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Inside Trapeze and Vontas
by Modaxo
Blog and Podcast Manager at Trapeze and Producer of Transit Unplugged, Tris Hussey talks with the people behind the products at Trapeze and Vontas.
Episodes
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How CENTRO Uses RISC to Improve Safety and Internal Processes
Recorded live at APTA TRANSform Conference and EXPO, Modaxo SVP Paul Comfort leads a panel with Sabrina Blais of Trapeze and Chris Tuff and Rahmin Azria of CENTRO https://www.centro.org/ talking about Trapeze RISC (Risk, Incident, and Safety Compliance) about implementing RISC and how it's...
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How Trapeze RISC and Vontas OnSite went from problem to solution to product--ThinkTransit Product Showcase 2023
This year at ThinkTransit we did something a little different. Instead of doing the usual PowerPoint product update looking at the state of Trapeze and Vontas products, I led a talk show-style discussion focused on just two products—Trapeze RISC and Vontas OnSite. The premise here was that these...
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Charting the path forward for public transit with Dr. Karen Philbrick
Recorded live at ThinkTransit in Nashville, TN, April 3rd, 2023, Dr. Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, giving the Day One keynote address on the challenges, and opportunities, facing public transit today. Dr. Philbrick talked about: Building a stronger,...
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In conversation with ThinkTransit keynote speaker Dr. Karen Philbrick
Dr. Karen Philbrick will kick off ThinkTransit with our Day One Keynote. In this interview, learn about Karen, her passion for transit, her vision for the future of transit, and what we need to do to get there.
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All about the Executive Summit at ThinkTransit
Randi and Tris sat down with Paul Comfort, SVP of Modaxo and host of Transit Unplugged to talk about the Executive Summit Paul hosts each year during ThinkTransit. Learn about the event and some of the special sessions and guests he has planned for attendees. Learn more about the Executive Summit...
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5 ways to set your agency up for success in 2023 with EAM
We're kicking off the year with the team from EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), Brett Koenig, Satpal Bamrah, and Bill Boston join me to talk about how to set yourself up for success this year by focusing on: Reviewing your KPIs Making sure you have all the data you need Taping into EAM workflows...
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ThinkTransit Awards of Excellence with past winner Jay Washburn
Randi and I got to experience these awards for the first time last year and it was really inspiring to learn how agencies and people are pushing the boundaries of transit today. As people new to the industry, learning about the passion and drive people have for what they do gave us a real sense...
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ThinkTransit Registration is Open!
Randi and Tris are back for Season 2 of Destination: ThinkTransit. We're kicking things off this year with ThinkTransit registration, some trivia about Nashville and some memories about ThinkTransits past. Join us in future episodes to learn about the speakers, the agenda, and everything else…
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ViewPoint Plus Mobility on Demand: Let's get that data reined in
In this continuation of the ViewPoint plus series, Esmy Jensen and I talk with Nila Zaman about how ViewPoint helps you harness your mobility on demand data to get a handle on everything going on with your paratransit service. Paratransit is one of the most essential, and expensive, services...
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Everything you want to know about Trapeze RISC
This is a deep-dive chat with Risk Incident and Safety Compliance (RISC) Product Manager Sabrina Blais. Sabrina talked to me more about why RISC is important now and what she's learned from deploying RISC at pilot and early adopter agencies. You can read more in her post about RISC on the Trapeze...
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ViewPoint Plus Mobility Planning and Scheduling -- Figuring out how to untangle your routes and create a better network
In the second part of our series ViewPoint plus, I'm talking with Esmy Jensen and Tyler Dvorak about how better data analysis is critical to creating effective schedules and plans for your agency. You can also read more about this in their blog post on the Trapeze Blog: How to get a grip on your...
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ViewPoint plus EAM--Getting the most out of your asset and maintenance data
In the first in a series of episodes, I'm talking with Esmy Jensen, Solutions Consultant for ViewPoint, about how our advanced data and analytics solution brings out extra insight and value from all Trapeze products. First up is Brett Koenig, Industry Solutions Manager for EAM, back on the show…
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The Bright Future and New Opportunities for Commuter Rail in North America with Marcelo Bravo
I love trains. I love taking transit by rail whenever I can. Fast, no traffic to deal with (like buses still have to deal with), and just relaxing. I sat down with Marcelo Bravo the Director of Business Development for Rail at Trapeze to talk about his career journey, the future of commuter rail,...
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Planning and scheduling for the zero-emissions transit future with Tyler Dvorak
Tyler Dvorak is back on the show to talk planning and scheduling, but this time we're talking planning and scheduling for the next ten to fifteen years. Between now and 2040 public transit is going to switch from mostly diesel and CNG to battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell. This might be the...
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Deploying Microtransit from Its Mobility on Demand Roots
Nila Zaman, Industry Solutions Manager for Mobility on Demand for Trapeze, knows a lot about getting people from A to B. In this episode of Inside Trapeze we talk about the mobility demand as an integral part of your community and how what you have running for mobility on demand is just a…
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ERP and EAM isn't either or, but yes and. Talking transit EAM with Brett Koenig
There is no question today’s large organizations—public and private—need ERPs to efficiently manage countless workflows related to employees, finance, and procurement workflows. For years, ERPs have brought tremendous value to organizations by helping them track these key resources with greater...
