SPUR Forum: Seamless Transit

From SPUR:

12:30 p.m. | Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Tolka Rover

If you find public and private transit options confusing, you aren’t the only one. Collecting transportation data from a variety of sources and making it useful for travelers is an important task, but what they end up seeing is often overly complicated. Come hear from three experts on how we can make transit make sense. Co-presented by Friends of Caltrain.
+ Carol Kuester / Metropolitan Transportation Commission
+ Joseph Kopser / RideScout
+ Michelle DeRobertis / Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities

Free to SPUR members
$10 for non-members
Okay to bring lunch

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