<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3">The League of Women Voters of Moscow presented a forum on “Public Transport in<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">Moscow and the Palouse” noon – 1 p.m. Wednesday (March 11) in the Arts Workshop of<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3">SMART Transit’s Dan Gray, along with Ben Aiman, gave a general overview of<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">public transportation in Moscow, as well as talk about how it compares and contrasts<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">with other nearby transit systems. They spoke generally about some of the<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">bigger picture plans for transit in Moscow.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3">As the executive director, Gray oversees the operations of the fixed route and<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">dial-a-ride bus services in Moscow. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho’s<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">Master of Public Administration program and has worked for the past three years to<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">expand the reach of SMART services within the Moscow community, modernize the<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">transit vehicle fleet, update SMART’s technological infrastructure, and maintain<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">close relationships with a variety of community and statewide stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3">Aiman, who will be taking over as executive director soon, started his professional<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">life at the UI in 2003 holding a variety of positions related to event production,<o:p> </o:p></font><font face="Arial" size="3">facility management, customer relations and marketing<o:p> </o:p>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3">Videos and photos of this forum are accessible at:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>“PUblic Transport in Moscow an,d the Palouse”</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Moscow_Transit_031120/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Moscow_Transit_031120/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Photos and videos from previous LWV-Moscow forums is accessible at:</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></p><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>