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Getting to Know the Vontas Leadership Team: Erik Lehmann, COO
This is the first in a series of chats with the Vontas leadership team. As a "young-old" company, Vontas is stacked with talent from sister company Trapeze and across the transportation industry. This week we're hearing about Vontas COO Erik Lehmann. Born and raised in Iowa, Erik started his…
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Announcing the RISC eBook: Completing the Safety Picture at Your Agency with Sabrina Blais
This week I have my first repeat guest on the show, Sabrina Blais! Sabrina is back to talk about the new eBook we worked on for Trapeze RISC (Risk, Incident, and Safety Compliance). We talk about why we wrote the eBook, what you'll learn, and a little more insight into some of the first use cases...
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Automated Yard Management for Rail is more than keeping things on track with Hans Habenicht
Automated Yard Management (YM) is an essential part running your bus depot efficiently. Buses are routed to the right lanes as they pull in. People walk the yard less locating buses and checking their status, because there is an up-to-the-minute map of the yard. Maintenance, planning, and…
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Kristi Urich -- New ideas and solutions for hiring and retaining bus operators
The public transit industry took it on the chin during the pandemic. Beyond restrictions, reduced service, and drops in ridership, the industry lost hundreds and hundreds of bus operators. Two years on, the industry is trying to get back on its feet but is stymied by a lack of people to drive the...
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Tyler Dvorak--What is Mobility Planning and Scheduling?
What does mobility planning really mean today? Let's get the answer. Mobility Planning and Scheduling, the MPS product group, encompasses more than just planning or just scheduling. It’s bigger. It’s aspirational. It’s an ethos that moving people from A to B is less about what moves them, and…
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Creating a nerve center for transit business operations with Garrett Vandendries
Transit agencies are awash in data. From vehicles to passengers to demographics to everything else, public transit thrives on data. The challenge is there is so much data it can be hard to make heads or tails of it, much less use it to make business decisions. Garrett Vandendries is the Product...
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Joanne Scattolon and Eliot Bacon -- What takes a grant proposal from good to great
Competitive grants are an essential component of every transit agency's funding and budget. Many projects, big and small, capital or not, rely on government grants to make them happen. Joanne Scattolon of Trapeze and Eliot Bacon of Vontas help agencies with their grant applications an offer some...
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Solutions for Disruption Management with Matt Goedken
Tris Hussey, Producer of Transit Unplugged, and Langdon Kessner of Vontas chat with Vontas Technical Sales Specialist Matt Goedken about service disruptions and Disruption Management. It's a fact that in public transit, things don't always go to plan, but Vontas TransitMaster gives agencies...
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Satpal Bamrah on State of Good Repair, Transit Asset Management, and Trapeze EAM
Tris and sales engineer Satpal Bamrah talk about State of Good Repair (SGR), TAM reports (Transit Asset Management), and Trapeze Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions. This year transit agencies across the U.S. have to submit their TAM reports. These massive reports need to detail every…
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The inside story about Inside Trapeze and Vontas
So what's the deal here? It all started with talking with the keynote speakers for ThinkTransit and how to share more about what we do with you. Music by Derek K. Miller.
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Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers in Public Transit with Mark Godin
Mark Godin was one of the editors of the UITP report on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the Blockchain in public transit. You might not think public transit and the blockchain as two things that go together, but there is a lot of promise to using secure and trusted transactions in…
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Diving into data for mobility planning
This is a "director's cut" of an interview with Tyler Dvorak, Product Director for Mobility, Planning, and Scheduling for Trapeze, and Terry Bills of Esri talking about the role of rich datasets in mobility planning today. This interview was recorded in August of 2021 and part of a Transit...
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Breaking Down Safety Data Silos with Trapeze RISC
Tris Hussey and Product Manager Sabrina Blais talk about Trapeze RISC (Risk, Incident, and Safety Compliance) and how to break down data silos. Transit and rail agencies have built their Safety Management Systems (SMS), but now face the task of tracking progress to goals. The big challenge: data...
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Destination: ThinkTransit with Trapeze GM Teresa Domingo and Vontas GM Peter Aczel
In our fourth episode, Tris and Randi talk with Trapeze GM Teresa Domingo and Vontas GM Peter Aczel about their first year on the job, their visions for public transit, how we help customers, and what they are looking forward to at ThinkTransit. Teresa and Peter will kick off ThinkTransit with...
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Destination: ThinkTransit with Erin Skimson and Sebastian Vaitus
This week Tris and Randi take a deep dive into product visions with VP of Product at Trapeze Erin Skimson and VP of Innovation at Vontas, Sebastian Vaitus. We talk with them about technology, what excites them about transit tech, and what they are looking forward to at ThinkTransit this year.…
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Destination ThinkTransit: Paul Comfort on the Executive Summit and Transit Unplugged Live
Continuing the Destination ThinkTransit series, Randi and Tris sat with Trapeze and Vontas Chief Customer Officer, SVP, and the host of Transit Unplugged, Paul Comfort. In our chat, Paul talks about some of his favorite memories of ThinkTransits past and what he's most looking forward to during...
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Destination: ThinkTransit Ashley Di Iorio on the ThinkTransit Awards of Excellence
We connected with Ashley Di Iorio, Manager, Events and Marketing Analytics, at Trapeze Group to kick off the series. Ashley oversees the ThinkTransit Awards of Excellence, which recognize those who are creating change and innovating in our industry. ThinkTransit brings together over 500 transit...
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Blog and Podcast Manager at Trapeze and Producer of Transit Unplugged, Tris Hussey talks with the people behind the products at Trapeze and Vontas.
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