Sessions
Transit Planning & Service Evaluation
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Tue
Ms. Schafer has 21 years of experience in the transit industry. She joined RLS & Associates, Inc. after a successful career with an area agency on aging in southeast Indiana where she had a lead role in the development and then management of a seven-county rural public transit system. Ms. Schafer’s role in the development of the public transit system included; needs assessment, system design, grant writing, local funding development, branding, and marketing. She has considerable expertise in state and Federal compliance, grant writing, resource development, data analysis, and policies and procedures. As RLS’ resident Rural Transit Circuit Rider, she works with transit systems in several states, including Ohio, Indiana, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and West Virginia to strengthen administrative and operating practices, evaluate, enhance and improve services, and identify, document, and solve administrative and operating issues.