BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220510T173218Z UID:34170F35-F051-4A22-938D-5B928D4A2564 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20220510T120000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20220510T133000 DESCRIPTION:Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2017\n Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2018\n\nTHE REGUL ARLY SCHEDULED VTS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ONLINE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE\n\nYo u will need a computer with speakers to watch the presentation. A micropho ne and webcam are optional but encouraged.\n\nCost: Free!\n\nPlease regis ter by 5 pm Monday\, May 9\n\nWebinar login details will be provided by 6: 00 pm on Monday\, May 9.\n\nCheck the Chapter website for updates:\nhttps: //r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/\n\nTopic: Real-Time Tracking on MDOT MTA Baltimo re Metro: Challenges and Successes\n\nAccurate\, reliable\, and accessible real-time train arrival information is a key expectation riders today hav e of a modern subway transit service. Yet since opening in 1983\, passenge rs taking Baltimore’s Metro SubwayLink were largely in the dark as to wh en the next train would come... that was\, until December 2021!\n\nJoin MT A’s Real-Time Team for the complete story on where the agency is today\, what it took to get there\, challenges overcome\, and what’s next.\n\nS peakers: Steve Gladstone\, Tanay Gupta\, Michael Helta\, Cole McCarren - M aryland Transit Administration\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nSteve Gladstone is the Director of Digital Marketing and Content for the Maryland Transit Adminis tration where he’s been loving life for almost five years now. Don't let the title fool you as he brings with him a computer science degree from t he University of Maryland\, which he's put to use building out real-time t racking and passenger information systems with the rest of the team. While not pursuing system integrations and pushing interoperability between pla tforms\, he wanders around the agency trying to find any loose chocolate p eople are silly enough to leave out in the open.\n\nTanay Gupta supports M DOT MTA's Office of Innovation on projects related to passenger-facing tec hnology & analytics. These projects include developing the vehicle positio ns feed for metro real-time based on track circuitry data\, a mobile app t o quantifiably track improvements to MTA's bus service\, and an automated notification to bus operations about real-time data quality. Prior to this role\, he graduated from WSP USA’s rotational management consulting pro gram\, supporting national clients across aviation\, rail\, and highway se ctors. Mr. Gupta has a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Comput er Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\n\nMichael Helta is the Chief Innovation Officer at the Maryland Transit Administrat ion. In his role\, Michael seeks out strategies\, technologies\, and tacti cs to continually improve services to better the customer experience where ver possible. Improvements include developing real-time arrival informatio n for the first time across all modes\, developing an agency data warehous e\, improving operational SOPs\, improving service-related communications\ , and much more. Michael has BAs in Psychology and Criminal Justice and a Masters in Community Planning all from the great University of Maryland at College Park. A native of Maryland\, Michael has now lived in Baltimore f or over 15 years and loves every minute of it. In his free time\, you can find him playing disc golf\, riding buses\, or hanging out with his daught er Zoe - which may involve playing disc golf and/or riding buses!\n\nCole McCarren is MTA’s Real-Time Passenger Information Manager. Cole has a BS in Geography and a minor in GIS from the University of Maryland\, College Park\, and is an Accredited Professional of the Congress for the New Urba nism. He started his transit career 7 years ago as a bus driver and worked in dispatching\, operations supervisory and operations planning\, and tec hnical advisory roles around Maryland before specializing in transit data\ , passenger-facing information\, and the transit customer experience. Outs ide of work\, he loves music and exploring the great outdoors - usually wi th his dog\, Oatmeal.\n\nAgenda: \n- 12:00 pm - Introductions/roll call an d discussion of current rail industry news and happenings\n- 12:30 pm - Te chnical presentation & discussion\n- 01:30 pm - Adjourn\n\n--------------- --------------------------------\n\nIEEE VTS CHAPTER OFFICERS:\n\n- Chair: David (DJ) Johnson\n- Vice-Chair: Reg Mitchell\n- Secretary: Karl Berger\ , PE\n- Treasurer: Steve Bezner\, PE\n- Cashier: Ken Briers\n- Program Com mittee: Heather Roman\, Matt Nawn\n\nPlease help your VTS Chapter: If you would like to speak or have contact information for a speaker\, please con tact Heather Roman <hroman at [omni-strategy dot com](http://omni-strategy .com/)> or Matt Nawn <matthew.nawn at dot.gov>\n\nVirtual: https://events. vtools.ieee.org/m/313609 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/313609 ORGANIZER:ieee.vts.dc@gmail.com SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:VTS: Real-Time Tracking on MDOT MTA Baltimore Metro: Challenges and Successes URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/313609 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div><span style="color: #0000ff\; background -color: #ffff00\;"><strong>Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2017</strong></span></div>\n<div><span style="color: #0000ff\; b ackground-color: #ff9900\;"><strong>Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia C hapter of the Year 2018</strong></span></div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div><s pan style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong><span style="background-c olor: #ffffff\;">THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED VTS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ONLINE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE</span></strong></span></div>\n<div>\n<p>You will need a computer with speakers to watch the presentation.