Inside Trapeze and Vontas Modaxo

Recorded live at APTA TRANSform Conference and EXPO, Modaxo SVP Paul Comfort leads a panel with Sabrina Blais of Trapeze and Chris Tuff and Rahmin Azria of CENTRO https://www.centro.org/ talking about Trapeze RISC (Risk, Incident, and Safety Compliance) about implementing RISC and how it's transformed the entire agency

This year at ThinkTransit we did something a little different. Instead of doing the usual PowerPoint product update looking at the state of Trapeze and Vontas products, I led a talk show-style discussion focused on just two products—Trapeze RISC and Vontas OnSite.

The premise here was that these two products typified the new product development process being deployed across both companies. Instead of either delivering an exactly proscribed solution outlined in an RFP or creating something in relative isolation from the customer, both teams took to the approach of understanding the problem, proposing solutions, and then developing the product a piece at a time.

This process based on the Agile Product Development Framework, doesn’t presume what the problem is or how to solve it until working with customers and the people who will use the product first.

In this 45 minute discussion, you’ll learn how Trapeze RISC (Risk, Incident, and Safety Compliance) didn’t start out anything like it is today and Vontas OnSite came from turning an RFP on its head and trying something completely new and revolutionary. Listen to the whole discussion here or on your favorite podcast app.

Recorded live at ThinkTransit in Nashville, TN, April 3rd, 2023, Dr. Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, giving the Day One keynote address on the challenges, and opportunities, facing public transit today.

Dr. Philbrick talked about:


Building a stronger, more inclusive, and more resilient workforce by helping spread the word that there are more careers in public transit than drivers and mechanics

Taking care of ourselves. Being mindful of our own mental health and overall health

Facing the challenges of ridership and the new three-day cities by modeling what we want transit to be...and making it happen.


Included in this episode is the QandA after her address where she dives even deeper into workforce, equality, and making transit work for everyone.

Dr. Karen Philbrick will kick off ThinkTransit with our Day One Keynote. In this interview, learn about Karen, her passion for transit, her vision for the future of transit, and what we need to do to get there.

Randi and Tris sat down with Paul Comfort, SVP of Modaxo and host of https://www.transitunplugged.com/ (Transit Unplugged) to talk about the Executive Summit Paul hosts each year during ThinkTransit. Learn about the event and some of the special sessions and guests he has planned for attendees.

https://www.trapezegroup.com/thinktransit/executive-summit (Learn more about the Executive Summit and register for the event).

We're kicking off the year with the team from EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), Brett Koenig, Satpal Bamrah, and Bill Boston join me to talk about how to set yourself up for success this year by focusing on:


Reviewing your KPIs

Making sure you have all the data you need

Taping into EAM workflows

Getting prepared for NTD and TAM reporting with State of Good Repair tools

Using EAM in your capital planning and grant writing process


Listen in and enjoy!