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Expo 2008 prepping for Expo: public transport's private sector gets ready for largest all-transit trade show in the world.(Interview)

Publication: Mass Transit
Publication Date: 01-JUN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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As it did three years ago in Dallas, and as it has every three years since the first one in Chicago in 1981, this year's International Public Transportation Expo will again underscore in dramatic fashion one consistent theme throughout them all--public transportation is back and growing asked...

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...vigorously.

We representatives of a few companies to share their expectations for the big show in San Diego later this year. As can be seen from their comments, the excitement is a two-way street, in both what they will show off as well as what they will see, learn and experience. Those interviewed include, Michael Melaniphy, vice president public sector at bus builder and driver simulator systems supplier MCI in Schaumburg, III.; Mike Setzer, vice president at operations and maintenance services provider Veolia Transportation, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jeffrey Wharton, executive vice president/general manager, traction power systems supplier IMPulse NC Inc., in Mount Olive, N.C.; Kim R. Green, president, GFI Genfare, a fare collection systems supplier headquartered in ElK Grove Village, lll.; and Jerry Premo, senior vice president, DMJM+Harris/AECOM, a full-service architectural, planning and engineering services firm located in Los Angeles, Calif.

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What types of professionals and management levels of your customers' and prospects' organizations do you hope to meet at your APTA Expo booth?

Michael Melaniphy: We will be targeting two primary demographic groups: one, key policy people such as transit agency board members and CEOs, who need to see concepts on what...

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