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National View
Top Public Transportation Leaders Honored By APTA
Best Public Transportation Systems:
Embark (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Jacksonville Transportation Authority (Jacksonville, Florida)
Metro Transit (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
APTA Innovation Award:
Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas, Nevada)
APTA Hall of Fame:
John B. Catoe Jr. (Santa Monica, California)
Frank Thomas Martin (Clermont, Florida)
Michael Scanlon (Brentwood, California)
William L. Volk (Champaign, Illinois)
Alan C. Wulkan (Scottsdale, Arizona)
2016 National Distinguished Award:
U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (Eugene, Oregon)
U.S. Representative Daniel Lipinski (Lemont, Illinois)
U.S. Representative Bill Shuster (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
Special Award for Extraordinary Leadership:
Joni Earl (Seattle, Washington)
2016 Outstanding Public Transportation Board Member Award:
Shirley Harris (San Carlos, California)
Thomas Nolan (San Francisco, California)
2016 Outstanding Public Transportation Business Member Award:
Michael I. Schneider (Irvine, California)
2016 Outstanding Public Transportation Manager Award:
Gary C. Thomas (Dallas, Texas)
Breakdown
2,950 Exhibitors from 60 countries
200 First-Time Exhibitors
123 Rail Vehicles on Display
140 Products Making Their World Debut
Snapshot
At InnoTrans 2016, Alstom unveiled its latest rail addition — the Coradia iLint — which is a zero-emission train. Powered by an electrical traction drive — Coradia iLint is different from other rails due to its combination of clean energy conversion, flexible energy storage and smart management of energy.
Discussion
@OliverWyman: Mobility 2040 Survey: Expanding city passenger volumes will create a need for better "peak" capacity management. #InnoTrans2016
@OBHMagazine: Where else in the world would people queue to get on a train going no where?! You've gotta love @InnoTrans #InnoTrans2016
@SpaethFlies: Looks like the Chinese are seriously suggesting #rail over #air on long haul #InnoTrans2016
@IlmariHalme: Track assembly with robots - just as you'd do in any other industry #Innotrans2016
