Date and Time: Monday, July 29, 2024: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Indigo H
Danyell Diggs
Transportation Program Analyst, Federal Transit Administration
Presentation Description
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will share results and lessons learned to-date from its Transit Bus Automation Research Program and introduce the Strategic Transit Automation Research (STAR) Plan 2.0.
Speaker Biography
Danyell Diggs is a Senior Transportation Program Analyst in the Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and serves as the co-manager for the transit bus automation research program. In addition to overseeing several transit automation research tasks and activities, Ms. Diggs serves as the project manager for several programs including Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI), Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM), as well as the Automated Driving Demonstration Grants (ADS) program. She also co-manages a new FTA research program that focuses on novel approaches for public transportation’s role in addressing homelessness and mental health.
Before joining FTA, Danyell was the Deputy Director for Office of Planning and Programming at Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and has worked in various levels of government, which include Federal Highway Administration, Maryland Department of Transportation (DOT), and Baltimore City DOT. Danyell holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Planning and a Bachelor’s degree in Logistics.