&nbsp\; A microphone a nd webcam are optional but encouraged.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</d iv>\n<div><strong>Cost:&nbsp\;</strong> Free!</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n< div>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>Please registe r by 5 pm Monday\, May 9</strong></span></p>\n<p>Webinar login details wil l be provided by 6:00 pm on Monday\, May 9.</p>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div >\n<div><strong>Check the Chapter website for updates:</strong></div>\n<di v><a href="https://r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >https://r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/</a></div>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<d iv>\n<p><strong>Topic:</strong> &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Real-Time Tracking on MDOT MTA Baltimore Metro: Challenges and Successes</p>\n<p>Accurate\, r eliable\, and accessible real-time train arrival information is a key expe ctation riders today have of a modern subway transit service. Yet since op ening in 1983\, passengers taking Baltimore&rsquo\;s Metro SubwayLink were largely in the dark as to when the next train would come... that was\, un til December 2021!</p>\n<p>Join MTA&rsquo\;s Real-Time Team for the comple te story on where the agency is today\, what it took to get there\, challe nges overcome\, and what&rsquo\;s next.</p>\n<p><strong>Speakers: </strong >Steve Gladstone\, Tanay Gupta\, Michael Helta\, Cole McCarren - Maryland Transit Administration</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker Bios:</strong></p>\n<p><str ong>Steve Gladstone</strong> is the Director of Digital Marketing and Cont ent for the Maryland Transit Administration where he&rsquo\;s been loving life for almost five years now.&nbsp\; Don't let the title fool you as he brings with him a computer science degree from the University of Maryland\ , which he's put to use building out real-time tracking and passenger info rmation systems with the rest of the team.&nbsp\; While not pursuing syste m integrations and pushing interoperability between platforms\, he wanders around the agency trying to find any loose chocolate people are silly eno ugh to leave out in the open.<br /><br /><strong>Tanay Gupta</strong> supp orts MDOT MTA's Office of Innovation on projects related to passenger-faci ng technology &amp\; analytics. These projects include developing the vehi cle positions feed for metro real-time based on track circuitry data\, a m obile app to quantifiably track improvements to MTA's bus service\, and an automated notification to bus operations about real-time data quality. Pr ior to this role\, he graduated from WSP USA&rsquo\;s rotational managemen t consulting program\, supporting national clients across aviation\, rail\ , and highway sectors. Mr. Gupta has a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ aign.<br /><br /><strong>Michael Helta</strong> is the Chief Innovation Of ficer at the Maryland Transit Administration.&nbsp\; In his role\, Michael seeks out strategies\, technologies\, and tactics to continually improve services to better the customer experience wherever possible. Improvements include developing real-time arrival information for the first time acros s all modes\, developing an agency data warehouse\, improving operational SOPs\, improving service-related communications\, and much more. Michael h as BAs in Psychology and Criminal Justice and a Masters in Community Plann ing all from the great University of Maryland at College Park. A native of Maryland\, Michael has now lived in Baltimore for over 15 years and loves every minute of it. In his free time\, you can find him playing disc golf \, riding buses\, or hanging out with his daughter Zoe - which may involve playing disc golf and/or riding buses!<br /><br /><strong>Cole McCarren</ strong> is MTA&rsquo\;s Real-Time Passenger Information Manager. Cole has a BS in Geography and a minor in GIS from the University of Maryland\, Col lege Park\, and is an Accredited Professional of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He started his transit career 7 years ago as a bus driver and wo rked in dispatching\, operations supervisory and operations planning\, and technical advisory roles around Maryland before specializing in transit d ata\, passenger-facing information\, and the transit customer experience. Outside of work\, he loves music and exploring the great outdoors - usuall y with his dog\, Oatmeal.</p>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><ul>\n<li>1 2:00 pm - Introductions/roll call and discussion of current rail industry news and happenings</li>\n<li>12:30 pm - Technical presentation &amp\; dis cussion</li>\n<li>01:30 pm - Adjourn</li>\n</ul>\n<p>--------------------- --------------------------</p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff9900\;"><strong> IEEE VTS CHAPTER OFFICERS:</strong><br /><br /></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chai r: David (DJ) Johnson</li>\n<li>Vice-Chair: Reg Mitchell</li>\n<li>Secreta ry: Karl Berger\, PE</li>\n<li>Treasurer: Steve Bezner\, PE</li>\n<li>Cash ier: Ken Briers</li>\n<li>Program Committee: Heather Roman\, Matt Nawn</li >\n</ul>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #ff9900\;"><span style="color: #0 00000\;"><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Please help your VTS C hapter:</span> If you would like to speak or have contact information for a speaker\,&nbsp\;please contact&nbsp\; Heather Roman&nbsp\;&lt\;hroman at &nbsp\;<a href="http://omni-strategy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener n oreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://omni- strategy.com&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1586649713004000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNEd JGLl4xfp1uW0i0c9GWSLNQ30Eg">omni-strategy dot com</a>&gt\; or</span></span >&nbsp\;Matt Nawn &lt\;matthew.nawn at dot.gov&gt\;</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR