2026 CUTA Fall Annual Conference & Transit Show | Winnipeg

2026 Annual Fall Conference Call For Abstracts

We welcome abstracts in the following streams:

1. Growing Ridership & Customer Experience
   Ridership growth begins with delivering an exceptional customer experience. This stream explores strategies that attract, retain, and reconnect riders through service improvements, customer engagement, accessibility, communications, fare initiatives, strategic marketing, digital tools, and partnerships. Learn how transit agencies are building trust, enhancing the passenger journey, and growing ridership across their communities.

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2. Innovation, Technology & Industry Intelligence
   Explore how data, technology, and industry insights are transforming public transit. This stream highlights the use of artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, benchmarking, digital tools, cybersecurity, operational intelligence and performance measurement to support better decision-making, improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and shape the future of mobility.

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3. Safety, Security & Operational Resilience
   Safety remains fundamental to delivering reliable public transit. This stream explores integrated approaches to passenger and employee safety, emergency preparedness, security, risk management, operational resilience, incident response, and partnerships that strengthen public confidence while ensuring transit systems remain adaptable in an evolving operating environment.

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4. Operational Excellence & the Workforce of the Future
   Strong operations rely on skilled people, effective leadership, and continuous improvement. This stream focuses on workforce development, recruitment and retention, leadership, maintenance, fleet management, asset management, organizational performance, and operational best practices that enable transit agencies to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient service.

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5. Sustainable Transit: Building Resilient Communities
   Transit plays a vital role in creating more sustainable and resilient communities. This stream explores practical strategies for reducing emissions and advancing climate goals through fleet electrification, zero-emission buses, charging infrastructure, climate resilience, sustainable infrastructure, energy management, and environmental stewardship across transit operations.

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6. Policy, Funding & Leadership
   The future of public transit depends on strong leadership, effective advocacy, and sustainable investment. This stream explores policy development, funding models, government partnerships, organizational strategy, research, and advocacy that support long-term transit growth, strengthen sector collaboration, and help shape the future of mobility across Canada.

Call for abstracts closes: August 17th 2026.

The CUTA Fall Annual Conference & Transit show will take place at the Delta Hotel by Marriott Winnipeg, November 15-18, 2026.