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| Volume 16, Issue 3 | Fall 2004 |
James River Transit Director Selected to Study in South AmericaThe transit director for Wells, Sheridan and Stutsman counties was selected for an international trip to study transit in Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador.
The tour featured stops in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paulo in Brazil; Santiago in Chile and Quito in Argentina. Wright has directed transit in the three counties for 10 years. As director of James River Senior Citizens Center, Inc., she also oversees senior meal services and outreach in those counties as well. She was selected for the trip after being nominated by the North Dakota Department of Transportation and the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, part of North Dakota State University's Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. "Under Carol's direction, James River Transit has been an innovator in improving the mobility of area residents, particularly those with special needs," says Jill Hough, author of the nomination that came from NDSU. "We anticipate that she will return with new perspectives and ideas for providing transit to residents in the region." The trip was coordinated by the Eno Transportation Foundation on behalf of the Federal Transit Administration. The foundation is designed to foster innovative thinking and unbiased discussion about transportation issues. Calendar of EventsJan. 5-6, 2005 Jan. 9-13, 2005 Mar. 6-8, 2005 Upcoming TrainingUpcoming Training Sessions:
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Carol Wright is executive director of James River Transit and Wells/Sheridan Transit headquartered in Jamestown. She left for the 16-day trip on Wednesday, Oct. 20, and was accompanied by a dozen other transit professionals from across the United States. Each participant on the tour was assigned a topic to study during the tour and will report findings through journal papers when they return.