail Committee, California High-Speed Rail Authority, High Speed Rail Alliance, and US High Speed Rail Association.

Webinars include:

  • Webinar #1 | December 11, 2024 | The French Case: Stations as City Boosters
  • Webinar #2 | January 15, 2025 | The Spanish Case: Transformacion Rápida
  • Webinar #3 | February 12, 2025 | The German Case: Rail Stations to Connect the World
  • Webinar #4 | March 5, 2025 | Berlin, Beijing, Bakersfield: Station Design Insights for U.S. Rail

Webinar #4 - Berlin, Beijing, Bakersfield: Station Design Insights for U.S. Rail

Join us for the final installment of our webinar series On the Right Track: The Transformative Potential of Rail! This session features expert insights from Eric Eidlin, Station Planning Manager for the City of San Jose, and Heidi Sokolowsky, Founding Partner at Urban Field Studio. Both Eric and Heidi have worked on and learned from passenger rail transit projects in the U.S. and Europe for over two decades. Eric and Heidi will summarize some of the key takeaways from the past three webinars in the series and reflect upon and ask how global insights from world-class station design can influence the future of multimodal transit in California, the U.S., and beyond. They will also consider how recent federal policy shifts could influence the trajectory of high-speed rail projects in the U.S. Don’t miss this opportunity to join the conversation shaping the future of rail!

Featured Guests:

  • Eric EidlinStation Planning Manager, City of San José Department of Transportation
  • Heidi Sokolowsky, Founding Partner, Urban Field Studio

*1 PDH credit available

Presenters: Eric Eidlin & Heidi Sokolowsky
April 5, 2025 K-12 Railroad Model Competition 2024/2025

The Fresno State Transportation Institute designed the Railroad Model Competition to be an accessible and enjoyable educational experience, helping students and teachers to build a better future in transportation sciences.

This competition is divided into 3 grade levels; Upper Elementary, Middle, and High schools. Each grade level will have 10 teams per grade and teams of up to 10 students and at least one faculty member or club advisor. This competition will also show the creativity of the teams in designing their own railroad track models in a way that is fuel and cost-efficient and minimum time traveled. However, for this to happen, we would need coaches and mentors to devote at least an hour per week in working with other schools. Those who are transportation professional will be assigned as coaches. Those who are railroad modelers will be assigned as mentors. 

The registration for the railroad competition is now open. Please check this webpage periodically for updates.

*MTI is a proud co-sponsor of this competition.

October 6, 2025 2nd Annual Southern Colorado Transportation Conference  -  Colorado State University Pueblo’s Occhiato Student Center (OSC), 2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, CO 81001

8:00a.m.-3:00p.m. (MT) | Link to register.

Join transportation professionals and researchers for the 2nd Annual Southern Colorado Transportation Conference (SCTC) to explore this year’s theme: Climate Resiliency for Railroad Infrastructure. We will gather for a full-day conference and poster session on Monday, October 6, 2025 at Colorado State University Pueblo’s Ochiatto Student Center (OSC) Ballroom. 

To learn more about this Conference, visit the event website

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

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