Distinguished Lecture Series Academic Seminars

Distinguished Lecture Series: Spring 2006

University of Virginia Center for Transportation Studies

April 25 4:00-4:45 pm UVA Rotunda Building, Dome Room

Public Transportation in the United States

Mr. William W. Millar

Abstract

Our distinguished guest speaker will introduce a wide range of contemporary topics as they relate to the impact of public transportation in the United States, including:

• Current status of public transportation in the United States.

• How public transportation expands mobility choices for Americans.

• Using public transportation to help reduce our reliance on foreign oil.

• Transit security.

• Role technology and research play in a successful transportation network.

• How public transportation benefits the general public, the economy,
  the business, and the nation as a whole.

Biography of Speaker

William W. Millar is president of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), North America's foremost organization dedicated to the advancement of public transportation. Millar became chief executive officer of APTA in 1996 after 24 years in transportation operations and management.

Millar was Executive Director of the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT), the principal transit system serving Pittsburgh, PA, for 13 years prior to joining APTA. As head of one of the country's largest public transit providers, he directed a system that operates bus, light rail, exclusive bus way, demand response and inclined plane transit service.

Before joining PAT in 1977, he developed and managed Pennsylvania's Free Transit Program for Senior Citizens as well as other transit aid programs for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation including rural and other community based transportation systems.

In his years as head of APTA, Millar has worked with a broad coalition of interests to vigorously make the case for transit to the Congress and the Administration. Under his leadership, APTA membership is at an all-time high.

Active in many professional organizations, Bill is an internationally recognized leader in public transportation and has served as chair or on the governing boards of the Transportation Research Board, the Transit Cooperative Research Program, Intelligent Transportation Society of America and the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. Millar is the recipient of many awards and honors, including APTA’s Jesse L. Haugh Award, the Transportation Research Board’s W. N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award and the Transit Cooperative Research Program Founding Father Award.

	Mr. Millar speaks to faculty, staff, and students in the Library of the Rotunda Mr. Millar speaks to faculty, staff, and students in the Library of the Rotunda