• June 19, 2015

    Tour STAR Lab at ITS America Symposium

    PacTrans is proud to sponsor the ITS America Symposium on Building a Smart, Diverse, and Shared Travel Network, July 16 – 17 at the University of Washington. Three technical tours are included in the symposium registration, including to the PacTrans STAR Lab.

    Bike Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail
    Sponsored by Iteris, strap on your helmet and take off on a Pronto bike with us as we take a bike tour of the Burke-Gilman Trail.

    **This tour is included with your symposium registration but capped at 20 people. It includes a helmet and access to a Pronto bike.

    Tour of University of Washington Light Rail Station – Set to Open in 2016 
    Where a hard hat and go underground to tour the new Light Rail station being built on the University of Washington Campus. A new pedestrian bridge allows walkers and bikers to avoid traffic and will alleviate congestion by directly connecting the station to upper campus and the Burke-Gilman trail.

    **Riders will board trains underground. Ride to downtown Seattle in six minutes or to the airport in about 42 minutes. Tour is capped at 18 attendees.

    Tour of the STAR Lab
    Join us to tour STAR Lab, located on the University of Washington Campus. Major objectives of the STAR Lab are: support advanced ITS research; cultivate ITS professionals; explore effective solutions to transportation problems; provide hand-on training instruments and software applications for students in ITS classes; and construct a bridge between the UW and agencies of transportation practice.

    **Tour is capped at 30 people.

     

    View symposium program and register.