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ASCE Transportation Conferences

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In partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation

APM-ATS

About APM-ATS

ASCE's specialty conference for automated people movers and automated transit systems professionals. This signature event brings together planners, engineers, designers, government officials, and operators involved in automated transit systems of all kinds.

APM-ATS 2026 Co-Chairs

Richard Czarnomski, A.M.ASCERichard Czarnomski, A.M.ASCE

Richard Czarnomski is Chair of T&DI’s APM Committee. Richard has over 30 years of professional marketing and business development experience in the architectural/engineering consulting industry, most of which have been related to the airport, rail and transit markets. He has held marketing and business development positions at several well-known A/E consulting firms including Sverdrup (now Jacobs), Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP), Hatch Mott MacDonald and Burns Engineering. Currently, as Manager of Business Development for Lea+Elliott’s Eastern Region, Richard is responsible for working with regional leadership and technical specialists to develop and manage client-specific business development initiatives in the airport, rail and transit markets. Richard has a Bachelor’s degree with majors in Architecture and Urban Studies from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

Richard Czarnomski, A.M.ASCEMatthew Lesh, M.ASCE

Matthew Lesh serves as the Chair of T&DI's Automated Transit Systems Committee. He leverages more than 20 years of experience in business development, program management, transportation planning, public transportation operations, and consulting to bring Coast's portfolio of technology and self-driving vehicles to market. 

 

History

With a strong tradition of international collaboration, the APM-ATS Conference has been hosted in cities across the globe, including:

  • Miami, FL (1985, 1989)
  • Yokohama, Japan (1991)
  • Irving, TX (1993)
  • Paris, France (1996, 2011)
  • Las Vegas, NV (1997)
  • Copenhagen, Denmark (1999)
  • San Francisco, CA (2001)
  • Singapore, Singapore (2003)
  • Orlando, FL (2005) 
  • Vienna, Austria (2007)
  • Atlanta, GA (2009, 2024)
  • Phoenix, AZ (2013)
  • Toronto, Canada (2015)
  • Tampa, FL (2018)
  • Seattle, WA (2022)
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