SWTA and NMTA 2015 Conference & Expo Photo Gallery

March 2, 2015
The SWTA and NMTA conference theme was how public transportation gives people the freedom to live their lives and to get them to work, medical treatment, school and more.

The South West Transit Association and New Mexico Transit Association Annual Transit Conference & Expo, March 1-4, 2015, Santa Fe, New Mexico, had the theme this year of Freedom Through Transit. 

SWTA Board President Ken Savage, transit director, Fort Smith Public Transit in Fort Smith, Arkansas, said to attendees, “Freedom is the asset each of you help to bring to people every day.”

SWTA Executive Director Kristen Joyner said it has been a great partnership between SWTA and NMTA to bring this even together.  Savage said it has provided for a professional development opportunity with education, partnerships and fun.

Jon Bulthuis, president, New Mexico Transit Association, and transportation department director, Santa Fe Trails Transit in Santa Fe, New Mexico said of the partnership, “It has provided a wonderful opportunity for us to be participating in a level of training we wouldn’t be able to bring to the state without that partnership.”