WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2009 - The Professional Capacity Building Program of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has announced a Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar to be held on Oct. 21, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. "Transit Operations Decision Support Systems: A U.S. DOT Pilot Expert System for Transit Bus Fleet Management" will discuss the results of the U.S. DOT-sponsored TODSS project and provide a demonstration of the pilot TODSS.

Yehuda Gross of the RITA ITS Joint Program Office and Steve Mortensen of FTA will discuss the background of the TODSS development effort, followed by David Jackson of Booz Allen Hamilton who will give an overview of TODSS and discuss the types of incidents that the system addresses. John Braband and Tariq Khan from Pace Suburban Bus Service will then provide a live demonstration of TODSS, followed by Bill Hiller of Logged On Transit and Dan Spinks of Continental Corporation who will discuss TODSS benefits and highlight some of the key lessons learned to date. Yehuda Gross will wrap up the Webinar by identifying U.S. DOT potential next steps for TODSS.

All T3s are free of charge. To register for this Webinar, click here.

T3 Webinars are brought to you by the ITS Professional Capacity Building Program (ITS PCB) at the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). Visit the ITS PCB Web site at http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/default.asp for more information about T3 Webinars and other ITS learning opportunities.

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