DCST Streetcar Technology Seminar
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010
Time: 5:00p - 7:00p
Location: Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
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DC Surface Transit (DCST) is conducting a seminar on streetcar propulsion technology at the Renaissance Hotel.
Rich Bradley, President of DCST and Executive Director of the Downtown Business Improvement District, will moderate a panel of transit and urban design experts. The seminar will address the current legal and environmental framework for modern streetcar systems. Among the panelists will be Martin Schroeder, Chief Engineer for the American Public Transit Association, who will review existing and developing streetcar technologies and Greg Baldwin, a Partner with ZGF Architects LLP, who will present strategies for integrating streetcar infrastructure into urban streetscapes. A question and answer period will follow the panel presentations.
For more information on DC Streetcars, visit DCST's ning page, www.dcstreetcar.ning.com.
The seminar is free and open to the public.