Registration Information

The deadline for Roadeo Registration is August 15, 2008.   Late fees will apply for registration forms, jacket orders, and payments received after the deadlines stated on the Roadeo registration form.  Cancellations prior to noon on August 29, 2008 will be either refunded or not invoiced.  After August 29, 2008 no refunds will be made and registrations that have not been canceled will be invoiced.

Please note the conference registration is not included in the Roadeo registration fee. If your system’s Roadeo participant(s) will be attending the full conference online registration for the conference is available at:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Transit/Conference/Registration.htm

If you have any questions or would like further information about the Roadeo, please contact Wendi Hill at (360) 786-9734 or wendi@watransit.com.

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Lodging

Roadeo participants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations. Rooms have been blocked from Friday, September 5, to Monday, September 8, for the Roadeo participants. Be connect the following hotels directly to make your reservation and be sure to mention the Public Transportation Roadeo to get the negotiated rate.

Quality Inn Kennewick (800-205-6938)
Red Lion Kennewick (509-783-0611)
Hilton Garden Inn (509-735-4600) (conference hotel) 

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Check-In

A check-in booth will open at 7:00 a.m. at the Roadeo site. Please check in before your scheduled practice time.  You will receive a name badge and other pertinent information at this time.

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Course Walk-Through and Competitor Meeting

A drivers’ meeting and walk-through will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008, on the Roadeo course.  The drivers' meeting and walk-through for 40-ft coach and 30-ft coach drivers will be held at 8:00 a.m.  The drivers' meeting and walk-through for the Body-on-chassis competitors will be held at 12:45 p.m.

During the meeting, competitors will receive a map of the course, answers to any questions, and information about the course, practice, competition, and awards. We strongly encourage competitors to attend this meeting.

Maintenance Teams will practice at Ben Franklin Transit at 1000 Columbia Park Trail in Richland after checking in at the registration booth.

Shuttle schedules, maps to the Roadeo site, and a map to the conference hotel will be included in the competitors’ packets.

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Practice Day

Where

The driving course will be set up at at the Three Rivers Convention Center at 7016 W. Grandridge Boulevard in Kennewick. 

The maintenance competition will be held Ben Franklin Transit at 1000 Columbia Park Trail in Richland.

When

Driving practice and in-shop maintenance practice will be held on Saturday, September 6. Practice schedules will be included in the competitors' packets.

Each driving competitor will have the opportunity to either drive the course twice through or have a total practice time of 20 continuous minutes on the course. This time schedule will be strictly observed. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend the competitors’ meeting before their practice on Saturday, September 6.

Each maintenance team will have a total of one hour for in-shop practice. 

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Equipment

Course timers have been installed on all buses and vans.  The timer works off the front door. Open the door and the time stops; close the door and the timer runs. Contestants must remember, to stop the timer; open the door at all passenger stops, left hand and right hand reverses, and the judgment stop. The timer will continue to run unless the doors are opened. If you are asked to stop because a cone is stuck under your coach or you have to stop for another coach, be sure to open your door so the clock will stop. There is a 25 point deduction for each incident of driving with the door open.

Bike racks will be in place.

Body-on-Chassis: 2006 El Dorado E-06. Click on the following link to see photo: Body-on-Chassis.

30’-Coach: 1995 Gilligs Phantoms.   Click on the following link to see photo: 30' Coach.

40’-Coach: 2003 Gillig Phantoms.  Click on the following link to see photo: 40' Coach


Shop competition will utilize the following equipment (click on highlighted title to see photos:

·  Cummins ISC engine/Allison B400 transmission (King County Metro)

·  Air brake board with Wabco ABS (King County Metro)

·  Detroit Series 50 DDEC III engine/Allison B500 transmission (Community Transit)

·  Thermo King air conditioning module(Community Transit) 

·  The vehicle inspection bus will be provided by BFT 

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Changes new this year

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Competition Day

Where

The driving course will be set up at at the Three Rivers Convention Center at 7016 W. Grandridge Boulevard in Kennewick. 

The Maintenance competition will be held Ben Franklin Transit at 1000 Columbia Park Trail in Richland.

When

Sunday, September 7, 2008.  Detailed schedule will be included in the competitor's packets.

All competitors will receive a pin, a patch, a cap, and a certificate as souvenirs of participation. If this is the first time you have competed in the State Roadeo, you also will receive a jacket, if one was ordered.

Please remember that Body on Chassis competition includes wheelchair lift operation and a personal appearance inspection, which will be conducted separately from the driving portion. Beginning this year, only body-on-chassis competitors will be judged on wheelchair securement. A practice time will be scheduled for you.

Safety habits and smoothness of operation also will be judged. Each competitor will be allowed seven minutes to complete the entire course, with a one-point-per-second penalty assessed after seven minutes.

Three-person maintenance teams will compete in two power train defect inspections, a vehicle inspection, and a brake board inspection. Teams also will complete a 50-question written test. There will be no driving test for the Maintenance Competition per the updated APTA guidelines.

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Group Photos

Group photos will be taken on competition day (September 7). 

Drivers' photos will be taken before their division's starting time at the Roadeo course.

Maintenance competitors' photos will be taken at Ben Franklin Transit before competition begins. 

A comprehensive schedule for practice and competition days, which includes times for the group pictures, will be included in your final packet.

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Award Banquet

Awards will be presented at the Roadeo Awards Banquet on Sunday evening Great Hall A&C inside the Convention Center.   Competitors banquet tickets are included in the registration fee.

Additional banquet tickets can be purchased on the Roadeo registration form.

Top Finisher Photos

Photos of the top finishers will be taken following the Roadeo Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening.  Please meet with photographer immediately after ceremony.

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Wrap-Up

A wrap-up/evaluation meeting will be held on Monday, September 8, at 8 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, near the Roadeo Course.

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WSTA staff is happy to provide information and answer questions.

(360) 786-9734 ~  Fax (360) 786-9740
2629 12th Court SW  ~  Olympia, WA 98502-1118